What word does not have a vowel

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English orthography typically represents vowel sounds with the five conventional vowel letters ⟨a, e, i, o, u⟩, as well as ⟨y⟩, which may also be a consonant depending on context. However, outside of abbreviations, there are a handful of words in English that do not have vowels, either because the vowel sounds are not written with vowel letters or because the words themselves are pronounced without vowel sounds.

Words without written vowels[edit]

There are very few lexical words (that is, not counting interjections) without vowel letters. The longest such lexical word is tsktsks,^[1] pronounced /ˌtɪskˈtɪsks/. The mathematical expression nth /ˈɛnθ/, as in delighted to the nth degree, is in fairly common usage.^[2] Another mathematical term without vowel letters is ln, the natural logarithm. A more obscure example is rng /ˈrʌŋ/, derived from ring by deleting the letter ⟨i⟩.
Vowelless proper names from other languages, such as the surname Ng, may retain their original spelling, even if they are pronounced with vowels.

In the Middle English period, there were no standard spellings, but ⟨w⟩ was sometimes used to represent either a vowel or a consonant sound in the same way that Modern English does with ⟨y⟩, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. This vocalic ⟨w⟩ generally represented /uː/,^[3][4] as in wss («use»).^[5] However at that time the form ⟨w⟩ was still sometimes used to represent a digraph ⟨uu⟩ (see W), not as a separate letter. This practice exists in modern Welsh orthography so that words borrowed from Welsh may use ⟨w⟩ this way, such as:

• The crwth^[6] (pronounced /ˈkrʊθ/ or /ˈkruːθ/, also spelled cruth in English) is a Welsh musical instrument similar to the violin)^[7]

He intricately rhymes, to the music of crwth and pibgorn.^[8] in the Welsh alphabet W is a vowel so this word should not be counted.

• cwtch (a hiding place or cubby hole) is also from Welsh (albeit a recent word influenced by English, and used almost exclusively in the variant of English spoken in Wales, not in standard English), and crwth and cwtch are the longest English dictionary words without ⟨a, e, i, o, u, y⟩ according to Collins Dictionary.^[9] in the Welsh alphabet W is a vowel so this word should not be counted.
• A cwm^[10] (pronounced /ˈkuːm/) is used in English in a technical geographical or mountaineering context to mean a deep hollow in a mountainous area, usually with steep edges on some sides, like a corrie or cirque, such as the Western Cwm of Mount Everest. It is also sometimes used, by way of more recent borrowing from Welsh, in a more general sense of a valley. The spellings coombe, combe, coomb, and comb come from the Old English cumb,^[11] which appears either to be a much earlier borrowing from a predecessor of modern Welsh, or to have an even earlier origin, given that there was an ancient Greek word κὑμβη (kumbē) meaning a hollow vessel.^[12] In English literature, one can find the spellings combe (as in Ilfracombe and Castle Combe), coomb (as in J. R. R. Tolkien) or comb (as in Alfred, Lord Tennyson).

There are also numerous vowelless interjections and onomatopoeia found more or less frequently, including brr (brrr is occasionally accepted^{[clarification needed]}), bzzt, grrr, hm, hmm, mm, mmm, mhmm, sksksksk,^[13][14] pfft, pht, phpht,^[7] psst, sh, shh, zzz.

Alphabetical list of words without vowels A, E, I, O, U[edit]

B

Brr

Brrr

By(s)

Byrl(s)

Bzzt

C

Ch

Chynd

Cly

Crwth(s)

Cry

Crypt(s)

Cwm(s)

Cyst(s)

D

Dry(ly)(s)

F

Fly

Flyby

Fry

Fy

Fyrd(s)

G

Ghyll(s)

Glycyl(s)

Glyph(s)

Grrl

Grrr

Gyp

Gyppy

Gyp(s)

Gypsy

H

Hm

Hmm

Hwyl(s)

Hymn(s)

Hyp(s)

J

Jynx

K

Ky

L

Lym(s)

Lymph(s)

Lynch

Lyncx

M

Mhmm

Mm

Mmm

My

Myrrh(s)

Myth

N

Nth

Ny(s)

Nymph(ly)(s)

P

Pfft

Ph(s)

Phpht

Pht

Ply

Pry(s)

Psst

Psych

Pygmy

Pyx

R

Rhy

Rhythm(s)

Rng

Rynd(s)

S

Scry

Sh

Shh

Shrthnd

Shy(ly)

Sknch

Sksksksk

Sky

Skyr

Sly(ly)

Spry(ly)

Spy

Sty

Stymy

Swy

Sylph(s)

Syn

Sync(s)

Synch(s)

Synd(s)

T

Thy

Thymy

Try

Tryp(s)

Tryst(s)

Tsk(s)

Tsktsk(s)

Twp

Tyg(s)

Typp(s)

V

Vly

W

Wyn(s)

Wynn

Why(s)

Wry (ly)

Wss

Wych

Wyn

Wynd(s)

Wynn(s)

X

Xlnt

Xylyl(s)

Xyst(s)

Y

Ympt

Z

Zzz

Alphabetical list of words without vowels A, E, I, O, U, and Y.[edit]

B

Brr

Brrr

Bzzt

C

Ch

Crwth(s)

Cwm(s)

Cwtch

G

Grrl

Grrr

H

Hm

Hmm

M

Mhmm

Mm

Mmm

N

Nth

P

Pfft

Ph(s)

Phpht

Pht

Psst

R

Rng

S

Sh

Shh

Sknch

Sksksksk

T

Tsk(s)

Tsktsk(s)

Twp

W

Wss

X

Xlnt

Z

Zzz

Words without vowel sounds[edit]

Weak forms of function words may be realized without vowel sounds, as in I can go [aɪ kŋ̍ ˈɡoʊ] and I must sell [aɪ ms̩ ˈsɛl].^[15] Some of these forms are reflected in orthography as contractions, such as ‘s, ‘ll, ‘d, and n’t.

