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Variations of Traditional English Spelling

 SPELLING  SOUND
cat (a) a
(
cat)
plaid (ai)
have (a-e)
half (al)
guarantee (ua)
laugh (au)
dahlia (ah)
           
play (ay) ay
(play)
maelstrom (ae)
made (a-e)
steak (ea)
rainy (ai)
sleigh (eigh)
straight (aigh)
gauge (au-e)
making (a)
gaol (ao)
veiled (ei)
they (ey)
raise (ai-e)
plagueing (a-ue)
ballet (et)
seine (ei)
matinee (ee)
dossier (er)
bouquet (et)
           
barn (ar) ar
(barn)
heart (ear)
guardian (uar)
bazaar (aar)
are (are)
sergeant (er)
starve (ar-e)
catarrh (arrh)
bizarre (arre)
memoire (ir)
           
hair (air) air
(hair)
their (eir)
swear (ear)
where (ere)
care (are)
prayer (ayer)
heir (heir)
wary (ar)
doctrinaire (aire)
           
tried (ie) ie
(tried)
try (y)
find (i)
like (i-e)
buys (uy)
high (igh)
height (eigh)
rhyme (hy-e)
sign (ig)
island (is)
aisle (ais-e)
maestro (ae)
diamond (ia)
fiery (ie)
fire (i-e)
eying (ey)
type (y-e)
eye (eye)
           
hot (o) o
(hot)
swamp (a)
yacht (ach)
knowledge (ow)
honest (ho)
bureaucracy (eau)
                 
toe (oe) oe
(toe)
going (o)
glowing (ow)
sewing (ew)
soul (ou)
bone (o-e)
road (oa)
yolk (ol)
brooch (oo)
beau (eau)
depot (ot)
owe (owe)
chauffeur (au)
mauve (au-e)
cantaloupe (ou-e)
cologne (og-e)
              
point (oi) oi
(oil)
boy (oy)
noise (oi-e)
buoyant (uoy)
gargoyle (oy-e)
 SPELLING   SOUND
met  (e) e
(met)
many  (a)
burial  (u)
said  (ai)
says  (ay)
head  (ea)
heifer  (ei)
friend  (ie)
jeopardy  (eo)
guest  (ue)
                 
feet (ee) ee
(feet)
key (ey)
deceit (ei)
field (ie)
people (eo)
amoeba (oe)
team (ea)
leave (ea-e)
ravine (i-e)
these (e-e)
cheese (ee-e)
deceive (ei-e)
believe (ie-e)
ski (i)
receipt (eip)
debris (is)
esprit (it)
                 
pin (i) i
(pin)
women (o)
busy (u)
pretty (e)
lynch (y)
been (ee)
sieve (ie-e)
minute (u-e)
counterfeit (ei)
                 
form (or)

or
(form)

floor (oor)
pour (our)
drawer (awer)
reservoir (oir)
swarm (ar)
roar (oar)
rapport (ort)
dinosaur (aur)
                 
moon (oo) oo
(moon)
group (ou)
fruit (ui)
glue (ue)
drew (ew)
two (wo)
flu (u)
canoe (oe)
through (ough)
rule (u-e)
lieu (ieu)
loose (oo-e)
lose (o-e)
coup (oup)
bruise (ui-e)
buoy (uo)
deuce (eu-e)
sleuth (eu)
rendezvous (ous)
mousse (ou-e)
                 
cut (u) u
(cut)
love (o-e)
young (ou)
blood (oo)
does (oe)
ton (o)
                 
cue (ue) ue
(cue)
feud (eu)
few (ew)
view (iew)
queue (ueue)
fuse (u-e)
ewe (ewe)
beauty (eau)
fugue (u-ue)
coupon (ou)
nuisance (ui)
vacuum (uu)


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