ɔ
Common English words with this sound
aw (dog/thought)
A CEFR-graded selection of the most common words that include this phoneme, sorted by learner level (A1 first). Both GA and RP shown when they differ. Tap Listen for audio.
| Word | GA | RP | Level | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| airport | /ˈɛrˌpɑrt/ | /ˈeəˌpɔːt/ | A1 | |
| all | /ɑl/ | /ɔːl/ | A1 | |
| almost | /ˈɑlˌmoʊst/ | /ˈɔːlˌməʊst/ | A1 | |
| already | /ɑlˈrɛdi/ | /ɔːlˈredi/ | A1 | |
| also | /ˈɑlsoʊ/ | /ˈɔːlsəʊ/ | A1 | |
| always | /ˈɑlˌweɪz/ | /ˈɔːlˌweɪz/ | A1 | |
| august | /ˈɑɡəst/ | /ˈɔːɡəst/ | A1 | |
| autumn | /ˈɑɾəm/ | /ˈɔːtəm/ | A1 | |
| ball | /bɑl/ | /bɔːl/ | A1 | |
| baseball | /ˈbeɪsˌbɑl/ | /ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl/ | A1 | |
| basketball | /ˈbæskətˌbɑl/ | /ˈbɑːskətˌbɔːl/ | A1 | |
| because | /bɪˈkɑz/ | /bɪˈkɔːz/ | A1 | |
| before | /bɪˈfɑr/ | /bɪˈfɔː/ | A1 | |
| board | /bɑrd/ | /bɔːd/ | A1 | |
| bookstore | /ˈbʊkˌstɑr/ | /ˈbʊkˌstɔː/ | A1 | |
| boring | /ˈbɑrɪŋ/ | /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ | A1 | |
| bought | /bɑt/ | /bɔːt/ | A1 | |
| brought | /brɑt/ | /brɔːt/ | A1 | |
| call | /kɑl/ | /kɔːl/ | A1 | |
| caught | /kɑt/ | /kɔːt/ | A1 |