[Original answer left for humour's sake:]Off sound Long OO sound short U sound
through, tough, cough, hiccough, bough, though, ought, lough. I don't know where you're getting the number 14 from, but here are 8 pronunciations. More than the previous answer gave. Go fish.
Through sounds like stew but is spelled differently.
The word "thorough" has six phonemes: /θ/, /ʌ/, /r/, /oʊ/, //, /r/.
The ending '-ough' can sound two different ways. It can sound like an 'o' ending, such as in:doughthoughthrough (u sound)Or it can have an 'f' sound, like in:coughroughtough
Thorough furlough (slightly different emphasis)
The word "through" (thru) is probably unique in its prounciation of -ough. Other English words include various sounds for these letters based on their language of origin. Examples : "oh" (dough, thorough), "ow" (bough), "awf" (cough), as well as the familiar "uff" (tough).
Some words that have 'ough' in them are:althoughboroughboughboughtcoughdoughdroughtenoughfoughtfurloughhiccoughnoughtoughtploughroughsloughsoughtthoughtthroughtoughtroughwrought
Bruce Ough was born in 1951.
ough in about 2001 ough in about 2001
Barry Ough was born on 1957-06-30.
they have 14 different sounds. i guess when there alarmed they communicate
Phonemes are the individual sounds we make... so 'th' is one sound. the vowel sound from thoughtfully 'ough' is just one sound.So overall, there are 7 phonemes in the word thoughtfully/th/ /ough/ /t/ /f/ /u/ /ll/ /y/
No, "ough" and "grouch" do not have the same vowel sound. In "ough," the vowels can make various sounds like in "though" (oʊ), "tough" (ʌf), or "plough" (aʊ). In "grouch," the vowel sound is the diphthong /aʊ/.