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ps as in psychology

psĀ·alĀ·m
1
3
psĀ·euĀ·dĀ·o
2
4
psĀ·oĀ·rĀ·iĀ·aĀ·sĀ·iĀ·s
4
8
psĀ·yĀ·chĀ·iĀ·c
2
5
psĀ·yĀ·chĀ·oĀ·lĀ·oĀ·gĀ·y
4
8

S Phoneme Words

S Phoneme at a glance:

  • Words with s include sack, simple, sleep
  • Words with c include cent, city, celebrate
  • Words with ce include fence, bounce, ambulance
  • Words with ss include kiss, fussy, mattress
  • Words with se include horse, house, mouse

Spelling Frequencies:

  • s - 73%
  • c - 20% (includes 'ce' as in fence)
  • ss - 4%
  • se - 2%

Rare Spelling Patterns:

  • sc (science)
  • st (listen)
  • ps (psalm)

Additional things to note:

In regards to ā€˜c’ (city) and ā€˜ce’ (fence) making /s/, I was unable to find any statistics that separate the use-case of each grapheme, which is why they have been grouped together.