<o> | /ɑ/ (RP /ɒ/) | LOT, hot, not, stop, shop, job, stop, sock, dodge, romp, possible | |
| /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) (GOAT) | won’t, don’t | |
| | go, no, so | |
| | okay, only, open, over | |
| | old, bold, cold, gold, fold, hold, mold, sold, told, bolt, colt, molt, volt | <-old>, <-olt> |
| | hope, home, hole, those, close, alone, phone, whole | <-o-e> |
| /ɔ/ (RP /ɒ/) (CLOTH) | CLOTH, moth, off, gone, dog, fog, bog, log, pog, loss, boss, moss, toss; lost, cost, frost, cross; | |
| (CLOTH -ng) | wrong, strong, belong, throng, song, long, along | |
| /ʌ/ | come, love, color, nothing, done, wonder, dove, none, shove | |
| /ə/ | person, today, second, reason, position, occur, control, police, lesson | unstressed |
| /u/ | do, to, move | |
<oo> | /u/ | GOOSE, fool, too, room, soon | |
| /ʊ/ | FOOT, good, stood, wood, hood, soot, hoof, woof | |
| /ʌ/ | blood, flood | very exceptional |
| /ʊ/ | book, look, cook | <ook> |
<ow> | /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) (GOAT) | show, know | |
| /aʊ/ | town, now | |
| /ɑ/ | (LOT) knowledge, acknowledge | |
<oy> | /ɔɪ/ | boy, joy | |
<oi> | /ɔɪ/ | oil, join | |
<oe> | /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) (GOAT) | toe, goes | |
| /oʊ.ə/ (RP /əʊ.ɪ/) | poem | |
| /u/ | shoe, canoe | |
| /ə/ | does | |
<oa> | /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) | GOAT, loan, road, oat | |
<ou> | /aʊ/ | MOUTH, house, out, south | Most often |
| /ə/ | famous, jealous | unstressed syllables |
| /u/ | youth, group, you | less often |
| /ʌ/ | trouble | |
| /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) (GOAT) | soul | |
| /ʊ/ | could, should, would | <oul> only those words |
<ough> | /oʊ/ (RP /əʊ/) (GOAT) | though, doughnut, although, dough | |
| /u/ | through | |
| /ʌf/ | rough, enough, tough, sough, slough | |
| /ɔf/ | (CLOTH) cough, trough | |
| /ɔ/ | thought, nought, ought, brought | |
| /aʊ/ | bough, doughty, drought, plough | |
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