Pronouncing /dʒ/ "J" In American English

The most common errors for /dʒ/ are:

• using /j/ "y" (job sounds like yob)
  
• using /ʒ/ instead (page sounds like pazh)
  
• using /tʃ/ "ch" (devoicing - Judge sounds like chuch)
  

One challenge that the /dʒ/ "j" sounds presents for pronunciation is that it is not always spelled the same way.  The most common spellings are the letters J and G at the start of words, and the letters -ge and -dge at the ends of words.  Sometimes in the middle of words, there are some "hidden" j sounds.  Below, find examples of the spelling of /dʒ/ in the middle of words.

as j:  enjoy - injure - major - majority - object - project - reject - subject

as ge/gi/gy: agency - apologize - biology - danger - energy - engineer - imagine - intelligent - longitude - Los Angeles - magic - pigeon - register - refrigerator - original - region - Roger - strategy - technology - urgent - vegetable - Virginia

as dj: adjust   as dge: badger - budget  

as d: education, educate, graduate, gradual, individual, procedure, soldier, fraudulent