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This lesson covers the English multigraph 'oe,' exploring its different pronunciations and the phonological rules that determine its sounds in words.

English Multigraph 'oe'

'oe' is a digraph that we are going to talk about its sound(s) here.

Digraphs are a set of two letters that stand together and produce a new sound.

Digraph	oe
Name	oe (pronounced /ˈoʊ ˈiː/)
Common Sound(s)	/oʊ/, /uː/

The Digraph 'oe'

Sound 1: /oʊ/

'oe' sounds /oʊ/ if it comes at the end of words.

doe /doʊ/

hoe /hoʊ/

toe /toʊ/

Sound 2: /ɔ/

'oe' sounds /ɔ/:

Sound 3: /oʊə/

poetry /ˈpoʊətɹi/

Sound 4: /uː/

'oe' at the end of words also sounds /uː/:

shoe /ʃuː/

canoe /kəˈnuː/

hoopoe /ˈhuː.puː/

Sound 5: /oʊɛ/

'oe' also sounds /oʊɛ/:

noel /noʊˈɛl/

Sound 6: /i/

In a few cases, 'oe' sounds /i/:

people /ˈpipəl/

phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/

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