Dentals

English uses the dental fricatives [θ] and [ð]:

English doesn't use dental stops distinctively, but many speakers will use dental allophones of /t/ and /n/ before dental fricatives.

[et̪θ]    eighth
[tɛn̪θ]    tenth

Dental stops in French

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