/u/ as in "boot"
Classification: High Back Vowel

Notes: The phoneme, /u/, has most of its energy below 1000 Hz.

  • F1 near 310 Hz
  • F2 near 870 Hz
  • F3 near 2250 Hz.

    A typical /u/ may look like:

    Speaker: Andrew Cronk
    Word: the /u/ section of the word "hoot"

    Speaker: Tim Carmell
    Word: "boot"

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