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-ich chicanery inch cinch clinch finch flinch pinch rich which
-ick brick chick click crick cricket flick kick lick nick pick picket prick quick sick
slick tick ticket thick trick slick stick wick
-id accident bid did forbid grid hid kid lid mid rid skid slid squid valid
-if cliff fifth gif gift if lift miff riff shift shrift short shrift sniff stiff thrift tiff whiff
-ig big brig dig fig gig jig pig prig rig sprig swig twig wig zig
-ill bill chill dill drill fill frill gill grill hill kill mill pill rill sill spill still thrill till trill
twill will
-ilt filth filthy gilt gilt-edged hilt jilt kilt lilt silt up silt stilt wilt milk silk
-im blimp brim chimp crimp dim grim him important improve import limb limber
limbo limp pimp primp pimple prim primp rim trim skimp slim swim timber
trim whim
-in begin bin din chin fin gin grin in include infinitive infinite infusion inn invent
kin pin shin sin skin spin tin thin twin win within
-ing being bing bring cling ding fling king ping ring sing sling sting spring string
swing thing wing wring zing
-int glint hing lint mint print splint sprint squint stint tint
-ip blip chip clip crisp dip drip flip grip hip lip nip pip quip rip tip trip ship sip skip
slip snip strip trip whip yip zip
Added in 2013
-is bliss is disk his hiss fist kiss list mitosis* miss sis this
it admit it bit city fit hit kit knit lit mitt nit permit pit remit sit skit slit slither
slithery spit split submit transmit whit whiz wit with
-izz frizz
-ui biscuit [ɪbɪskɪt] build [bɪld] built [bɪlt] circuit [ɪsɪˈ(r)kɪt] distinguish [dɪɪstɪŋɡwɪʃ]
equip [ɪɪkwɪp] equipment [ɪɪkwɪpmənt] guilt [ɡɪlt/] liquid [ɪlɪkwɪd/] marquis
[ɪmɑˈ(r)kwɪs] quiche [kiˈʃ] quick [ɪkwɪk] quickly [ɪkwɪkli] quit [kwɪt] quilt
[kwɪlt] quiver [ɪkwɪvə] quiz [kwɪz] quins [kwɪnz] quin [kwɪn] quint [kwɪnt]
quintuplet [kwɪnɪtjuˈplət] quintessential [ɪkwɪntɪɪsenʃ(ə)l] quintet quilts quince
[kwɪns] quintets [kwɪnɪtet/] squid [skwɪd] squint [skwɪnt]
-y antonym bicycle Byzantine [bɪɪzæntaɪn] cylinder cymbal cynical cyst gym gypsy
hymn mystery myth nymph rhythm sycamore [ɪsɪkəmˈˈ(r)] syllable syllabus
symbol symmetry sympathy symphony symposium symptom synonym synthesis
synthetic syphilis syringe sysop system typical typify
-ey alley chimney chutney [ɪtʃʃtni] donkey galley hockey honey jockey kidney Mickey
money monkey parsley valley volley
-o woman
English words with ea in the spelling that read as long e [I:]. The diphthong ea in English
could be read in 6 ways: (i) as long [I:]; (ii) as short [e]; (iii) as diphthong [eI]; (iv) as
diphtong [IE]; (v) as diphthong [eE]; and (vi) as long [E:]. The last three being members of
r-control words.
Words spelled ea in a close syllable word (usually stressed), read as long [I:]
would have the following words.
beacon beaver creature eager eagle feature heathen meager measles reason
seaman seamen season treacle treason weasel
-each beach bleach breach each leach peach preach reach teach
overleaf
-eak beak bleak creak freak leak peak speak sneak squeak streak teak tweak weak
-eal deal heal meal peal real really seal squeak squeal steal teal veal zeal
-ease cease crease disease decrease ease grease increase lease please queasy release
tease
-eat beat bleat cheat cleat defeat eat feat heat meat neat peat pleat repeat retreat seat
treat treaty wheat
-ear beard clear dear dreary ear fear gear hear near nearby rear sear shear smear
spear tear theatre theatre weary year
appear
-ear
bear pear wear
grotesque picturesque
English words with ea in the spelling that read as long e [fW]. The diphthong
ea in English could be read in 6 ways: (i) as long [fW]; (ii) as short [e]; (iii) as
diphthong [ef]; (iv) as diphtong [fə]; (v) as diphthong [eə]; and (vi) as long
[əW]. The last three being members of r-control words.
Words spelled ea in a close syllable word (usually stressed), read as long [fW]
have the following words
English words with ea in the spelling that read as long e [fW]. The diphthong
ea in English could be read in 6 ways: (i) as long [fW]; (ii) as short [e]; (iii) as
diphthong [ef]; (iv) as diphtong [fə]; (v) as diphthong [eə]; and (vi) as long
[əW]. The last three being members of r-control words.
