Diphthongs

Diphthongs

A diphthong is the double vowel sound that can occur when there are two vowels side by side. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of 2 vowels.

There are many diphthongs commonly used in English, which are as follows :-

aw, au, ew, oo, oi, oy, ow, ou, ai, oe, oa, ay, ea, ue, ui, ie

 

aw	au
straw	hault
claw	fault
law	vault
thaw	pauper
hawk	author
saw	cause
draw	pause
crawl	applause
awful	autumn
yawn	caught
awesome	faucet
dawn	laundry
jaw	sauce
shawl	August
pawn	haunt
squawk	because
raw	audio
prawn	auction
spawn	automobile
trawl	trauma
scrawl	gauze
withdraw	fraud

 

ew	oo
brew	food
chew	room
blew	soon
cashew	zoo
stew	taboo
few	kazoo
dew	bamboo
drew	shampoo
screw	spoon
dew	baboon
new	tooth
knew	broom
pew	school
stew	poodle
view	raccoon
nephew	tool
interview	moose
curfew	wood
review	mood
news	wool

 

oi	oy
boil	boy
point	toy
coin	coy
broil	joy
spoil	soy
noise	oyster
oil	decoy
join	enjoy
moist	destroy
poison	employ
soil	royal
joint	envoy
void	joyful
voice	voyage
point	joyous
coil	royalty

 

ow	ou
cow	out
howl	house
bow	found
growl	round
down	cloud
brown	loud
plow	ouch
flower	cough
own	around
slow	mouse
row	pouch
low	mouth
blow	spout
yellow	account
pillow	bounty
below	drought
crow	doubt
snow	founder
arrow	fountain
know	blackout
flow	compound
bowl	discount
show	foul
hollow	blouse
fellow	ground

 

ai	oa
main	oak
plain	coach
stain	throat
paint	boat
pain	road
rain	toast
mail	float
hair	coat
fair	foam
stairs	goal
chain	loan
tail	coast
hail	cloak
fail	toad
pair	bloat
jail	goat
chain	loaf
again	coal
laid	load
paid	board

 

oe	ue
toe	glue
foe	blue
hoe	clue
doe	due
poet	argue
shoe	value
woe	statue
aloe	rescue
poem	barbecue
shoes	cue
woes	duel
toes	sue
phoenix	fuel
does	cruel
foes	value
goes	guess
poetic	torque
loess	true
noel	cruel

 

ay	ea
day	beach
relay	teach
stay	reach
pray	fear
play	real
clay	steal
yesterday	beak
say	seat
hay	ear
holiday	near
bay	fear
always	gear
spray	seal
away	feast
pay	bread
ray	already
okay	healthy
lay	sweat
sway	heavy
tray	thread

 

ui	ei	ie
fluid	neigh	relief
fruit	beige	replied
juice	ceiling	belief
quiz	eight	lie
quit	protein	thief
ruin	neither	pies
bruit	either	shriek
louis	receipt	cashier
fluid	conceit	shield
guilt	heir	die
quint	reign	newbie
quill	weigh	fried
quilt	weird	field
build	either	diet
guide	their	niece
fruit	heist	tie
suite	being	movie
guilty	receive	brief