Common English words with the "ow (now)" sound (IPA aʊ)

Common English words with this sound

ow (now)

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
about /əˈbaʊt/ A1
around /əˈraʊnd/ A1
brown /braʊn/ A1
cloud /klaʊd/ A1
cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/ A1
couch /kaʊtʃ/ A1
cow /kaʊ/ A1
down /daʊn/ A1
flower /ˈflaʊɚ/ /ˈflaʊə/ A1
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A1
hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ /ˈhəʊmˌtaʊn/ A1
hour /aʊɚ/ /ˈaʊə/ A1
house /haʊs/ A1
how /haʊ/ A1
mountain /ˈmaʊnʔn̩/ /ˈmaʊntɪn/ A1
mouse /maʊs/ A1
mouth /maʊθ/ A1
now /naʊ/ A1
our /ˈaʊɚ/ /ˈaʊə/ A1
ours /ˈaʊɚz/ /ˈaʊəz/ A1

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