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Vowels

Vowel Words

By V Y Published 14 Mar 2022 Updated 14 Dec 2023 6 min read
Entry typeVowels
Last updated14 Dec 2023
EditorV Y

What are Vowels

The English language has 26 alphabets. 5 out of these 26 alphabets are vowels i.e. a, e, i, o, and u, and the rest are called consonants. However, in some cases, y is also considered a vowel and called an honorary vowel but it is not a vowel in itself. The vowel is the letter and the sound of the vowel alphabets that involve the vibration of the vocal chord.

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

So what purpose does the vowel serve? When a vowel is paired with a consonant it makes a syllable. For example:

Hot – H and T are the consonants and O is the vowel.
Tin – T and N are the consonants and I is the vowel.
Bat – B and T are the consonants and A is the vowel.

Words Without Vowels Words With All Vowels

Short Vowel Words

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


Long Vowel Words

Long A Vowel Words

  • acorn
  • apron
  • alien
  • agent
  • basic
  • data
  • baby
  • lady
  • cable
  • radio
  • shaky
  • paper
  • label
  • potato
  • hazy
  • maple
  • table
  • tomato

a _ e

  • bake
  • base
  • cage
  • cake
  • came
  • cane
  • cape
  • case
  • cave
  • date
  • face
  • fade
  • fake
  • fame
  • gate
  • gave
  • hate
  • lace
  • lake
  • lane
  • late
  • made
  • make
  • male
  • mane
  • maze
  • name
  • pace
  • page
  • rake
  • rate
  • safe
  • take
  • tale
  • tape
  • vane
  • wade
  • wage
  • wake
  • agent
  • blade
  • blame
  • brace
  • brake
  • brave
  • chase
  • crane
  • crate
  • drape
  • erase
  • flake
  • flame
  • frame
  • grade
  • grape
  • place
  • plane
  • plate
  • scale
  • skate
  • snake
  • space
  • stage
  • trade
  • whale

ai

  • aid
  • aim
  • bail
  • bait
  • fail
  • gain
  • hail
  • jail
  • mail
  • main
  • paid
  • pain
  • raid
  • rail
  • rain
  • sail
  • tail
  • vain
  • wait
  • await
  • braid
  • brain
  • chain
  • claim
  • daisy
  • drain
  • faint
  • frail
  • grain
  • paint
  • plain
  • quail
  • raise
  • snail
  • stain
  • trail
  • train
  • waist
  • afraid
  • praise
  • raisin
  • sprain
  • strain

– ay

  • bay
  • day
  • hay
  • jay
  • lay
  • pay
  • ray
  • say
  • away
  • clay
  • play
  • pray
  • stay
  • tray
  • relay
  • today

Long E Words

  • even
  • evil
  • ego
  • egypt
  • equal
  • evening

e _ e

  • here
  • these
  • theme
  • gene
  • concede
  • precede
  • concrete
  • compete
  • delete
  • severe
  • sincere
  • complete

ea

  • eat
  • pea
  • sea
  • tea
  • bead
  • beak
  • beam
  • bean
  • beat
  • deal
  • each
  • easy
  • flea
  • heal
  • heap
  • heat
  • lead
  • leaf
  • leak
  • lean
  • leap
  • meal
  • mean
  • meat
  • neat
  • peak
  • read
  • seal
  • seam
  • seat
  • team
  • weak
  • beach
  • cheap
  • cheat
  • clean
  • dream
  • eager
  • eagle
  • feast
  • jeans
  • knead
  • leash
  • least
  • leave
  • peace
  • peach
  • reach
  • sneak
  • speak
  • steal
  • steam
  • teach
  • tease
  • treat
  • weave
  • wheat
  • beacon
  • beagle
  • beaver
  • grease
  • please
  • wreath

ee

  • bee
  • see
  • beef
  • beep
  • deep
  • feed
  • feel
  • feet
  • free
  • glee
  • heed
  • heel
  • jeep
  • keep
  • knee
  • meet
  • need
  • peek
  • peel
  • peep
  • reef
  • reel
  • seed
  • seek
  • seem
  • seen
  • teen
  • tree
  • weed
  • week
  • weep
  • agree
  • bleed
  • cheek
  • creek
  • geese
  • green
  • greet
  • kneel
  • queen
  • sheep
  • sheet
  • sleep
  • speed
  • steel
  • steep
  • sweep
  • sweet
  • teeth
  • three
  • tweet
  • wheel
  • asleep
  • breezze
  • chesse
  • coffee
  • fleece
  • freeze
  • needle
  • sneeze
  • speech
  • street

ie

  • field
  • thief
  • chief
  • alien
  • niece
  • piece
  • believe
  • brief

-y

  • any
  • baby
  • battery
  • belly
  • berry
  • body
  • bony
  • brainy
  • buggy
  • carry
  • cherry
  • chilly
  • city
  • cloudy
  • copy
  • daisy
  • dizzy
  • dolly
  • early
  • easy
  • every
  • ferry
  • hairy
  • icy
  • jelly
  • lady
  • party
  • penny
  • potty
  • pretty
  • salty
  • shiny
  • sorry
  • sticky
  • tidy
  • tiny
  • ugly
  • very
  • windy
  • worry
  • mummy
  • daddy

