How many phonemes are in the word chowder?

Answer 1

This depends on the country and region.

In American English, wherever there is a strong rhotic accent, there are five distinct speech sounds - ch / ow / d/ e / r.

However, in non-rhotic accents such as Australian English, for example, there are just four, as the "r" is not emphasised, and the final two letters from a schwa. The phonemes or actual speech sounds are ch / ow / d / uh.

Answer 2

The word "chowder" has six phonemes: /ch/ /ow/ /d/ /er/.