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The vowel sound in boy is spelled either u or oi.

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What is the vowel sound in boy?

The vowel sound in boy sounds like Droid - also toy, soy, alloy. It is called the o-i dipththong.


What words have the same vowel sound as boy?

Some words that have the same vowel sound as "boy" include joy, toy, coy, and deploy.


Does boy have a long or short o vowel sound?

It has neither. The OY has the oi/oy diphthong sound, as in boil and toy.


Does joy have a short vowel sound?

No. The vowel sound is the OI/OY pair, as in boy, join, point, and oyster. It is neither long or short.


Is boy a short vowel word?

No. The OY pair has the oi/oy vowel sound, which is a combination of long and short sounds.


What words have the same vowel sound as join?

The OI pair in the word joint is an OY sound that is heard in words such as boy, spoil, and void.


Does the word coin a short or long vowel?

In the word "coin," the vowel sound is considered a diphthong, which means it is a combination of two vowel sounds. The "oi" in "coin" creates a long vowel sound, similar to the sound in the word "boy." This diphthong is a combination of the /ɔɪ/ sounds, where the /ɔ/ is the long vowel sound.


A boy or an boy which is correct?

The correct usage is "a boy." The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, while "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. Since "boy" begins with a consonant sound (the "b" sound), "a" is the appropriate article to use.


Is y a vowel in candy?

Yes. Whenever Y makes a vowel sound (I, E) or a diphthong (boy, soybean), it is acting as a vowel. When it appears before a vowel and makes the "yuh" sound, it is a consonant.Some definitions consider the "silent Y" to also be a consonant (day, obey), because in words such as player, the "yuh" sound is heard.


Is y a vowel in boy?

Yes. It is considered a vowel here because, rather than merely influencing the vowel sound (day, obey), it creates the diphthong sound "oi." The vowels are a, e, i o and u and sometimes y and w.


What are the two vowel sounds in boy?

The vowel pair OY has a special sound OI rather than separate ones.If you slow down the OI sound, you can hear three vowels, O, I, E.


Does joyous have a short vowel sound?

No. The OY pair has an OI sound as in boy, which sounds like O-I-E. This sound is considered neither long or short although it contains these long sounds.The -ous has a schwa or unstressed uhs sound.