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2026 · 04 · 15 — Monday№ 001 · Session open
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IPA · /ɾ/ · flap

The Flap T.

Water, better, city — how Americans soften T between vowels.

Chunks18
Duration8m
Best0.74
[ Begin ]
Section 02 — Index5 lessons queued
#IPATitleDialectDifficultyDur.Best
[01]ɚ
R-coloring
Pre-rhotic vowels that refuse to sit still.
en-usintermediate12m0.58[02]θ ð
TH — voiced & voiceless
Think / this. Same letters, wildly different tongues.
en-usbeginner9m—[03]ə
Schwa & reduction
The laziest vowel does most of the work.
en-usintermediate11m0.82[04]ɫ
Dark L
When L goes guttural at the back of the mouth.
en-usadvanced7m—[05]´ ˌ
Sentence rhythm
Stress-timing: the secret metronome of English.
en-usadvanced18m—
Section 03 — MedianLast 7 days
0.74
Worst phoneme · ð

Missed 41% of attempts.

Voiced dental fricative. Tongue between teeth. Practice queued.

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