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PH is a digraph: two letters that work together to make one sound. P and H on their own say /p/ and /h/, but together they always say /f/. You find PH in words that came into English from Greek, such as phone, photo, dolphin, elephant. When you see PH, read it as one smooth /f/ sound.
PH Words
phone, photo, graph, nephew
dolphin, alphabet, elephant, trophy
Spelling Word List
15 PH words: phone, photo, graph, dolphin, elephant and more.
The Digraph PH
A digraph is two letters that work together to make one sound. When P and H appear together, they always say /f/. This is different from F alone, but the sound is exactly the same. PH words usually came into English from Greek: words like phone (from "phon" meaning sound), photo (from "phos" meaning light), and alphabet (from the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta). When you see PH in a word, read it as one smooth /f/ sound and do not try to say /p/ and /h/ separately.
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Chorus
PH says F.
You will find it in words that came to English from Greek origins.
Verse 1
phone: ph o n e
photo: ph o t o
graph: g r a ph
nephew: n e ph e w
Chorus
PH says F.
You will find it in words that came to English from Greek origins.
Verse 2
dolphin: d o l ph i n
alphabet: a l ph a b e t
elephant: e l e ph a n t
trophy: t r o ph y
Chorus
PH says F.
You will find it in words that came to English from Greek origins.
PH says F.
You will find it in words that came to English from Greek origins.
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