Air, bare, bear, care, chair, dare, fair, flare, glare, hair, hare, heir, lair, mare, pare, rare, share, stair, stare, tare, tear, ware, wear.
words like pencil with the "l" sound
Some words that have the same ending sound as who and to are:blewbluebrewcluechewcluecoocoupcrewcuedewdodrewdueeweflewflufluegluegnugoogrewhewhueknewlieuloomewmoonewpewphewpoohqueuerouxruescrewshoeshooshrewskewslewspewstewstrewsuethrewthroughtootruetwoviewwooyewyouzoo
'Sound like F' Ph WordsSome words that are spelled with a pH that sounds like an f are: pharmacyphenolphialphlebotomyphonephrasephysical
words that sound like shun
They are called...onomatopoeia. These are words like slush, woof, burp.
Yes, the short "a" sound is pronounced as /æ/ in words like "cat" and "bat".
A minimal pair is a pair of words that differ by only one sound, such as "pair" and "pear."
The sound in "been" is a short i sound (bin). This is practically a unique sound for the EE pair, although in French words they can have a long A sound (puree, soiree, toupee).
Is a pair of words which differ in pronunciation in only one sound
The letter "t" pairs with the letter "h" to make the "th" sound in words like "that" and "think."
The only common words are forms of the word jeopardy. Other words with an EO pair have a schwa sound (burgeon, bludgeon, pigeon) not a short E.
Yes. The AI pair has a long A sound (ay) as it does in many words such as nail and tail.
A homophone pair is a set of words that sound the same but have different meanings, such as "there" and "their."
The UI pair has a long OO sound. The "yoo" sound is heard in words such as cute and fuel.
No. Homonyms are words that sound the same, like pair and pear. Flat is a homograph; it's spelled the same but has different meanings.
There are words with the UI vowel pair that sound like a short I,such as build, guilt, and quiz, and the word minute has the I sound from U.Conversely, there is an "ur" sound to I words such as first, girth, and hirsute.There are many other words that have both a U and a short I, such asdiscuss, unit, and humidity.
Yes, It is practically the only IE word where the pair has a true short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send. Words like ancient and glacier have a schwa sound that is not actually a short E. Other words like science pronounce the I and E separately.