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).
through tough trough thought
The word "through" rhymes with "stew" and ends in -ough.
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.
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.
Some words ending with -ough are bough, cough, dough, enough, plough, though, thorough, tough, through
Through sounds like stew but is spelled differently.
through tough trough thought
The word "through" rhymes with "stew" and ends in -ough.
Through. Pronounced like threw, but means something like: you can go through this way or something like that.
tough enough rough cough
Through.
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.
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.
Some words ending with -ough are bough, cough, dough, enough, plough, though, thorough, tough, through
The word is "through."
Breakthrough, clickthrough, feedthrough, readthrough, walkthrough,
Though - pronounced as "th-oh" Through - pronounced as "th-ru" Rough - pronounced as "ruhf" Plough - pronounced as "pl-ow" Cough - pronounced as "kawf" Bough - pronounced as "bow"