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.
- urbanized
- earthwork
- urbanization
- earthy
- orville
- urbana
- awry
- earthenware
- earthworms
- irma
- earnshaw
- oration
- orbiter
- ord
- orientations
- organelles
- ernesto
- erstwhile
- orators
- urquhart
- arousal
- earths
- ordain
- orientated
- orinoco
- oriole
- arousing
- erlangen
- oran
- ornithology
- earnhardt
- herbivore
- urchins
- oracles
- orford
- origami
- oro
- ortega
- orthopedic
- orca
- oregano
- orifice
- ormonde
- orphanages
- arapaho
- arena's
- irksome
- irvin
- urbanism
- aretha
- aristotelian
- aromas
- aruba
- arup
- ergo
- ergonomics
- oeuvre
- orrin
- urbane
- aris
- ergonomic
- herbicide
- irby
- orchestrations
- oregon's
- orne
- orwell's
- ur
- ursus
- aerobics
- earthworm
- ernest's
- ervin
- orations
- ordway
- ornithological
- urchin
- arrhythmia
- earp
- erma
- orland
- ortho
- ursa
- aranda
- arraigned
- arrhythmias
- earner
- eroticism
- erving
- eure
- irv
- oratorical
- orellana
- orem
- organically
- orientals
- originators
- arapahoe
- erman
- ershad