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Vowels

Short Vowel Words

By V Y Published 14 Mar 2022 Updated 3 Nov 2022 3 min read
Entry typeVowels
Last updated3 Nov 2022
EditorV Y

What are Short Vowels

English alphabets are divided among consonants and vowels. Vowels are a, e, i, o, and u, whereas the rest of the alphabets are consonants. Short vowels refer to those vowels which follow the CVC pattern, i.e. consonant-vowel-consonant. Their pronunciation depends on their phonic sounds. Let’s learn more about short vowels with a few examples, cub, mad, hop, and rat.

On this page
  1. What are Short Vowels
  2. Short A Words
  3. Short E Words
  4. Short I Words
  5. Short O Words
  6. Short U Words

In these examples, all the vowels have a short sound i.e. /u/, /a/, /o/, /i/. However, these short vowels can be turned into long vowels too. By adding an e, cub becomes cube i.e. k-yu-b, mad becomes made i.e m-ai-d, hop becomes hope i.e. h-ou-p. The short vowel sounds for the vowels are as follows

– A is pronounced as AH
– E is pronounced as EH
– I is pronounced as IH
– O is pronounced as AWE
– U is pronounced as UH

Short A Words

  • ab
  • apt
  • fab
  • cab
  • tab
  • jab
  • gab
  • lab
  • nab
  • dab
  • crab
  • slab
  • fad
  • dad
  • lad
  • pad
  • sad
  • mad
  • rad
  • tad
  • bad
  • gas
  • cap
  • lap
  • tap
  • map
  • gap
  • rap
  • nap
  • zap
  • app
  • slap
  • clap
  • fan
  • van
  • man
  • tan
  • ran
  • pan
  • ban
  • glass
  • mass
  • class
  • sass
  • fast
  • mast
  • past
  • ramp
  • stamp
  • lamp
  • damp
  • hand
  • band
  • stand
  • snack
  • shack
  • lack
  • knack
  • hack
  • slack
  • pack
  • rack
  • back
  • tack
  • stack
  • smack
  • quack
  • rat
  • mat
  • pat
  • fat
  • hat
  • cat
  • chat
  • slat
  • act
  • ask
  • bat
  • bag
  • dan
  • gal
  • ham
  • has
  • had
  • jam
  • lag
  • pam
  • pal
  • ram
  • rag
  • sam
  • sag
  • sat
  • sap
  • tag
  • vat
  • yam

Short E Words

  • red
  • med
  • led
  • fed
  • sled
  • bed
  • head
  • tread
  • jet
  • met
  • net
  • wet
  • set
  • yet
  • tent
  • cent
  • pent
  • lent
  • rent
  • dent
  • scent
  • men
  • hen
  • ten
  • lense
  • sense
  • dense
  • defense
  • spend
  • lend
  • mend
  • tend
  • end
  • defend
  • trend
  • send
  • fell
  • smell
  • tell
  • well
  • yell
  • hell
  • web
  • vest
  • test
  • west
  • jest
  • rest
  • pest
  • chest
  • lest
  • ben
  • beg
  • bet
  • den
  • gem
  • get
  • gel
  • hem
  • keg
  • leg
  • let
  • pen
  • peg
  • pet
  • ted
  • vet
  • wed

Short I Words

  • bin
  • bid
  • big
  • bit
  • dim
  • did
  • dig
  • dip
  • fin
  • fig
  • fit
  • gin
  • gig
  • him
  • his
  • hid
  • hit
  • hip
  • jib
  • jig
  • kin
  • kid
  • kit
  • lid
  • lit
  • lip
  • nip
  • pin
  • pit
  • rim
  • rid
  • rig
  • rip
  • sin
  • sit
  • sip
  • tin
  • tip
  • win
  • wit
  • zip
  • mid
  • id
  • clip
  • whip
  • wig
  • writ
  • nit
  • mitt
  • silk
  • milk
  • twin
  • lint
  • glint
  • flint
  • mint
  • fill
  • pill
  • till
  • hill
  • gill
  • dill
  • mill
  • bill
  • chill
  • sill
  • will
  • nil
  • whim
  • trim
  • fib
  • rib
  • sib
  • thick
  • quick
  • sick
  • stick
  • pick
  • lick
  • trick
  • slick
  • quit

Short O Words

  • bog
  • bop
  • con
  • cod
  • cog
  • cot
  • cop
  • don
  • dog
  • dot
  • fog
  • god
  • got
  • hog
  • hot
  • jog
  • jot
  • lob
  • log
  • lot
  • lop
  • mob
  • mom
  • mop
  • nod
  • not
  • odd
  • pod
  • pop
  • pot
  • rod
  • rot
  • sod
  • tom
  • tot
  • top
  • bod
  • off
  • clot
  • trot
  • blot
  • nob
  • job
  • rob
  • sob
  • cob
  • box
  • ox
  • pox
  • rock
  • sock
  • mock
  • knock
  • lock
  • dock
  • on
  • pond
  • stop
  • shop
  • drop
  • hop
  • sop
  • plop

Short U Words

  • bun
  • bum
  • bus
  • bud
  • bug
  • but
  • cud
  • cut
  • cup
  • dug
  • fun
  • gun
  • gum
  • gus
  • gut
  • hum
  • hug
  • hut
  • jug
  • jut
  • lug
  • mug
  • nun
  • nut
  • pun
  • pug
  • pup
  • rub
  • run
  • rum
  • rug
  • rut
  • sub
  • sun
  • sum
  • tug
  • tub
  • pub
  • dub
  • cub
  • hub
  • nub
  • mud
  • dud
  • sud
  • mutt
  • chum
  • lump
  • jump
  • pump
  • plump
  • trump
  • rump
  • dump
  • bump
  • cuff
  • puff
  • crust
  • rust
  • dust
  • must
  • lust
  • trust
  • cuss
  • muss
  • fuss
  • runt
  • punt
  • hunt
  • fund
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