Rhymes stressed on /əʊ/
editNotes
edit- The IPA/SAMPA /əʊ/@U/ represents the RP value for this phoneme but it is widely used in dictionaries. General American pronunciation is typically closer to /oʊ/oU/. All of these representations refer to the same phoneme.
Rhymes ending in | Example | Longer endings |
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/əʊ/ | go | /əʊ.../ |
/əʊb/ | globe | /əʊb.../ |
/əʊtʃ/ | coach | /əʊtʃ.../ |
/əʊtʃt/ | coached | |
/əʊd/ | load | /əʊd.../ |
/əʊdz/ | loads | |
/əʊf/ | loaf | /əʊf.../ |
/əʊfs/ | oafs | |
/əʊɡ/ | vogue | /əʊɡ.../ |
/əʊɡz/ | Pogues | |
/əʊdʒ/ | doge | /əʊdʒ.../ |
Mohawk, etc | /əʊh.../ | |
/əʊk/ | soak | /əʊk.../ |
/əʊks/ | hoax | /əʊks.../ |
/əʊkt/ | soaked | |
/əʊl/ | hole | /əʊl.../ |
/əʊld/ | old | /əʊld.../ |
/əʊlt/ | bolt | /əʊlt.../ |
/əʊlz/ | poles | |
/əʊm/ | home | /əʊm.../ |
/əʊmz/ | Holmes | |
/əʊn/ | bone | /əʊn.../ |
/əʊnd/ | toned | |
/əʊnt/ | don't | |
/əʊnz/ | Jones | |
/əʊp/ | hope | /əʊp.../ |
/əʊps/ | Stopes | |
/əʊpt/ | hoped | |
O-ring, etc | /əʊɹ.../ | |
/əʊs/ | gross | /əʊs.../ |
/əʊst/ | most | /əʊst.../ |
/əʊʃ/ | gauche | /əʊʃ.../ |
/əʊʒ/ | loge | |
/əʊt/ | goat | /əʊt.../ |
/əʊts/ | oats | |
/əʊθ/ | oath | /əʊθ.../ |
/əʊð/ | loathe | /əʊð.../ |
/əʊðd/ | clothed | |
/əʊðz/ | clothes | |
/əʊv/ | grove | /əʊv.../ |
/əʊvz/ | loaves | |
cowash, etc | /əʊw.../ | |
yo-yo, etc | /əʊj.../ | |
/əʊz/ | hose | /əʊz.../ |