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⟨ear⟩
From Teflpedia
⟨ear⟩ is an English vowel trigraph.
This may be pronounced three ways;
| Lexical sets | Example words |
|---|---|
| ɴᴇᴀʀ lexical set: | appear, beard, clear, dear, ear, earring, fear, gear /gɪər/, hear, near, rear, tear (teardrop), year |
| ɴᴜʀꜱᴇ lexical set: | dearth, early, earn, earth, heard, hearse, learn, pearl, rehearsal, rehearse, search; |
| ꜱǫᴜᴀʀᴇ lexical set: | bear, pear, swear, tear (verb), wear |
| ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ lexical set | heart, hearth. |
| Two syllables: | linear, nuclear |
