The word bubble does not have the ou (OW) sound, but it does have the short U sound (uh) made by some OUGH words.
The words include rough, tough, and enough.
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.
The word "bold" has the same vowel sound as the words "cold," "fold," "mold," and "sold." These words all contain the same long "o" vowel sound, which is represented by the letter "o" in each word. The vowel sound in these words is known as the open-mid back rounded vowel sound, which is commonly found in English language words.
Sound refers to the particular auditory effect that is produced by a given effect.
The OU in tough has a short U sound (uh), to give the word the sound "tuff." The same OUGH (uff) sound is in rough and enough.
through tough trough thought
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.
The word "bold" has the same vowel sound as the words "cold," "fold," "mold," and "sold." These words all contain the same long "o" vowel sound, which is represented by the letter "o" in each word. The vowel sound in these words is known as the open-mid back rounded vowel sound, which is commonly found in English language words.
Sound refers to the particular auditory effect that is produced by a given effect.
The OU in tough has a short U sound (uh), to give the word the sound "tuff." The same OUGH (uff) sound is in rough and enough.
through tough trough thought
No. There are four vowel sounds that OUGH can have. Dough (long O) does not have the same one as grouch (ow sound as in couch).
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
The vowel sound of the OA in boat is a long O (oh). The rhyming words are coat, float, goat, and gloat, and also dote, note, rote, tote, and wrote. The long O can be heard in other spellings such as: - words with an O (go, comb, cold) - words with an O with a silent E (tone, hole) - words with an OE (doe, foe) - words with OUGH (dough, though) - words with OW (flow, mow, row) Also the French spellings eau, eaux, and aux (beau, faux, bureau).
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.
sought, bought brought
For words that rhyme with "tough" and end in "ough," you could consider "rough" or "slough." These words share a similar sound pattern.
The word social has a long O (oh) sound, as in so, and a schwa or unstressed vowel sound (shull).The long O is also seen in- words with an O (go, comb, cold)- words with an O with a silent E (note, hole)- words with an OE (doe, foe)- words with an OA (loan, boat)- words with OUGH (dough, though)- words with OW (flow, mow, row)- the EW words sew and sewnAlso the French spellings eau, eaux, and aux (beau, faux).