Long I Words

  • pilot
  • item
  • ivory
  • idea
  • idol
  • iris
  • iron
  • ice
  • cream

i _ e

  • ice
  • bike
  • bite
  • dice
  • dime
  • dive
  • file
  • file
  • fine
  • fire
  • five
  • hide
  • hike
  • hire
  • hive
  • item
  • kite
  • lice
  • life
  • like
  • lime
  • line
  • live
  • mice
  • nice
  • nine
  • pike
  • pile
  • pine
  • pipe
  • rice
  • ride
  • ripe
  • rise
  • side
  • size
  • tide
  • tile
  • time
  • tire
  • vine
  • wide
  • wife
  • wipe
  • wire
  • wise
  • alike
  • arise
  • bride
  • chime
  • crime
  • drive
  • glide
  • knife
  • price
  • pride
  • prize
  • shine
  • slice
  • slide
  • smile
  • spike
  • white

igh

  • high
  • sigh
  • fight
  • light
  • might
  • night
  • right
  • sight
  • tight
  • bright
  • flight
  • knight
  • delight
  • tonight
  • lightening

ie

  • die
  • lie
  • pie
  • tie
  • cried
  • tried
  • dried
  • fried
  • tied

-y

  • by
  • my
  • cry
  • dry
  • fry
  • fly
  • sly
  • spy
  • shy
  • why
  • apply
  • comply
  • supply
  • rely
  • reply
  • July
  • rhyme
  • cycle

Long O Words

  • go
  • so
  • no
  • bonus
  • focus
  • hotel
  • robot
  • total
  • omit
  • tomato
  • potato
  • banjo
  • piano

o _ e

  • go
  • so
  • no
  • bonus
  • focus
  • hotel
  • robot
  • total
  • omit
  • tomato
  • potato
  • banjo
  • piano
  • bone
  • code
  • cone
  • cope
  • dome
  • dose
  • hole
  • home
  • hope
  • hose
  • joke
  • lobe
  • mole
  • mope
  • nose
  • note
  • pole
  • poke
  • robe
  • rode
  • rope
  • rose
  • tone
  • vote
  • woke
  • wove
  • zone
  • alone
  • awoke
  • broke
  • choke
  • chose
  • close
  • drove
  • froze
  • globe
  • grove
  • phone
  • scope
  • slope
  • smoke
  • spoke
  • stole
  • stone
  • stove

oa

  • oak
  • oat
  • boat
  • coal
  • coat
  • foam
  • goal
  • goat
  • load
  • loaf
  • loan
  • oat
  • road
  • roam
  • soak
  • soap
  • toad
  • bloat
  • cloak
  • coach
  • coast
  • float
  • toast
  • throat

ow

  • bow
  • row
  • low
  • mow
  • own
  • tow
  • blow
  • bowl
  • crow
  • flow
  • glow
  • grow
  • know
  • show
  • slow
  • snow
  • arrow
  • below
  • fellow
  • follow
  • hollow
  • pillow
  • window
  • yellow

oe

  • toe
  • foe
  • hoe
  • doe

Long U Words

  • unicorn
  • bugle
  • cupid
  • human
  • music
  • duty
  • unit
  • uniform
  • student

u _ e

  • use
  • cube
  • cute
  • dude
  • duke
  • fuse
  • huge
  • June
  • mule
  • mute
  • rude
  • rule
  • tube
  • tune
  • chute
  • fluke
  • flume
  • flute

ew

  • dew
  • few
  • mew
  • new
  • blew
  • brew
  • chew
  • crew
  • drew
  • flew
  • grew
  • knew
  • news
  • stew
  • screw
  • threw
  • jewel

oo

  • too
  • pool
  • room
  • moon
  • soon
  • food
  • mood
  • roost
  • proof
  • scoop
  • bloom
  • school
  • smooth
  • tooth
  • igloo
  • gloomy
  • goose
  • noodle
  • loose
  • spook

ue

  • due
  • Sue
  • glue
  • clue
  • blue
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