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Sounds and syllables · Step 1 of 32

Open or closed

New marks

sound circle, syllable swoop, long, short

Kernel words

is

Carney (1994)

Short vowels can't end an open syllable and long vowels can, p. 134; short i, p. 135; long i, p. 151

Step 2Closed two-letter words

Page references are to Edward Carney, A Survey of English Spelling (Routledge, 1994). Updated 8 November 2026.

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