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Sound As in Other ways to spell this sound
a (sayair)hair care,wear,there,their,prayer
a (sayay)cake rain, straight, break, veil, bouquet,obey,hay
a rat laugh
ch chin catch,question
d did butter
e ten any, said, friend, bury, head, leopard
e (sayee)me meet, seat, key,quay,machine, field, city
f fall laugh,telephone
g get ghost,guess
h help whole
i fit damage, pretty, women, busy, build, myth
i I eye, sigh,buy,fly,dye
j jump trudge, soldier, adjective, magic
k kiss come, anchor, sack,biscuit, walk,unique
l leg island
m miss comb
n nose gnat,kneel,pneumonia
o not swan, cauliflower, knowledge
o (sayoh)go sew,though,boat, slow
o (sayoo)move threw,zoom, shoe,soup, through, blue,fruit
o (sayaw)gone autumn,awful, broad,ought
o (sayow)now out, bough
o (sayoy)boy boil
oo zoom threw,move, shoe,soup, through,blue,fruit, queue
qu (saykw)quite choir
r red rhyme,wrong
s saw cell,psychology,science
s(sayzh)pleasure mirage,confusion
sh she ocean, machine, special,sure, conscience, expansion, nation
t top debt,bought
u up son, does, flood, double
u pull woman, wool, would
u (sayur)fur germ, heard, bird, worm, journey
v very of
w wish what
y yard use, onion
z zebra busy, scissors,xylophoneIf you are having trouble finding a word in
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be many different ways of spelling the same
sound. Letters sometimes make a differentSpelling guide
sound than usual. They may even be
completely silent, like thekinkneel,or
thegingnat. The spelling guide below will
help you to figure out the correct spelling
for some tricky words.