Diphthongs - oy, oi, ow, ou

Diphthongs - oy, oi, ow, ou

Diphthongs are vowel teams that blend two sounds, like oy and ow

• The /ow/ sound in "cow" can be spelled ou or ow

• The /oy/ sound in "boy" can be spelled oi or oy

Spelling the /oy/ and /ow/ sounds depends on where the sound is in the word

• oy is at the end of the word as in "toy" or the beginning as in "oyster"

• oi is in the middle of a word as in "choice"

• ow is often followed by n or l as in "clown" or "owl"

• ou is often followed by nd as in "ground"

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• voys

• voce

• voice

• voyce

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• loial

• loyal

• loel

• loil

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• nos

• nuoise

• nois

• noise

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• join

• joyan

• joyn

• jon

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• kowt

• cowt

• cout

• count

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• abowt

• ubout

• about

• abot

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• amount

• amownt

• umowt

• amowt

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• dowin

• bown

• down

• don

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• spoyal

• spowl

• spol

• spoil

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• fower

• flower

• flowr

• flor

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• found

• fond

• foud

• fownd