English pronunciation contains 6 plosive phonemes: /p,b,t,d,k,g/: The sounds /b,d,g/ are voiced; they are pronounced with vibration in the vocal cords. /p,t,k/ are voiceless; they are produced with air only. The voiceless plosives are often aspirated …

Examples of Plosive Consonant Sounds /p/: pull, purse /b/: bet, bell /t/: tell, talk /d/: debt, done /k/: king, queen, cone /g/: goat, gone

There are 115 plosive speech sound-related words in total, with the top 5 most semantically related being plosive, stop, occlusive, implosion and explosion. You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. The words at the top of the list are the ones most associated with plosive speech sound, and as you go down the relatedness …

There are 454 plosive-related words in total, with the top 5 most semantically related being stop, occlusive, consonant, glottal stop and obstruent. You can get the definition (s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it.

English has six plosive consonants, p, t, k, b, d, g. /p/ and /b/ are bilabial, that is, the lips are pressed together. /t/ and /d/ are alveolar, so the tongue is pressed against the alveolar ridge. /k/ and /g/ are velar; the back of the tongue