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• In French, ch and sch form the same sound
• What about the combination sh in French?

In French, ch and sch form the same sound

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In French, the sounds ch and sch sound the same as in the English word (a tee-shirt).

Here are some examples:

There are very few exceptions.

Here are two of them. In the following words (loanwords), ch is pronounced as a k:

What about the combination sh in French?

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The combination sh is less common in French.

We mainly encounter sh in loanwords (words borrowed from another language). In this case, it is pronounced the same as the French ch:

However, when sh is placed inside a French word (other than a loanword), it is pronounced as if the letter h was not there (mute h):

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