French CH and SCH - How to pronounce them?
French CH and SCH
How to pronounce the French combinations CH and SCH?
In this article, let's focus on these two consonant clusters.

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In French, ch and sch form the same sound
In French, the sounds ch and sch sound the same as in the
English word (a tee-shirt).
Here are some examples:
Here are two of them. In the following words (loanwords), ch is pronounced as a k:

A common mistake among English speakers is to pronounce the sound ch as in the English word (to chat).
However, the French ch should sound like the English sh.
What about the combination sh in French?
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:
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