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Words with 'gh' and 'kn' sounds are known as consonant clusters. The combination of 'gh' produces sounds like /f/ in words like "enough" or /g/ in words like "ghost." The 'kn' cluster typically produces the /n/ sound in words like "knight" or "knit."

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Words where gh has different sound?

there are many different sounds the G h is a rear


Words that ends with the letters gh but sounds like f?

Rough. Cough. Trough. enough


Words ending in gh?

Some words ending in GH are:boughcoughdoughenoughhighlaughneighnighroughsighsleighthighthoroughthroughtoughugh


Words with gh in them?

Some words ending with the letters "gh" pronounced as "f" are: rough, tough, enough, cough, laugh.


Can you find words where gh has different sounds not f?

Although "gh" has the sound of "f" in some words with "ough" (and "laugh"), the words though, high, and night have a silent gh, the words ghost and aghast have a silent h, and the word bigheartedseparates the pair into two syllables.


What are words with long i sounds spelled with i?

There are I words with a silent E, such as bite, dime, and while. There are I words spelled with GH such as high, sigh, light, and right. There are I words that begin with the prefix bi- which virtually always sounds like BY, or tri- which sounds like TRY. Examples are binary, bimonthly, and trimester.


What words have gh in them?

ghost


What words are spelled with gh?

ghag


What is an English word where 'gh' sounds like 'p'?

Hiccough, aka hiccup


What is the silent consonant of laugh?

There is no silent consonant. In fact, the combination 'gh' in this case has a sound similar to the letter 'f'. However, the same combination can have different sounds in different words, like ghetto, or night and though - where it is not pronounced at all.


What Scrabble words end with the letter GH?

laugh


What are two words with gh?

brightlycougheddelightfuldoughtyfightingfrightenedhighlighthighlyhighpointhighwayinsightfullaughinglightningmightilynaughtyneighborsnightfallnightgownnightmarenighttimerightfullysleighedslightlystraightenthoroughlytoughness