Words Whose Pronunciation and Spelling Differ—Spelling Rules

Concept sheet | English Language Arts

Some English words sound very different from the way they are spelled.

Here are common examples:

Word spelled

Pronounced

Word spelled

Pronounced

Word spelled

Pronounced

laugh

[laf]

sugar

[shu-gr]

iron

[aye-yurn]

tough

[tuf]

daughter

[dah-tr]

jewelry

[joul-ri]

rough

[ruf]

scissors

[si-zerz]

cupboard

[kuh-bird]

enough

[uh-nuf]
[i-nuf]

Wednesday

[wenz-day]

colonel

[kur-nel]

sure

[shor]

February

[feh-byou-eh-ri]

nauseous

[nah-shuss]

Words Whose Pronunciation and Spelling Differ—Spelling Rules Exercise

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