Sock or Shock? An S/SH Ear Test

Especially for Spanish speakers

Spanish has no native /ʃ/ sound at all — loanwords approximate it with ch or s — and Korean's closest sound only surfaces before certain vowels, not before the open back vowel in "shock," so outside that context it collapses to a plain s.

One extra puff of air at the front, otherwise identical. Let's see if your ear catches it.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds