The English word for health – pronunciation guide

The English word “health” is pronounced as follows:

IPA Transcription:

/helθ/

(h-eh-lth)

• 
  h
  
  : A voiceless glottal plosive, like the “h” in “house” but slightly more aspirated (air pushed out).
• 
  e
  
  : Short vowel sound, like the “e” in “bed”.
• 
  l
  
  : A voiced alveolar liquid consonant, like the “l” in “light.”
• 
  th
  
  : A voiceless dental fricative, like in the word “thin.” Note, the “th” in “health” is a voiceless variant. Notice the difference from the voiced th in “this”
• 
  th
  
  : The combination of sounds makes up a single syllable with the /θ/ sound

Additional notes:

• The “l” is pronounced clearly before the “th.”
  
• The “th” in “health” should be differentiated from the “th” in “this”
• The emphasis in pronouncing “health” should be placed on the first syllable.