Voicing

In phonetics, the term voice refers to a certain vibrating quality in the phonation of consonants - both fricatives and stops.

For example: in conventional English pronunciation, the sound represented by "t" has a voiced equivalent: "d".

Voiceless/voiced pairs include:

p and b

k and g

f and v

s and z

t and d

Other pairings appear with consonantal clusters or in other languages.

Preceived presence or absence of voice can serve as a phonemic marker.

See also