The following words spelled ea+r (another group of r-control words) read as
long [Éə]:
-ear bear; pear; wear; swear;
The following words spelled ea+r (another group of r-control words) read as
long [fə]:
-ear;
beard; clear; dear; dreary; ear; fear; gear; hear; near; nearby; rear; sear; shear;
smear; spear; tear; theatre; theatre; weary; year; appear;
-que Words ending in –que sound out as [k]
*most words ending in –ive could be short [f] e.g. river but some are long [ai],
e.g. rive; live, etc.
-ix fix; mix; six;
-izz frizz
-ie sieve; view;
-et basket; market; ticket; racket;
-ui biscuit; ['brskit]; build; [bild]; built; [bilt]; circuit; ['ss:(r)kit_]; distinguish;
[di'stnjgwrf]
equip; [I'kwrp]; equipment; [i'kWIpmant]; guilt; [91W]; liquid; ['likWId/];
marquis
['mo:(r)kwrs]; quiche; [kizf]; quick; ['kwrk]; quickly; ['kwrkli]; quit; [kwrt];
quilt
[kwrlt]; quiver; ['kwrva]; quiz; [kwrz]; quins; [kwmz]; quin; [kwm]; quint;
[kwmt]
quintuplet; [kwm'tjuplot]; quintessential; [.kwrnti'senflafl]; quintet; quilts;
quince
[kwms]; quintets; [kwm'tet/]; squid; [skwrd]; squint; [skwmt]
acquire; [o'kwara]; quiet; ['kwaiat]; quite; [kwait]; require; [ri'kwaioj
prerequisite; [pri; :; 'rekwozrt/]
bruin; [brurm]; druid; ['druzrd]; fluid; ['fluzrd]; ruin; ['ruzm]; suicide; cuisine;
tuition
fruit; [fruzt]; fruitful; fruitless
gluing; [gluz]; nuisance; ['nju:s(a)ns]
suit; [suzt]; spacesuit; pantsuitjumpsuit; suitcase
Except foreign words (non-English origin words), when you see or use words
ending in the letter “e”, and the letter “e” is silent, and the preceding vowel
letter is read long in its own name, e.g. "take", "scene", "spike", "home", "mule".
The exceptions are usually foreign words.
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Be careful when you add a suffix to a word which ends in -e. Sometimes you need to keep
the -e, sometimes you need to drop it. It all depends on which suffix you use.
hope + ing = hoping (With -ing, you need to drop the -e)
hope + ful = hopeful (If the first letter of the suffix is a consonant, you need to keep the -e)
Remember, a, e, i, o and u are vowels. All the other letters are consonants.
Vowel
Long or ore oar orn aw au our ough augh ar all oor a
[R:]
Some for, before, roar, worn, law, author, course, bought, caught, war all, tall, door, water,
word port, core, board torn awful sauce, mourn cough, taught, mall, floor wash,
samples nor, bore, thought, exception: watch,
shore, exception: shall. watt,
aunt,
draught,
draughty
gauge,
laugh,
Prepared by Steffen Han
Revised 2010
Most single--an al-- --alk --aunch -awl -long --oth
syllable word
swan,
with spelling
almost, balk haunch, bawl, bong, moth,
“o”could wan, already talk launch, brawl, dong, broth,
be read as wand, also walk paunch, crawl, long, cloth
Short [R] wander, alternate chalk staunch, drawl, song, froth,
wanigan, although stalk scrawl, tong, sloth,
Exception want, altogether --aunt shawl prong,
comb wanton, always --alt daunt strong, exception:
[koum] halt, gaunt -awn wrong, both
front exception: exception salt, haunt dawn
[frQnt] wane, Albert malt, jaunt fawn --oss
won wangle album taunt lawn boss
[wQn] alcohol -ault flaunt brawn loss
some alcove fault yawn moss
[sQm] algebra vault pawn toss
allegory prawn cross
altitude floss
alkali gloss
[EU] [aU]
Alphabet word attention Alphabet word attention
letter and sample letter and sample
spelling spelling
o-e note, ow bow, now,
home, cow,
bone, crown,
wrote,
o over, ou thousand,
open, so, loud,
no, go, flower,
post, roll, out,
goes, toes,
oa boat, coat, ough bough
road, load,
goal, coal,
oe goes, toes,
oax hoax,
coax,
ow shown,
know,
sow, bow,
tow
ou soul,
dough,
au mauve
English Triphthongs
ui quiet,
iro iron
English Triphthongs
[auE] [aiE]
Alphabet word attention Alphabet word attention
letter sample letter sample
and and
spelling spelling
our our, ire fire,
hour, hire,
sour, admire
scour,
er flower, iar liar
power,
tower,
er buyer,
higher,
flier,
io lion,
riot,
pious
oi choir
ui quiet,
iro iron