Please note: some r-controlled vowel sound generalisations may vary based on accent/dialect. Wordabase has been formed from the perspective of an Australian accent. In some areas of the world, 'a' does not make the /ar/ phoneme.
R-Controlled AR at a glance:
- Words with ar sound include car, arch, artist
- Words with a making the /ar/ sound include ask, bath, fast
Spelling Frequencies:
- ar - 89%
- a - 8%
Rare Spelling Patterns:
- ear (heart)
- au (aunt)
- al (half)
- ah (hurrah)
- aar (bazaar)
- oir (reservoir)
- er (sergeant)
- are (are)
Common Spelling Generalisations or Patterns:
- ar is used at the beginning, middle or end of a word e.g. art, car, harm, card
- a is mostly used in the middle of words e.g. path, bath, master