Formerly "Short-A-Sound"
V01/a average
V01/a_e dance
V01/ai plaid
V01/au laugh
Formerly "Short-I-Sound"
V02/i interesting
V02/i_e give
V02/e pretty
V02/ee been
V02/o women
V02/u busy
V02/ui build
V02/y mystery
Formerly "Short-O-Sound"
V03/o opposite
V03/o_e gone
V03/oa broad
V03/ou cough
V03/ough thought
Formerly "Short-U-Sound"
V04/u understand
V04/u_e pulse
V04/e the
V04/a what
V04/ae aerobic
V04/au_e 'cause (because)
V04/o from
V04/oe does
V04/o_e love
V04/o_ue tongue
V04/ou touch
Formerly "Short-E-Sound"
V05/e excellent
V05/e_e edge
V05/ea head
V05/eo leopard
V05/a any
V05/ai said
V05/ay says
V05/ie friend
V05/u bury
V05/ue guess
V05/ua guarantee
Formerly "Long-A-Sound"
V06/a_e flake
V06/a baby
V06/ae aerial
V06/ai nail
V06/ai_e praise
V06/aigh straight
V06/ay stay
V06/e_e where
V06/ea great
V06/ei vein
V06/eigh eight
V06/ey they
Formerly "Long-I-Sound"
V07/i_e kite
V07/i mind
V07/ie pie
V07/ia trial
V07/igh sigh
V07/oy coyote
V07/ui_e guide
V07/uy buy
V07/eigh height
V07/eye eye
V07/ai_e aisle
V07/y try
V07/ye bye
V07/y_e type
Formerly "Long-O-Sound"
V08/o_e nose
V08/o go
V08/oe toe
V08/oa load
V08/oa_e hoarse
V08/oo poor
V08/ou your
V08/ou_e course
V08/ough though
V08/ow own
V08/eau beau
V08/ew sew
V08/a war
Formerly "Long-U-Sound"
C39+V09 /u_e cube
C39+V09/u music
C39+V09/eau beauty
C39+V09/ew few
V09/u_e tube
V09/u gnu
V09/ue blue
V09/ui suit
V09/ui_e juice
V09/eu sleuth
V09/ew chew
V09/ieu lieutenant
V09/o who
V09/o_e move
V09/oe shoe
V09/oo zoo
V09/oo_e goose
V09/ou you
V09/ou_e mousse
V09/ough through
Formerly "Long-E-Sound"
V10/ee speed
V10/e we
V10/e_e these
V10/ea flea
V10/ea_e weave
V10/ei weird
V10/eo people
V10/ey key
V10/ae aeon
V10/i ski
V10/ie field
V10/ie_e siege
V10/y any
V11/a walk
V11/a_e are
V11/au auto
V11/au_e sauce
V11/augh taught
V11/aw yawn
V11/awe awe
V11/e sergeant
V11/ea heart
V11/ua guard
V12/u put
V12/o woman
V12/oo book
V12/ou should
V13/ow cow
V13/ow_e drowse
V13/ou out
V13/ou_e house
V13/ough bough
V14/oy joy
V14/oi oil
V14/oi_e noise
V14/uoy buoy
V15/ir shirt
V15/irr squirrel
V15/or word
V15/or_e worse
V15/orr worry
V15/our courage
V15/our–e scourge
V15/ur burn
V15/ur_e purse
V15/ure sure
V15/urr hurry
V15/uerr guerrilla
V15/er her
V15/er_e serve
V15/ere were
V15/ear learn
V15/ear_e hearse
V15/eur chauffeur
V15/ar leopard
V15/yr syrup
C39+V15/ur fury
C39+V15/ure pure
C16/p
pan, pick, pot, pup, pen
pair, pipe, poke, poop, peel
pawn, put, pound, point, purple
C16 /pp/ apple
C17/b
bat, bit, bought, bug, bet
bait, bite, boat, boot, beet
ball, book, bout, boy, bird
C17 /bb/ dribble
C18/t
tan, tick, top, touch, tell
take, tight, toad, tune, team
tall, took, town, toy, turn
C18 /tt/ little
C18 /ed/ packed
C19/d
dad, dip, dot, duck, den
day, die, door, due, deep
down, dirt
C19 /dd/ meddle
C19 /ed/ hugged
C19 /ld/ could
C20/ch
chat, chip, chocolate, chum, check
chain, chime, choke, choose, cheat
chalk, chow, chirp
C20/tch match
C21/j
jam, jig, job, jug, jet
jade, joke, jewel, jeer
jaw, joust, joy, jerk
C21/g page (Formerly "Soft-G-Sound")
C21/dg edge
Formerly "Hard-C-Sound
C22/k
kin, keg
Kay, kite, key
C22/c
cap, cop, cup
cape, cone, cute
call, cook, clown, coy, curb
C22/ck
pack, pick, pock, puck, peck
C22/ch chaos
C22/lk walk
C22/q barbeque
C22+C28/x
axe, fix, box, flux, flex
C22+C28/xc
except, excel, excite
C22+C36/qu
quack, quit, quell
quake, quite, quote, queen
quall, squirt
Formerly "Hard-G-Sound"
C23/g
gap, give, gone, gull, get
game, guy, go, goop, geese
gall, good, gown, girl
C23/gg wiggle
C23/gh ghost
C23+C29/x exact, examine, example
C24/f
fat, fin, fog, fuss, fed
fame, fire, fork, fume, feet
fall, foot, fowl, first
C24/ff giraffe
C24/gh cough
C24/ph phone
C25/v
van, victor, volume, vent
vane, vie, vote, voodoo, vegan
vow, verb
C26/th
thank, thin, thought, thud, thread
three
C27/th
the
they, thy, though, thee
thou
C28/s
sad, sick, sog, sun, sell
same, sign, soak, suit, seed
saw, soot, sound, soil, surf
C28/ss messy
C28/c ice (Formerly "Soft-C-Sound")
C29/z
zap, zit, zen
zane, zoo, zero
C29/zz jazz
C29/s kids
C29/x xylophone
C30/sh
sham, ship, shot, shun, shell
shade, shy, show, shoe, she
shawl, should, shout, shirt
C30/s sugar
C30/ss issue, mission
C30/sc conscious
C30/sch schwa
C30/t action
C30/c ocean
C30/ch chute
C30/x anxious
C31/s vision, measure
C32/h
have, hid, hot, hum, hell
hair, hide, hope, hoop, hear
ha!, hoof, how, hoist, hurt
C32/wh who
C32+C36/wh
whip, what, when
where, why, wheel
C33/m
map, mitt, mock, mud, men
made, might, more, mood, meet
mall, mound, mirth
C33/mm glimmer
C33/mb dumb
C34/n
nap, nill, nod, nut, neck
name, night, nose, new, neat
naught, nook, now, noise, nerve
C34/nn dinner
C34/kn know
C34/gn sign
C35/ng
sang, ring, long, hung
C35/n bank, anxious, finger
C36/w
wag, win, won, well
wake, wide, wore, woo, week
wad, would, wow, work
C37/l
lap, lid, lock, love, let
late, like, load, loot, leap
law, look, loud, loyal, learn
C37/ll silly
C38/r
rag, rip, rot, run, red
rage, ripe, roam, rude, read
raw, root, round, royal
C38/rr berry
C38/wr wrong
C39/y yippeeeeeee!
©2008 (updated 2019) Judy Ramirez
Thanks to Earl Eugene Roth, Jr., M.D. for editing and additional suggestions.
