The letters "ou" make the "f" sound in the word "rough."
The short U sound is seen in these spellings: U - tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly OU - rough, tough OO - blood, flood O (followed by F or V) - of, love, shove A - was, what
In the word "bought," the letters "g" and "h" are silent. The "gh" together makes the "f" sound.
The word "rough" has 5 sounds: /r/ /ʌ/ /f/. /r/ /ə/ /f/.
The word "thief" can be made from the letters L, F, T, Y, H, and I.
There are 4 phonemes in the word "rough": /r/, /ʌ/, /f/, /θ/.
These are letters that make different letter sounds in other words.GH - has the F sound in rough and toughO = has the I sound as in womenTI = has the SH sound as in action and emotionAll together they make the word sound FISH.
Just f makes the ffff sound, the other letters make up the first part of the word.
The short U sound is seen in these spellings: U - tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly OU - rough, tough OO - blood, flood O (followed by F or V) - of, love, shove A - was, what
One example of a word ending with "gh" that has a consonant sound of "f" is "laugh." In this word, the "gh" is pronounced as an "f" sound. Another example is "cough," where the "gh" also makes the "f" sound. These words showcase the irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation.
Some words ending with the letters "gh" pronounced as "f" are: rough, tough, enough, cough, laugh.
The letters "ph" usually sound like "f." For example, the word "laugh" sounds like /laf/; the word "rough" sounds like /ruf/. Sometimes the letters are written together but belong to two different syllables, in which case they sound like "p" and "h." Example: haphazard
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phphone, physics, phantomghlaugh, cough, rough
Rough. Cough. Trough. enough
In the word "bought," the letters "g" and "h" are silent. The "gh" together makes the "f" sound.
The "ph" sound is a digraph, which is a combination of two letters that represent a single sound. In words like "phone" or "photo," the "ph" sound is pronounced as an "f."
A five letter word that begins with F that's the sound of pain is groan.