Words with the [ɝ / ɚ] sound
R-colored central vowel; curl or bunch the tongue for the 'r'.
Common spellings: er, ur, ir. Examples: bird, her, butter.
- oracle
- orchards
- ornament
- organism
- ordinance
- orient
- orgy
- earls
- orchid
- arisen
- irvine
- orchestras
- ordination
- ernst
- organizer
- orphan
- arouse
- er
- ordnance
- earnings
- orchestra's
- orator
- organization's
- organist
- ordinarily
- organizers
- orion
- arising
- herbal
- orderly
- orthogonal
- urging
- arrears
- oratory
- originals
- earldom
- ordeal
- irwin
- ornamented
- earnestness
- org
- orthography
- arrivals
- erroneous
- orphans
- originating
- herbaceous
- orchids
- ernie
- orpheus
- orr
- arrays
- earle
- orioles
- orphanage
- arranger
- earthen
- originality
- orthodoxy
- erskine
- oar
- orb
- orkney
- arresting
- err
- orally
- ornamentation
- ursula
- herbivorous
- ordinances
- orphaned
- arrayed
- arranges
- erwin
- ores
- urgently
- aristocrat
- orbiting
- urges
- orchestration
- ortiz
- urgency
- earl's
- orchestrated
- urn
- arroyo
- orton
- orwell
- herbarium
- orestes
- ormond
- arenas
- aristocrats
- earns
- orson
- ermine
- originator
- arista
- herbicides
- order's