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    Soundspel for Word 97

    Soundspel for Word 2000

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    American Spelling Notation
    a ae
    at ace
    about
    aa ar
    father hard 
    maroon
    air au, aw
    fair auto, saw
    b ch
    bat church
    d e
    dot edit
    systematic
    begin
    ee er
    meet baker
    f g
    fat got
    h i
    hat it
    easily
    ie ia, io, iu
    ice editorial
    champion
    auditorium
    j k, c
    judge kit, cat
    l m
    let men
    n ng
    net sing
    blanket
    o oe
    hot over
    atom
    oi oo
    oil ooze
    or ou, ow
    order out, how
    (office)
    memoranbum
    p q
    pet quit
    r rr
    red arrow
    merry
    sorrow
    s sh
    sets shut
    t th
    tint this
    thin
    u ue
    under unit
    accumulate
    ur uu
    urgent put
    v w
    valve wet
    wh x
    what exam
    extra
    y z
    yet zones
    victory
    zh
    azure

     

SoundSpel


Reading is simple, rational, logical, and easy to learn. But English spells its 42 spoken sounds in over 400 ways!

 

In 1986, Edward Rondthaler & Edward J. Lias compiled A Simplified Alternative Spelling For The English Language. It began with "A Close Look at the Illogic and Disorder of English Spelling".

 

