Frequent Spelling Patterns for /k/ Sound in Words

Frequent Spelling Patterns for /k/ Sound in Words

by DEBORAH EARLE

c, k, ch, ck and qu are frequent spelling patterns for the /k/ sounds in words!

Some examples are:

​cat

​kid

​pick

​chord

​quail

Some words use ke to make the /k/ sound, like bike. When ke makes the /k/ sound, it signals a long vowel sound and also the end of a word.

Some examples of words that use ke to make the /k/ sound, have a long vowel sound and end in ke are:

​cake

​poke

​hike

​puke

​snake

Some words use the letter x which makes the /ks/ sound like:

​fox (sounds like foks)

​jinx (sounds like jinks)

​box (sounds like boks)

​six (sounds like siks)