Spelling the sound [ ]


The spelling of a sound may be influenced by several factors:

  •   syllable structure: open or closed
  •   environment
  •   the position of a sound within a word: Initial, middle, final
  •   a combination of two or more of the above


Conversely, how letters and letter groupings are pronounced may depend on different factors.

  •   syllable structure: open or closed
  •   environment
  •   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:


  •   "g" in front of a consonant             gras
  •   "gg" in front of a consonant             aggraver, agglomération
  •   "g" in front of "a", "o", "u"             garçon, gorille, aigu
  •   "gu" in front of other vowels             guerre, guitare, Guy