ae  ae
maelstrom (ae) maelstrom
made (a-e) maed
steak (ea) steak
rainy (ai) raeny
playing (ay) plaeing
sleigh (eigh) slae
straight (aigh) straet
gauge (au-e) gaej
making (a) maecing
gaol (ao) jael
veiled (ei) vaeld
they (ey) thae
raise (ai-e) raez
plagueing (a-ue) plaeging
ballet (et) balae
seine (ei-e) saen
matinee (ee) matinae
dossier (er) dosyae
bouguet bookae
a at
had (a) had
plaid (ai) plad
have (a-e) hav
half (al) haf
meringue (i-ue) murang
guarantee (ue) garantee
laugh (au) laf
dahlia (ah) dalia
harangue (a-ue) harang
ingenue (i) anzhenoo
au(aw)   laa (law)
awkward (aw) aukward
fault (au) fault
exhaust (hau) exaust
salt (a) sault
bought (ought) baut
tought (augh) taut
balk (al) baulc
broad (oa) braud
false (a-e) fauls
squall (ua) sqaul
awesome (awe) ausum
dogmatic (o) daugmatic
sauce (au-e) saus
saw sau
law (aw) lau
lawless (aw) laules
jaw (aw) jau
jawbone (aw) jauboen
ar ar
barm (ar) barn
heart (ear) hart
guardian (uar) gardian
bazaar (aar) bazar
are (are) ar
sergeant (er) sarjent
starve (ar-e) starv
catarrh (arrh) catar
bizarre (arre) bizar
memoir (ir) memwar
air air
chair (air) chair
their (eir) thair
swearing (ear) swairing
where (ere) wair
cared (are) caird
prayer (ayer) prair
square (uare) scwair
heir (heir) air
wary (ar) wairee
doctrinair (air) doctrinair
b bat/bal
dog
ee/y ee/hapee
seen (ee) seen
key (ey) cee
deceit (ei) deseet
field (ie) feeld
people (eo) peepl
amoeba (oe) ameeba
team (ea) teem
aeon (ae) eeon
leave (ea-e) leev
ravine (i-e) raveen
these (e-e) theez
league (ea-ue) leeg
cheese (ee-e) cheez
deceive (ei-e) deseev
believe (ie-e) beleev
antique (i-ue) anteec
mosquito (ui) mosceeto
ski (i) scee
squeak (uea) scweec
receipt (eip) reseet
debris (is) debree
esprit (it) espree
trustee (ee) trustee
trusty (y) trusty
happy (y) hapy
happiest (i) hapyest
archaeology (ae) arcyolojy
e ed
met (e) met
many (a) meny
burial (u) berial
said (ai) sed
aesthetic (ae) esthetic
says (ay) sez
head (ea) hed
heifer (ei) hefer
friend (ie) frend
jeopardy (eo) jeperdy
foetid (oe) fetid
guest (ue) gest
damage (a-e) damej
cleanse (ea-e) clenz
belle (e-e)  bel
headed (ed) heded
f  fan
feed (f) feed
muffin (ff) mufin
tough (gh) tuf
calf (lf) caf
graphic (ph) grafic
sapphire (pph) safier
g goet
get (g) get
dagger (gg) dager
ghetto (gh) geto
guarded (gu) garded
vaguely (gue) vaegly
h hors
who (h)  hoo
ie ie/I
tried (ie) tried
trying (y) trieing
find (i) fiend
like (i-e) liek
buys (uy) biez
height (eigh) hiet
hightest (igh) hieest
rhyme (hy-e) riem
stein (ei) stien
island (is) ieland
aisle (ais-e) iel
maestro (ae) miestro
diamond (ie) diemond
fiery (ie) fiery
eying (ey) ieing
guide (ui-e) gied
type (y-e) tiep
coyote (oy) cieoet
eye (eye) ie
aye (aye) ie
bayou (ay) bieoo
alibi (i) alibie
buy (uy) bie
high (ight) hie
dye (ye) die
try (y) trie
lie (ie) lie
I (i) i
I  it
pin (i) pin
women (o) wimen
busy (u) bizee
pretty (e) pritee
lynch (y) linch
been (ee) bin
sieve (ie-e) siv
guild (ui) gild
anaesthesia (ae) anistheezha
exhibit (hi) exibit
give (i-e) giv
minute (u-e) minit
counterfeit (ei) counterfit
bisque (i-ue) bisk
apocalypse (y-e) apocalips
mischief (ie) mischif
j jump
just (j) just
judgment (dg) jujment
bridge (dge) brij
soldier (di) soeljr
magic (g) majic
exaggerate (gg) exajeraet
region (gi) reejon
grandeur (de) granjer
gorgeous (geo) gorjus
adjust (dj) ajust
modulate (d) mojulaet
large (ge) larj
k kiet
kit (k) cite
back (ck) bak
lacquer (cqu) laker
khaki (kh) caky
chukka (kk) chuka
talk (lk) tauk
chemistry (ch) cemistree
saccharine (cch) sakarin
biscuit (cu) biscit
liquor (qu) licor
cflique (que) clic
l liet
lip (l) lip
telling (ll) teling
muscle (cle) musl
people (le) peepl
kiln (ln) cil
lisle (sl) liel
m mies
men (m) men
hammer (mm) hamer
column (mn) colum
phlegm (gm) flem
palm (lm) paam
lamb (mb) lam
n needl
not (n) not 
runner (nn) runer
knock (kn) noc
gnat (gn) nat
comptroller (mp) controeler
pneumatic (pn) noomatic
mnemonic (mn) nemonic
handsome (nd) hansum
oe oe
embargoed (oe) embargoed
going (o) goeing
glowing (ow) gloeing
seing (ew) soeing
soul (ou) soel
bone (o-e) boen
road (oa) roed
yolk (ol) yoek
brooch (oo) broech
beaus (eau) boez
depot (ot) deepoe
owe (owe) oe
yeoman (eo) yoeman
doughnuts (ough) doenuts
chauffeur (au) shoefer
haurboy (aut) hoeboi
mauve (au-e) moev
rogue (o-ue) roeg
cantaloupe (ou-e) cantaloep
cologne (og-e) coloen
hoe (oe) hoe
go (o) goe
glow (ow) gloe
