How to pronounce P vs B (WITHOUT confusing them) | American English Pronunciation



Different speakers tend to replace the P with B and then different words may sound the same (pay-bay, pee-bee).
Others may pronounce P instead of B (especially at the end of words).

In this video, you’ll learn how to pronounce the b vs. p, and how to pronounce a perfect ASPIRATED P in English.

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46 Comments

  1. i recommend people to start paying attention to native speakers pronouncing words with these letters and see if they can notice anything, because here is the thing if you can't notice anything it is what it is, don't stress it .

  2. Thank you for the video….Really as Arabic speaker I find difficulty distinguishing between P&b…like Spanish speakers have different pronouncing of R….I appreciate if you present more word examples….thank you so much

  3. Thanks so much for helping us ❤❤❤ ,
    Here are 20 pairs of words that contrast the sounds /p/ and /b/:

    1. Pat – Bat

    2. Pit – Bit

    3. Pack – Back

    4. Pen – Ben

    5. Pan – Ban

    6. Pail – Bail

    7. Pear – Bear

    8. Pick – Big

    9. Peek – Beak

    10. Peep – Beep

    11. Pike – Bike

    12. Pond – Bond

    13. Pour – Bore

    14. Park – Bark

    15. Paste – Baste

    16. Part – Bart

    17. Poke – Boak

    18. Puff – Buff

    19. Pace – Base

    20. Pay – Bay

  4. I'm arabic man, and i have problem in that sound, but i liked what you say about adding h beside p. i think that will help me : phay vs bay. i hope if i was right

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