Not exactly. There is a long A heard in both, but the EA in wear is shaped by the following R, called the caret A or AIR sound.
The EI pair in eight have a simple long A sound (ay) as in "ate."
No, "wear" and "eight" do not have the same vowel sound. "Wear" has a silent "r" at the end, so it is pronounced as "wehr" with a long "e" sound, while "eight" is pronounced as "ayt" with a long "a" sound.
The vowel sound in "wear" is the diphthong /ɛər/, which starts with a short "e" sound and glides into a schwa sound.
The word "sea" has a long E sound, the same as "see."The EA vowel pair almost always has long E sound (EE), although it can have other sounds.- short E as in death and head- long A as in break and steak- long "caret A" (AYR) in R words such as bear, pear, wear, swear, and tear (rip).- short "caret U" (UR) in dearth, earth, and heard- long E/ caret I (EER) in dear and hear
No, the word "where" does not have a short e sound. It is pronounced with a long e sound, like "wear."
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The vowel sounds for the letter "a" can vary depending on the word and accent. Common vowel sounds for "a" include the short "a" sound as in "cat," the long "a" sound as in "cake," and the schwa sound as in "sofa."
No. The word wear rhymes with air (carat A sound). The word eight rhymes with late (long A sound).
The vowel sound in "wear" is the diphthong /ɛər/, which starts with a short "e" sound and glides into a schwa sound.
The word "sea" has a long E sound, the same as "see."The EA vowel pair almost always has long E sound (EE), although it can have other sounds.- short E as in death and head- long A as in break and steak- long "caret A" (AYR) in R words such as bear, pear, wear, swear, and tear (rip).- short "caret U" (UR) in dearth, earth, and heard- long E/ caret I (EER) in dear and hear
No. The first E has a caret A sound (long A + R, or "air" sound). The final E is silent. It is pronounced the same as "wear."
No, the word "where" does not have a short e sound. It is pronounced with a long e sound, like "wear."
Not if pronounced correctly. 'Where' sounds like 'wear' and 'ware' with the 'wh' combo sound at the beginning. Wheareas 'were' sounds more like 'whirr', but without the 'wh' sound.
The word "sea" has a long E sound, the same as "see."The EA vowel pair almost always has long E sound (EE), although it can have other sounds.- short E as in death and head- long A as in break and steak- long "caret A" (AYR) in R words such as bear, pear, wear, swear, and tear (rip).- short "caret U" (UR) in dearth, earth, and heard- long E/ caret I (EER) in dear and hear
No. It is an R-shaped long A or caret A sound, the same as "wear" (wair).
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