The /ʒ/ Sound

The phoneme /ʒ /is perhaps one of the most difficult ones to pronounce for Spanish students, even though it is exactly the same as / ʃ / (which is usually perfectly pronounced), but voiced instead of unvoiced.

The most common words where / ʒ / appears are:

Words ending in -sual: visual, usual, casual

Words ending in -sion (but -nsion): vision

Words ending in -sure (not "sure"): treasure, leasure, exposure