4 Tables - mono-diph-triph

care /g/ gay, game, gape, gauge guy, guide, guile, guise goitre gown

go, goat

goad

gear garish /f/

fay/fey,

fail, fame

fight, file, fine, five foil

fowl/foul

found

foe, phone, folk fear, fierce

fair/fare

fairy

/v/

vain/vane,

vase (US)

vie, vile, vine, virus

voice

void

vow,

voucher

vote, vogue veer vary, various /θ/

Thales,

thane

thigh thousand /ð/ they thy thou though, those

there

their

/s/

say, sake,

sail, save

sigh, sign site/sight

soy,

soil

sow,

south

sew/sow soak, soap seer/sear /ʃ/ shake, shame shape, shave shy, shine

shout,

shower

show sheer share sure /ʧ/ chafe, chain chase, chime, chive choice chow choke, chose cheer chair /ʤ/ jay/J, Jake, James, jape jive, giant

joy,

join

jowl,

joust

Joe, joke, Jones jeer jury /j/ yea, Yale yikes! yowl yodel, yolk/yoke year yeah

/p/or /k/+/j/

cure, pure

/m/ may, make, main/mane

my, might

mile, mine

moist

mouse,

mouth

mow,

moan,

most

mere

mare/

mayor

/n/ nay/neigh nail, nape

nigh, nice

night/knight

noise now, noun

no/know

nose, note

near /w/ way/weigh, wake, wave why/Y wine while wise

wow!

wound

p.p. of wind

woe, won’t

woke

we’re/

wier

weird

wear/

where

/r/ ray, race rain/rein

rye/wry

rice, rise

Roy

row,

round

roe/row road/rode rear, really rare,rarely /l/ lay, lake, lame late,

lie, life, like

lime, live

loiter

loud,

louse lout

low, load lone. loath leer lair, laird /h/

hay/hey!

hail,hate

hi/high

height, hive

hoick,

hoist

how,

house

hoe, hope, home, hose

here/

hear

hair/hare

* The phoneme /ʒ/ and /ŋ/ never occur in initial position, so these have been excluded.

The Five Triphthongs

The five English triphthongs (trojhlásky) have three parts. They consist of the five closing diphthongs + /Ə/ (schwa) . The most common words which contain triphthongs are listed below.

/eɪƏ/ /aɪƏ/ ɔɪƏ/ /aʊƏ/ /ƏʊƏ/

layer

player

sprayer

diary

drier/dryer

fire

hire/higher

mire

shire

spire

tire

loyal

royal

soya

Goya

flour/flower

hour/our

power

shower

tower

towel

allowance

grower

mower

lower

slower

thrower