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Letter Sounds Guide
There are 44 sounds (phonemes) in the English language with many letters & spelling patterns (graphemes) that represent those sounds. Letterland uses characters (pictograms) to bring the letters and spelling patterns to life. This page lists all 44 sounds with their most common letter or spelling pattern represented as a Letterland pictogram. It's not a comprehensive list of Who's Who in Letterland.
Consonants
/b/
b
bb
bat
hobby
/k/
c
k
ck
ch
qu
cat
kit
duck
school
unique
/d/
d
dd
ed
dog
muddy
smiled
/f/
f
ff
ph
gh
fan
puff
photo
rough
/g/
g
gg
go
egg
/h/
h
wh
hen
who
/j/
j
g
dg
jet
giant
edge
/l/
l
ll
le
leg
bell
table
/m/
m
mm
mb
mn
map
summer
thumb
autumn
/n/
n
nn
kn
net
tennis
knee
/p/
p
pp
pen
happy
/r/
r
rr
wr
run
carry
write
/s/
s
ss
c
sun
miss
cell
/t/
t
tt
ed
tap
sitting
hoped
/v/
v
ve
van
have
/w/
w
wh
o
wig
when
one
/y/
y
yes
/z/
z
zz
s
zip
buzz
is
/ch/
ch
tch
chip
catch
/ng/
ng
nk
ring
pink
/sh/
sh
t
shop
attention
/th/
th
then
/th/
th
thin
/zh/
s
treasure
Vowels
/ă/
a
ant
/ā/
ai
ay
a_e
ei
a
ey
rain
say
make
eight
apron
they
/air/
air
are
ear
ere
fair
scare
bear
there
/ar/
ar
a
are
farm
father
are
/ĕ/
e
ea
ai
ay
egg
head
said
says
/ear/
ear
eer
ere
year
deer
here
/ē/
ee
ea
e
ie
e_e
bee
sea
he
believe
these
/ĭ/
i
y
i_e
it
gymnast
engine
/ī/
igh
ie
y
i_e
i
ei
night
tie
my
like
ice
height
/ŏ/
o
odd
/ō/
oa
ow
o
o_e
boat
snow
so
home
/oi/
oi
oy
coin
boy
/oo/ /ū/*
oo
ew
ue
u_e
o
ui
u*
ew
u_e
moon
grew
blue
rule
to
fruit
uniform*
few*
cube*
/oo/
oo
u
look
put
/or/
or
aw
au
ore
oor
our
for
saw
cause
more
door
four
/ow/
ow
ou
cow
out
/ŭ/
u
o
up
son
/ur/
ur
er
ir
ear
fur
her
girl
learn
/ure/
ure
pure
/ə/
a
parachute