Oh, nough!
- Dec 28, 2023
- 1 min read
Many, many words end in "...ough," and there are 6-10 possible ways to pronounce those words: sometimes they sound like a vowel, or a diphthong, or a consonant. Unfortunately, there aren't any rules to let you know how to pronounce words that end in "ough," so you'll just have to become familiar with each word and its pronunciation.
Here are a few of the ways "ough" can be pronounced:
though (as "o" in "go") (thoh)
through ( like "oo" in "too") (throo)
cough (like "off" in "offer") (kahf)
rough (like "uff" in "suffer") (ruhf)
plough (like "ow" in "flower") (plow)
ought (like "aw" in "saw") (aht)
For a list of examples, along with pronunciation symbols, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(orthography)#Full_list_of_pronunciations
To hear some of the "ough" words pronounced, go to: http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-ough/
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