Common English words with the "oh (go)" sound (IPA oʊ)

Common English words with this sound

oh (go)

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
ago /əˈɡoʊ/ /əˈɡəʊ/ A1
almost /ˈɑlˌmoʊst/ /ˈɔːlˌməʊst/ A1
alone /əˈloʊn/ /əˈləʊn/ A1
also /ˈɑlsoʊ/ /ˈɔːlsəʊ/ A1
below /bɪˈloʊ/ /bɪˈləʊ/ A1
blow /bloʊ/ /bləʊ/ A1
boat /boʊt/ /bəʊt/ A1
bone /boʊn/ /bəʊn/ A1
borrow /ˈbɑroʊ/ /ˈbɒrəʊ/ A1
both /boʊθ/ /bəʊθ/ A1
bowl /boʊl/ /bəʊl/ A1
broke /broʊk/ /brəʊk/ A1
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ /ˈbrəʊkən/ A1
chose /tʃoʊz/ /tʃəʊz/ A1
chosen /ˈtʃoʊzn̩/ /ˈtʃəʊzən/ A1
close /kloʊs/ /kləʊs/ A1
closed /kloʊzd/ /kləʊzd/ A1
clothes /kloʊðz/ /kləʊðz/ A1
coach /koʊtʃ/ /kəʊtʃ/ A1
coat /koʊt/ /kəʊt/ A1

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