A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that present a sound (phoneme) in a word. For example, the word ‘ghost’ contains five letters and four graphemes (‘gh,’ ‘o,’ ‘s,’ and ‘t’), which represents four phonemes. See the following grapheme’s examples list for a better understanding.
Examples of Graphemes with Words
| Graphemes | Examples | Graphemes | Examples |
| a | Cat | b | bug |
| ai | said | bb | bubble |
| au | laugh | d | dad |
| aigh | straight | dd | add |
| ay | pay | f | fat |
| a_e | mate | ff | cliff |
| ae | aesthetic | ft | often |
| e | end | g | gun |
| ea | break | gg | egg |
| ei | heifer | gh | ghost |
| eo | people | ge | wage |
| ey | key | h | hope |
| ed | milled | lf | half |
| eigh | weigh | ph | phone |
| er | foyer | j | jam |
| et | filet | k | kit |
| i | it | c | cat |
| ie | grief | ch | chris |
| ar | dollar | cc | accent |
| o | open | l | live |
| oa | moat | ll | well |
| oe | toe | lk | folk |
| ow | sow | m | man |
| oo | brooch | mm | summer |
| oi | join | mb | comb |
| oy | boy | mn | column |
| ou | shout | n | net |
| ough | bough | nn | funny |
| ew | dew | p | pin |
| aw | slaw | pp | dippy |
| air | chair | r | run |
| are | dare | rr | carrot |
| ayer | prayer | rh | rhyme |
| ear | pear | s | sit |
| ere | where | ss | less |
| eir | their | sc | sense |
| our | tourist | st | listen |
| or | fork | se | course |
| ore | fore | qu | bouquet |
| u | busy | t | tip |
| ur | burn | tt | matter |
| ure | cure | th | thomas |
| ui | fruit | ti | station |
| uoy | buoy | ci | special |
| u_e | flute | gu | guest |
| eer | steer | gue | prologue |
| ier | tier | di | soldier |
| ir | bird | dge | edge |
| oor | poor | ck | rack |
| oar | board | lm | palm |
| ue | blue | kn | know |
| ng | ring | gn | gnat |
| ngue | tongue | pn | pneumonia |
| ce | peace | ps | psycho |
| sci | conscience | si | pension |
| sh | sham | v | vine |
| ve | five | w | who |
| wh | why | wr | wrench |
| x | xylophone | y | you |
| yr | myrtle | z | zed |
| zz | craze | zz | buzz |
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn about 44 different sounds in English along with other concepts related to phonics.