Because English doesn't make sense. I wish I had a better answer, but that's the answer there is. You're right, they should be the same.
The homophone of "drought" is "drouth." Both words are pronounced the same but have different spellings.
The word sought is pronounced as sawt. The 'ou' is pronounced as 'aw' in this word.
The word sought is possibly :quay - (pronounced like key) a dock or wharfquake - short form of earthquakequeue - (pronounced Q) a waiting line
drout - dr as in drop - ou as in ouch - t as in t... or dr as in drop - out as in out
'draft' 'graft' and 'craft' are all examples of words that rhyme. 'Drought' and 'draught' do not rhyme with the previous three words or each other and instead are examples of alliteration draft graft craft draught are pronounced "arft" (or Aft in US) whereas drought is pronounced "owt" as in "out"
bought,drought, sought,brought,taught,fought,light,bright,weight,
No, because there's no 'l' sound in sought.
The word sought may be "salmon" (the fish), which is pronounced samin/samun.
It is pronounced as "tray bee-en." The "t" is pronounced like the English "t," "re" is pronounced like "ray," "s" is pronounced like "s," "bi" is pronounced like "bee," and "en" is pronounced like "en."
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Though usually not pronounced that way, the word sought may be "tarsiers" (large-eyed primates).
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