sew (ew) soe
beau (eau) boe
though (ough) thoe
oh (oh) oe
apropos (os) apropoes
depot (ot) deepoe
o on
hot (o) hot
swamp (a) swomp
yacht (ach) yot
knowledge (ow) nolej
honest (ho) onest
demijohn (oh) demijon
bureaucracy (eau) buerocrasy
father (a) fother
calm (al) kom
lingerie (i) lonzheree
eclat (at) aklo
pas (as) po
genre (e) zhonra
auto (au) otoe
oo boo
moon (oo) moon
group (ou) groop
fruit (ui) froot
glue (ue) gloo
drew (ew) droo
two (wo) too
flu (u) floo
canoe (oe) canoo
through (ought) throo
rule (u-e) rool
lieu (ieu) loo
loose (oo-e) loos
lose (o-e) looz
pooh (ooh) poo
coup (oup) coo
bruise (ui-e) brooz
jiujitsu (iu) joojitsoo
silhouette (hou) silooet
buoy (uo) booee
deuce (eu-e) doos
manoeuvre (oeu) manoover
sleuth (eu) slooth
rendezvous (ous) rondevoo
mousse (ou-e) moos
ou(ow) ouch
cloud (ou) cloud
house (ou-e) hous
hour (hou) our
flour (ou) flour
out (ou) out
how (ow) hou
bough (ough) bou
pow (ow) pou
power (ow) pouer
landau (au) landou
oi  oeee/boeee (boy)
point (oi) point
boy (oy) boi
noise (oe-e) noiz
buoy (uoy) boi
gargoyle (oy-e) gargoil
or for
fort (or) fort
store (ore) stor
floor (oor) flor
pour (out) por
drawer (awer) dror
reservoir (oir) rezervor
quorum (uor) cworum
swarm (ar) sworm
roar (oar) ror
rapport (ort) rapor
dinosaur (aur) dienosor
torque (or-ue) tork
p pie
r raen/her
rat (r) rat
rhythm (rh) rithm
catarrh (rrh) catar
wrist (wr) rist
colonel (l) cernel
corps (rps) morgej
quandary (ar) cwondry
velours (rs) veluur
s  snaek
set (s) set
ciry (c) sity
fence (ce) fens
scene (sc) seen
blessing (ss) blesing
psychic (ps) siecic
schism (sch) sizm
house (se) hous
worsted (rs) wuusted
listen (st) lisen
isthmus (sth) ismus
sword (sw) sord
waltz (z) waults
convalesce (sce) convales
sh ship
shop (sh) shop
machine (ch) masheen
ocean (ce) oeshan
special (ci) speshal
sure (s) shuur
fuchsia (chsi) fuesha
crescendo (sc) conshendoe
conscience (sci) conshens
schist (sch) shist
nauseous (seo) naushus
pension (si) penshun
issue (ss) ishoo
nation (ti) naeshun
negotiate (t) negoesheaet
misson (ssi) mishun
luxury (x) lucsheri
anxious (xio) ancshus
apprecciate (c)  apreeshiaet
mustache (che) mustash
t turtl
hit (t) hit
little (tt) litl
indict (ct) indiet
asked (ed) askt
hoped (d) hoept
det (bt) det
yacht (cht) yot
veldt (dt) velt
receipt (pt) reseet
thyme (th) tiem
two (tw) too
bought (ght) baut
th th (the)
ch chip
chip (ch) chip
niche (che) nich
cello (c) chelo
match (tch) mach
rightious (ght) riechuw
questions (ti) cweschun
ue ue (yoo)
hue (ue) hue
feud (eu) fued
few (ew) fue
view (iew) vue
queue (ueue) cue
fuse (u-e) fuez
ewe (ewe) ue
beauty (eau) buety
fugue (u-ue) fueg
coupon (ou) cuepon
vacuum (uu) vacuem
adieu (ieu) adue
yule (yu-e) uel
unit (u) uenit
debut (ut) debue
impugnity (ug) impuenity
yew (yew) ue
you (ou) ue
u up
cut (u) cut
love (o-e) luv
youg (ou) yung
blood (oo) blud
does (oe) duz
judge (u-e) juj
tongue (o-ue) tung
brusque (u-ue) brusk
courageous (eou) ceraejus
uu buuk (book)
pull (u) puul
wolf (o) wuulf
could (oul) cuud
book (oo) buuc
sure (u-e) shuur
tour (ou) tuur
pleurisy (eu) pluurisi
bouillon (oui) buulyon
er(ur)(ir) her
furnish (ur) fernish
burr (urr) ber
blurred (urre) blerd
curve (ur-e) cerv
bird (ir) berd
stirring (irr) stering
stirred (irre) sterd
yearn (ear) yern
learned (ear-e) lernd
terminal (er) terminal
err (err) er
erred (erre) erd
worm (or) werm'
wormed (or-e) wermd
serve (er-e)  serv
journey (our) jerni
scourged (our-e) scerjd
squirm (uir) scwerm
myrtle (yr) mertl
myrrh (yrrh) mer
murmur (ur ur) mermer
murderer merderer
girder (ir er) gerder
learner (ear er) lerner
herder (er er) herder
chattering (er) chatering
freer ® freeer
liar (ar) lieer
augur (ur) auger
elixir (ir) elixser
haemorrhage (orrh) hemerej
nature (ure) naecher
ogre (re) oeger
martyr (yr) marter
chauffeur (eur) shoefer
pursue (ur) persoo
fir (ir) fer
v vaes
w werm
where (wh) wair
when (wh) wen
what (wh) wut
x x-ray
y yarn
z zoo
zip (z) zip
puzzle (zz) puzl
fairs (s) fairz
scissor (ss) sizor
business (si) biznes
scores (es) scorz
raspberry (sp) razberi
raise (se) raez
asthma (sth) azma
czar (cz) zar
xanthic (x) zanthic
anxiety (x) angzieiti
sneeze (ze) sneez
zh vizhun (vision)
azure (z) azher
pleasure (s) plezher
vision (si) vizhun
loggia (gg) loezhia
recission (ssi) resizhon
brazier (zi) braezher
equation (ti) ecwaezhun
jabot (j) zhabo
garage (ge) garozh
regime (g) rezheem
ng ring
nd round