International Phonetic Alphabet | Digraph
What is a trigraph?
➧ A trigraph is a group of three letters that work together to make one sound.
➧ Trigraphs help children learn phonics, reading, and spelling skills.
Consonant Trigraphs
➧ three consonants that make one sound.
➧ tch | shr
Vowel Trigraphs
➧ three letters, usually including vowels, that make one vowel sound.
➧ igh | ear | air | ure
/eəɹ/ - /ɛɹ/
Care
Care
/eəɹ/ - /ɛɹ/
Bear
Bear
/ɪəɹ/
Hear
Hear
/ʊəɹ/
Tour
Tour
/aʊəɹ/
Flour
Flour
/jʊəɹ/ - /jʊɹ/
Pure
Pure
/ɔːɹ/
More
More
/ɪəɹ/
Here
Here
/ɛɹ/ - /ɪɹ/
Severe
Severe
/eəɹ/ - /ɛɹ/
Hair
Hair
/ɪəɹ/
Pier
Pier
/jəɹ/
Fancier
Fancier
/eəɹ/
Aerial
Aerial
/əʊ/ - /oʊ/
Bureau
Bureau
/aɪ/
High
High
/tʃ/
Watch
Watch
/dʒ/
Edge
Edge
/kɹ/
Chrome
Chrome
/sk/
School
School
/ʃ/ - /sk/
Schedule
Schedule
/saɪ/
Science
Science
/ʃ/
Conscious
Conscious
/skɹ/
Scratch
Scratch
/ʃɹ/
Shrimp
Shrimp
/spl/
Splash
Splash
/spɹ/
Spring
Spring
/skw/
Square
Square
/stɹ/
Strong
Strong
/θɹ/
Three
Three