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 |
| 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 |
I like this website because of the simplicity of the words used in explaining the topics which makes it very easy to understand. God bless you Mrs
Shilpi
Nagpal