Words with the [s] sound

Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.

Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.

• city
• civil
• class
• classical
• closely
• coast
• concept
• concerned
• congress
• conservative
• consider
• considered
• consists
• construction
• conversation
• council
• critics
• cross
• crossed
• crossing
• crystal
• dance
• dangerous
• darkness
• decided
• decision
• descent
• described
• desk
• despite
• destiny
• destroyed
• discovered
• display
• distance
• distinct
• district
• dress
• dressed
• dust
• east
• eastern
• efforts
• elements
• else
• entrance
• episode
• escape
• established
• estate
• evidence
• excellent
• except
• exist
• exists
• expensive
• experience
• explain
• explained
• expression
• extensive
• extremely
• face
• faced
• facility
• famous
• fast
• faster
• fence
• first
• fixed
• fox
• france
• gas
• genus
• glass
• grass
• greatest
• groups
• guess
• guest
• happiness
• henderson
• herself
• highest
• himself
• hospital
• host
• hosted
• hosts
• house
• ice
• impossible
• incident
• increase
• increased
• increasing
• independence
• industrial
• industry