The English Alphabetic Code — 1 syllable words

This chart lists 273 English sound–spelling correspondences from 6,567 words.

Row	Cells	Max.	Total	CV	IPA	Spelling Patterns →
1	4	691	700	vs	a	a cat 691	au laugh 7	aa ma'am 1	ai plaid 1
2	13	298	584	vl	e	a-e ape 298	ai chain 138	ay tray 50	a baby 20	ei vein 15	ai-e praise 14	eigh eight 12	ey they 12	a--e taste 9	ea steak 8	e re 5	au gauge 2	aigh straight 1
3	9	50	97	vr	ɛɹ	are snare 50	air chair 21	ear bear 10	ere there 7	ayer prayer 2	eir their 2	err err 2	heir heir 2	ar scarce 1
4	4	151	166	vr	ɑɹ	ar jar 151	arr scarred 8	ear heart 5	are are 2
5	4	43	62	vs	ʊ	oo book 43	u bull 14	ou could 3	o wolf 2
6	2	675	696	cs	b	b bus 675	bb ebb 21
7	3	235	291	cd	tʃ	ch child 235	tch watch 55	che niche 1
8	5	1096	1486	cs	d	d dog 1,096	ed trained 375	de aide 8	dd add 4	ld could 3
9	14	235	606	vl	i	ea leaf 235	ee eel 213	ie shield 41	ea-e ease 26	e-e here 25	ee-e cheese 18	e he 16	i ski 10	ie-e grieve 10	ei weird 5	ey key 3	ei-e seize 2	ay quay 1	i-e suite 1
10	14	76	275	vr	ʌɹ	ur fur 76	ir bird 63	er her 55	ear earth 21	r fire 19	or world 17	urr purr 9	re we're 6	her herb 3	ere were 2	irr stirred 1	our scourge 1	ure sure 1	yrrh myrrh 1
11	5	406	453	vs	ɛ	e jet 406	ea bread 41	ie friend 4	ai said 1	ay says 1
12	6	537	624	cf	f	f fox 537	ff off 50	ph graph 19	gh laugh 14	ffe gaffe 2	lf half 2
13	5	444	518	cs	g	g bug 444	gg egg 36	gu guess 19	gue league 15	gh ghost 4
14	2	282	293	cf	h	h hat 282	wh who 11
15	15	263	450	vd	aⁱ	i-e bike 263	i child 72	igh light 37	y fly 25	y-e type 16	ie pie 9	ye bye 6	eye eye 5	uy buy 5	eigh height 3	ais aisle 2	aye aye 2	ei heist 2	is isle 2	ai chai 1
16	5	668	698	vs	ɪ	i sit 668	y myth 21	i-e give 4	ui build 3	ie sieve 2
17	4	106	239	cd	dʒ	j jet 106	ge large 57	dge edge 41	g gem 35
18	2	42	43	cd	ks	x ax 42	xe axe 1
19	1	76	76	cd	kw	qu queen 76
20	9	580	1366	cs	k	c cup 580	k kite 522	ck duck 206	lk walk 21	ch choir 17	que cheque 14	che ache 3	qu quiche 2	kk trekked 1
21	4	1365	1569	ca	l	l leg 1,365	ll bull 196	le isle 5	lle braille 3
22	17	171	363	vl	u	oo moon 171	u-e June 52	ew flew 37	ou soup 21	ue blue 17	oo-e ooze 14	o do 13	ui fruit 11	o-e move 8	u truth 6	eu sleuth 3	oe shoe 3	wo two 3	ieu lieu 1	ioux sioux 1	ough through 1	oup coup 1
23	5	714	768	cn	m	m mat 714	mb lamb 29	mm slammed 18	mn hymn 4	lm calm 3
24	3	119	229	cn	ŋ	n drink 119	ng sing 107	ngue tongue 3
25	7	990	1069	cn	n	n nest 990	kn knife 29	nn inn 23	gn gnat 19	ne gone 5	nne Anne 2	hn John 1
26	13	185	452	vl	o	o-e nose 185	oa road 93	o gold 83	ow snow 58	oe toe 13	oh oh 4	ou soul 4	ew sew 3	owe owe 3	au mauve 2	ough dough 2	eau beau 1	oo brooch 1
27	2	52	69	vd	ɔⁱ	oi coin 52	oy boy 17
28	9	88	206	vr	ɔɹ	or horn 88	ore sore 36	ar war 34	our four 21	oar board 18	oor door 6	awer drawer 1	orp corp 1	orps corps 1
29	4	106	191	vd	aᵘ	ou house 106	ow owl 76	ough bough 7	hou hour 2
30	10	353	607	vs	ɔ	o log 353	a swan 120	aw law 72	au vault 38	ough ought 8	ou cough 5	ah hurrah 4	augh caught 4	awe awe 2	oa broad 1
31	4	1047	1106	cs	p	p pen 1,047	pp ripped 52	pe troupe 4	ppe steppe 3
32	3	1227	1263	ca	r	r run 1,227	wr wrench 33	rh rhyme 3
33	10	494	564	vs	ə	u bus 494	o son 26	o-e love 17	a was 10	ou young 8	e the 3	oo blood 3	au ’cause 1	oe does 1	uh huh 1
34	5	248	263	cf	ʃ	sh shark 248	ch chef 7	sch schmooze 4	che cache 3	s sure 1
35	9	2235	2460	cf	s	s sack 2,235	c cent 66	ss boss 61	ce once 47	se horse 40	ps psalm 4	sc scent 4	sw sword 2	sse mousse 1
36	2	34	59	cf	ð	th the 34	the bathe 25
37	1	191	191	cf	θ	th three 191
38	8	1533	1976	cs	t	t tent 1,533	ed talked 368	d aced 53	tt bottle 8	bt debt 5	te route 5	cht yacht 2	tte matte 2
39	1	9	9	cd	ts	tz waltz 9
40	9	21	66	vd	ʲu	u-e cube 21	ew few 14	ue fuel 10	you you 8	u unit 6	iew view 3	eu feud 2	ewe ewe 1	yew yew 1
41	5	182	236	cf	v	v van 182	ve dove 46	lve halve 6	f of 1	vv revved 1
42	4	333	397	ca	w	w win 333	wh whale 55	o one 6	u suite 3
43	2	47	48	ca	j	y yes 47	j fjord 1
44	2	2	3	cf	ʒ	ge rouge 2	g luge 1
45	8	1261	1376	cf	z	s as 1,261	z zoo 69	se noise 20	es flies 12	zz buzz 7	cz czar 3	ze gauze 3	thes clothes 1