Tch or Ch

Spelling -ch or -tch

By Liam Egan

-ch

If the last ‘ch’ sound comes after a consonant, the ending is usually -ch.

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Look at these examples – sear-ch, chur-ch.

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​-ch

If the final ‘ch’ sound comes after a two-letter vowel, the ending should be spelled -ch.

For example: bea-ch, tea-ch, crou-ch, tou-ch.

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​-tch

If the final ‘ch’ sound comes after a one-letter vowel (short vowel), it is usually spelled -tch.

For example: fe-tch, ca-tch, pi-tch, wa-tch, dispa-tch

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Rule Breakers!!

attach, much, sandwich, which, detach, ostrich, spinach, enrich, rich, such

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• pouch 
• pootch 
• poutch 
• posh 

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• pesh
• petsh
• peetch
• Pitch

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• phetch
• faetch
• fetch
• fetchs

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• pech 
• peach 
• peatch 
• pesch 

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• match
• muatch
• mitche
• mtch

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• sktch
• scketsch
• sketch
• scatche

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• scratchet
• sratch
• scrtch
• scratch

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• coash 
• coatch 
• coach 
• cotch 

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• scretch
• stretch
• stretkh
• strash

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• wich 
• which 
• whitch 
• wicht 

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• kishen
• kichin
• kitchen
• citshen

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• attatch 
• atach 
• atack 
• attach 

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• pitcher 
• picher 
• picture 
• pietcher