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ʃ

Words with an obvious ʃ sound

ship, sheep, shall, shan't, shape, shell, shed, shirt, shoe, shopping, show, shut
fish, ash, trash, stash, rubbish, fashion, polish, astonish, relish

 

Words with a surprise ʃ sound

station, motion, emotion, devotion, Alsatian, revolution, insatiable
delicious, precious, suspicious, atrocious, fallacious, vicious
conscious, conscience, fascist, crescendo
version, diversion, extraversion (but not versatile, vision)
passion, assure, reassure, assurance, Russia, mission, fission, session
(but not passive, assay, Assam, bassoon, cosset, dissuade, essay, fissile, issue, missile, Tessa, etc)
sure, insure, insurance, reinsurance
social, artificial, official, precious
(but not society, artifice, office or officer, precise or precision)
imagination, situation, reputation, notion
action, actually, dictionary, fiction, function, auction

 

Compare IPA sounds ʒ (vision) and ʃ (mission)

  • vision, mission
  • treasure, gusher
  • measure, washer
  • decision, passion
  • illusion, station
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