
S
In English, s represents a voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/.It also commonly represents a voiced alveolar sibilant /z/, as in 'rose' and 'bands'.Due to yod-coalescence, it may also represent a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative /ʃ/, as in 'sugar', or a voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/, as in 'measure'.. Final s is the usual mark for plural nouns.