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⟨er⟩
From Teflpedia
⟨er⟩ is a vowel digraph that occurs in English. It represents the ɴᴜʀꜱᴇ vowel phoneme or the ɴᴇᴀʀ vowel phoneme when stressed, and the 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵ᴇʀ vowel phoneme when unstressed.
In some words, it’s used in American English spelling as an alternative to ⟨re⟩, e.g. center, meter, etc.
Stressed[edit | edit source]
| Phoneme | Example words |
|---|---|
| ɴᴜʀꜱᴇ vowel phoneme | certain, concern, determine, her, perfect, person, service, term, version, were |
| ɴᴇᴀʀ vowel phoneme /ɪə/ | experience, material, period, series, serious, serum, query, here, mere, severe |
| ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱ vowel phoneme /e/, with next syllable beginning /r/ | American, austerity, ceremony, experiment, heroism, merit, peril, severity, sheriff, therapy, very |
| ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ vowel phoneme | sergeant, clerk, derby, Berkeley, Cherwell, Clerkenwell, Derby, Hertford. |
| ꜱǫᴜᴀʀᴇ vowel phoneme | Cher |
Unstressed[edit | edit source]
- 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵ᴇʀ vowel: after, another, consider, letter, modern, never, number, offer, order, other, over, pattern, under, whether
