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Consonant Sound
Voiced /y/

Sound-Spelling Pattern

/y/ is always followed by a vowel sound

  /y/   /yuw/
y

yesterday young
youth yolk yoke yeast year yacht

eu = good

eucalyptus eugenics euphemism uphoria euthanasia Eucharist Euclid Eugene Euphrates Europe

secret y

unstressed
failure junior million onion opinion

secret y

stressed
beauty beautiful confuse cute huge human union unit

      Homophones
eu you yew ewe u