words like pencil with the "l" sound
Some words that have the same ending sound as who and to are:blewbluebrewcluechewcluecoocoupcrewcuedewdodrewdueeweflewflufluegluegnugoogrewhewhueknewlieuloomewmoonewpewphewpoohqueuerouxruescrewshoeshooshrewskewslewspewstewstrewsuethrewthroughtootruetwoviewwooyewyouzoo
words that sound like shun
deceitconceiveleisurereceiptreceive
'Sound like F' Ph WordsSome words that are spelled with a pH that sounds like an f are: pharmacyphenolphialphlebotomyphonephrasephysical
The letter Q makes a (kw) sound when paired with U. Practically all Q words are QU words and have the (kw) sound. There is no silent U. Some words from other languages use Q without a U and may have either the (kw) sound or just a (k) sound. E.g. qoph (Hebrew letter) has the sound (kof)
quote quit adequate banquet
The correct spelling is "equations." *Most English words with a Q have a U following to make the KW sound.
In English, "qu" is not generally considered a single phoneme, but rather a digraph, which represents a single sound. It is used to represent the sound /kw/, as in words like "queen" or "quick."
Yes. The QU has a KW sound and the I is short as in quit and kick.
Yes. Both have a short I sound, because the U forms the "kw" sound with the Q.
Yes. The I has a short I sound, as in bit and sit. The U is paired with the Q to make the KW sound.
The E has a short E sound, and the -tion has a schwa sound (kwes-chehn).Here the U does not have a vowel sound, as the QU is a digraph with the KW sound.
The I has a long I sound and the E has a short I sound.The U is used with the Q for a KW consonant sound (kwy-it).
Yes, the "e" in "question" has a short vowel sound. It is pronounced as /ɛ/.
The E in question has a short E sound, and the -tion is a schwa (shen/shun).The U is not part of the vowel sound, because QU makes the KW sound.
"Q" typically stands for the "kw" sound as in "quiet" (kwyet) or "quite" (kwite). However, "quarter" is typcally pronounced "korter", not "kworter", so in some sense that "q" is silent. Or half silent!