Table 1.

The eight fricatives of English can be classified along two dimensions: voicing (whether the vocal folds are vibrating or not) and place of articulation. Fricatives produced with alveolar and post-alveolar places of articulation are known as sibilants, others are non-sibilants.

	Place of Articulation	Voiceless		Voiced
		IPA	Examples	IPA	Examples
Non-sibilants	Labiodental	f	fat, fork	v	van, vase
	Interdental	θ	think, thick	ð	this, those
Sibilants	Alveolar	s	sick, sun	z	zip, zoom
	Post Alveolar	∫	ship, shut	ʒ	Jacques, genre