Soundspel
| 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 | ||
| d | 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 | ||