Spelling the sound [
]
The spelling of a sound may be influenced by several factors:
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syllable structure:
open
or
closed
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environment
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the position of a sound within a word: Initial, middle, final
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a combination of two or more of the above
Conversely, how letters and letter groupings are pronounced may depend on different factors.
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syllable structure:
open
or
closed
•
environment
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the position of a sound within a word: Initial, middle, final
•
a combination of two or more of the above
For the sound [
], spelling is based on environment.
How to spell it?
The sound [
] can be represented by different letter groupings:
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"g" in front of a consonant
gras
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"gg" in front of a consonant
aggraver, agglomération
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"g" in front of "a", "o", "u"
garçon, gorille, aigu
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"gu" in front of other vowels
guerre, guitare, Guy