Initial double consonants
| /br/ |
broad
(/br'ɔːd/), brand (/br'ænd/), brought (/br'ɔːt/), bright (/br'aɪt/),
brilliant (/br'ɪliənt/), brief (/br'iːf/) |
| /dr/ |
drive
(/dr'aɪv/), drove (/dr'oʊv/), driven (/dr'ɪvən/), drought (/dr'aʊt/), drag
(/dr'æɡ/), drop (/dr'ɒp/), drone (/dr'oʊn/), drug (/dr'ʌɡ/), drum (/dr'ʌm/),
drudge (/dr'ʌdʒ/) |
| /gr/ |
graph,
grape, grumpy, group, ground, grow, green |
| /fr/ |
fright,
friend, frog |
| /kr/ |
crop,
crap, crunch, cream, crash |
| /pr/ |
price
(/pr'aɪs/), priest (/pr'iːst/), proud (/pr'aʊd/), prank (/pr'æŋk/), prose
(/pr'oʊz/), prom (/pr'ɒm/), prep (/pr'ep/), prop (/pr'ɒp/), prone (/pr'oʊn/),
prune (/pr'uːn/), prawn (/pr'ɔːn/), prompt (/pr'ɒmpt/), pro (/pr'oʊ/) |
| /tr/ |
train
(/tr'eɪn/), true (/tr'uː/), trim (/tr'ɪm/), trip (/tr'ɪp/), try (/tr'aɪ/),
trace (/tr'eɪs/), tract (/tr'ækt/), track (/tr'æk/), truck (/tr'ʌk/), trite
(/tr'aɪt/), tribe (/tr'aɪb/), trick (/tr'ɪk/) |
| /θr/ |
three
(/θr'iː/), throne (/θr'oʊn/), throttle (/θr'ɒtəl/), throat (/θr'oʊt/), throw
(/θr'oʊ/), threw (/θr'uː/), thrown
(/θr'oʊn/), throb (/θr'ɒb/) |
| /bl/ |
blame,
blunder, blue |
| /gl/ |
gland,
glue, glow |
| /fl/ |
fly,
flight, flat, flour, flew, flown, flag |
| /kl/ |
claim,
club, clan, clean |
| /pl/ |
place,
plane, plan, pluck, plum, plant, ploy (/pl'ɔɪ/) |
| /st/ |
star
(/st'ɑːʳ/), stand (/st'ænd/), store (/st'ɔːʳ/), study (/st'ʌdi/), stone
(/st'oʊn/), style (/st'aɪl/), stood (/st'ʊd/), stick (/st'ɪk/), stock
(/st'ɒk/), stuck (/st'ʌk/), stump (/st'ʌmp/), stamp (/st'æmp/), story
(/st'ɔːri/), stay (/st'eɪ/), steep (/st'iːp/) |
| /ʃr/ |
shrimp
(/ʃr'ɪmp/), shriek (/ʃr'iːk/), shrink (/ʃr'ɪŋk/), shrank (/ʃr'æŋk/), shrunk
(/ʃr'ʌŋk/) |
Initial triple consonants
| /str/ |
struck
(/str'ʌk/), strict (/str'ɪkt/), strike (/str'aɪk/), stroke (/str'oʊk/),
street (/str'iːt/), structure (/str'ʌktʃəʳ/) |
Ending double consonants
| /ft/ |
draft, shaft |
| /kt/ |
strict
(/str'ɪkt/) |
| /ks/ |
box
(/b'ɒks/), max, fax |
| /lf/ |
golf,
half, shelf, self |
| /ld/ |
build,
sold, hold, bold, told, cold, held |
| /lp/ |
help |
| /lt/ |
built,
guilt, volt, bolt, knelt (/n'elt/), felt (/f'elt/), belt (/b'elt/), melt
(/m'elt/) |
| /lk/ |
hulk,
bulk, milk |
| /lv/ |
solve |
| /lθ/ |
wealth
(/w'elθ/), health (/h'elθ/) |
| /nd/ |
sound |
| /nt/ |
count,
constant, instant, runt (/r'ʌnt/),
rent (/r'ent/), agent (/'eɪdʒənt/), tent (/t'ent/), went (/w'ent/),
sent (/s'ent/), saint (/s'eɪnt/), joint (/dʒ'ɔɪnt/) |
| /ŋk/ |
brink
(/br'ɪŋk/) |
| /sk/ |
task |
| /st/ |
first,
best, host, hoist |
| /vd/ |
behaved
(/bɪh'eɪvd/) |
Ending triple consonants
| /lts/ |
built, guilt |
| /lds/ |
builds |
| /lkt/ |
talked, walked |
| /nds/ |
sounds |
| /nts/ |
counts |
| /lvd/ |
solved |
| /kst/ |
next, text |
| /sks/ |
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| /sts/ |
first, best |
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