Editing S (section)

===English===
In [[English orthography|English]], {{angbr|s}} represents a [[voiceless alveolar sibilant]] {{IPA|/s/}}. It also commonly represents a [[voiced alveolar sibilant]] {{IPA|/z/}}, as in 'rose' and 'bands'. Due to [[Phonological history of English consonant clusters#Yod-coalescence|yod-coalescence]], it may also represent a [[voiceless palato-alveolar fricative]] {{IPA|/ʃ/}}, as in 'sugar', or a [[voiced palato-alveolar fricative]] {{IPA|/ʒ/}}, as in 'measure'.

Final {{angbr|s}} is the usual mark for [[plural]] [[noun]]s. It is the regular ending of English [[grammatical person|third person]] [[present tense]] [[verb]]s.

In some words of French origin, {{angbr|s}} is silent, as in 'isle' or 'debris'.

The letter {{angbr|s}} is the seventh most common letter in [[English language|English]] and the third-most common consonant after {{angbr|t}} and {{angbr|n}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~mec/2003-2004/cryptography/subs/frequencies.html |title=English Letter Frequency |access-date=2014-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523074827/http://www.math.cornell.edu/~mec/2003-2004/cryptography/subs/frequencies.html |archive-date=2014-05-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the most common letter for the first letter of a word in the English language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nd.edu/~busiforc/handouts/cryptography/letterfrequencies.html|title=Letter Frequencies in the English Language|accessdate=July 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://funbutlearn.com/2012/06/which-english-letter-has-maximum-words.html|title=Which English Letter Has Maximum Words|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182307/https://funbutlearn.com/2012/06/which-english-letter-has-maximum-words.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>