Spelling the sound [
]
The spelling of a sound may be influenced by several factors:
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syllable structure:
open
or
closed
•
environment
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the position of the 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 the letter within a word: initial, middle, final
•
a combination of two or more of the above
How to spell it?
The sound [
] is most often represented by the following vowel groupings:
•
"ou" (the most common spelling)
nous
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"où"
où
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"oû"
goût
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"aoû"
août
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other letters or letter groupings in words coming from foreign languages:
English
cl
ow
n, f
oo
tball
Italian
t
u
tti fr
u
tti