Rules for Spelling in English

Every now and then a writer gets trouble spelling a word. This happens because not all the words we use in English is spelled the way it sounds. So, you cannot always sound out a word and arrive at the accurate spelling. This is why you need to know the rules of spelling. Below is the table of spellings of English sounds.

The Sound	as in	may be spelled	as in
short vowel sound a	ant	ai, au	plaid, laugh
long vowel sound a	cake	ai, ay, ea, ei	rain, play, seat, eight
short vowel sound e	wet	a, ai, ay	many, said, says
long vowel sound e	she	ae, i, ie	Caesar, live, relieve
short vowel sound i	six	ee, o,u,y	seen, woman, busy, hymn
long vowel sound i	ice	ai, ei, y,	aisle, weight, hymn
short vowel sound o	hot	a	watt
long vowel sound o	oval	ew, oq,, oe, oo, ou, ow	sew, brooch, took, soul, blow
short vowel sound u	sun	o, ou,	come, double

The sound	as in	may be spelled	as in
yu	yule	eu, ew, u, ue	feud, few, use, cue
f	fun	gh, ph	enough, phone
g	go	gh, gu, gue	ghost, guru, rogue
j	jar	dg, g	dredge, sponge,
m	me	lm, md	calm, climb
n	no	gn, kn, on	gnat, knot, on
ng	thing	n	think
r	run	rh, wr	rhubub, wright
s	say	c, ce, ps	cent, mice, psoriasis
sh	she	ch, ci, ti	choke , circle , fraction
t	tell	ed	dropped
z	zoo	s, sc, ss, x	dessert, scent, discuss, xtra

Table of Spelling rules