Through sounds like stew but is spelled differently.
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).
Only for some words. The OU in grouch has the OW sound as in couch and pouch. The letters OUGH can have 4 different sounds: In dough, it is the long O (oh) as in though and thorough. In cough, it is the AW sound as in trough. In rough, it is the short U sound as in tough and slough. Only in bough (bow) and plough (plow) does it have the same OW sound as grouch.
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Bruce Ough was born in 1951.
Some words that have 'ough' in them are:althoughboroughboughboughtcoughdoughdroughtenoughfoughtfurloughhiccoughnoughtoughtploughroughsloughsoughtthoughtthroughtoughtroughwrought
Sound refers to the particular auditory effect that is produced by a given effect.
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
There are four phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word 'thorough'. One phonemes is formed by the "ough" at the end.The phonemes are th - o - r - ough.
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Barry Ough was born on 1957-06-30.
bought, fought, ought, sought, brought
Some examples of words containing "ough" that sound like "oo" include "bought," "brought," and "thought." These words have different pronunciations despite having the same letter combination in them.