See also[edit]

• Wiktionary:List of words that comprise a single sound
• Disemvoweling – Removal of vowels from a text
• Words without vowels in other languages

References[edit]

Last Updated: December 21, 2021 | Author: Kurt Damiano

Contents

• 1 What 7 letter word has no vowels?
• 2 What is the longest word without a vowel?
• 3 How many words have no vowels?
• 4 What 6 letter word has no vowels?
• 5 Is there a word with all 26 letters?
• 6 What word takes 3 hours to say?
• 7 Are W and Y vowels?
• 8 Which word has all 5 vowels?
• 9 Are there any words with only vowels?
• 10 Can H be a vowel?
• 11 Is the letter XA vowel?
• 12 Is yell a consonant or vowel?
• 13 Is Z voiced or voiceless?
• 14 Why do we say an hour?
• 15 Is it an xray or a xray?
• 16 Is WA velar?
• 17 Is Ga velar stop?
• 18 Is k voiced?
• 19 How is w articulated?
• 20 Is R an approximant?
• 21 Is ɰ a glide?
• 22 What sounds does Y make?

What 7 letter word has no vowels?

Not including plurals, there is only one seven-letter word which has none of the five vowels. That word is nymphly, which is a rare variation of ‘nymphlike’. However, two six-letter words, glycyl and rhythm, can have an ‘s’ added in the plural to make a seven-letter word without a vowel.

What is the longest word without a vowel?

Originally Answered: What is longest English word written without vowel letters? Twyndyllyngs is the longest word in English that doesn’t contain one of the five vowels (AEIOU). It comes from Welsh and is obviously rare, but it does appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.

How many words have no vowels?

Found 88675 words without vowels for Scrabble, Words With Friends, WordHub, and Crosswords.

What 6 letter word has no vowels?

In a “standard” English Dictionary, and including the “y”, the longest words excluding plural nouns are rhythm, spryly, sylphy, and syzygy. They each have six letters, although rhythm could be could become a plural noun. Excluding the letter “y”, the top two words are crwth, and cwtch.

Is there a word with all 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”

What word takes 3 hours to say?

Note the ellipses. All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce. The problem with including chemical names is that there’s essentially no limit to how long they can be.

Are W and Y vowels?

A, E, I, O, U, Y, and, as we’ll see, W, are called vowels, but let’s get technical. They are symbols (letters) that represent a special type of speech sound called a vowel. According to phoneticians, a vowel is a speech sound that is made without significant constriction of the flow of air from the lungs.

Which word has all 5 vowels?

Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels. Seven letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea. (The scientific name iouea is a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.)

Are there any words with only vowels?

Words (found in major English dictionaries) consisting entirely of vowels include AA (a type of lava), AE, AI, AIEEE, IAO, OII, EAU, EUOUAE, OE, OO, I, O, A, IO, and UOIAUAI, the last of these being the longest vowel-only word (seven letters).

Can H be a vowel?

In English, The pronunciation of ⟨h⟩ as /h/ can be analyzed as a voiceless vowel. That is, when the phoneme /h/ precedes a vowel, /h/ may be realized as a voiceless version of the subsequent vowel.

Is the letter XA vowel?

No. The letter “X”, is not a vowel. The letter Y”, however, is usually considered a vowel-like letter.

Is yell a consonant or vowel?

In yell, the <e> makes the vowel sound while the <y> makes the sound it spells in yes. So, <y> is acting as a consonant.

Is Z voiced or voiceless?

The technical names of consonants tell three things about a sound: The state of the vocal cords (voiced or voiceless)
…
Consonants in the IPA.

b	voiced bilabial stop
t	voiceless alveolar stop
v	voiced labiodental fricative
w	voiced velar glide
z	voiced alveopalatal fricative

Why do we say an hour?

An hour is the correct one. It is because in the word hour the letter h is not pronounced, therefore when hour is pronounced the first letter sounds like a vowel sound. The general rule is: a) when the first letter of a word is a consonant or sounds like consonant the indefinite article a lies in front of the word.

Is it an xray or a xray?

In the word “X-ray”, you pronounce the name of the first letter rather than the sound it represents. Thus, it’s pronounced “Ecks-ray”, not “Ks-ray”. Therefore, you would say “an X-ray”, not “a X-ray”.

Is WA velar?

On a consonant chart [w] would occur in both the labial column and the velar column. That makes it a labiovelar (hyphenation optional) consonant, like Latin QU and Lushootseed k̉ʷ. Labiovelars are produced by simultaneous articulation, using different articulators.

Is Ga velar stop?

Conversely, some languages have the voiced post-velar plosive, which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical velar plosive, though not as back as the prototypical uvular plosive.
…

Voiced velar plosive
ɡ
Unicode (hex)	U+0261
X-SAMPA	g
Braille

Is k voiced?

Voiced consonants are pronounced with vocal cords vibration, as opposed to voiceless consonants, where the vocal cords are relaxed. a. The voiced consonants are b, bh, c, ch, d, dh, g, gh, l, r, m, n, z, and j, w. … The voiceless consonants are p, t, k, q, f, h, s, x.

How is w articulated?

Its place of articulation is labialized velar, which means it is articulated with the back part of the tongue raised toward the soft palate (the velum) while rounding the lips. … Close transcriptions may avoid the symbol [w] in such cases, or may use the under-rounding diacritic, [w̜].

Is R an approximant?

The most common sound represented by the letter r in English is the voiced postalveolar approximant, pronounced a little more back and transcribed more precisely in IPA as ⟨ɹ̠⟩, but ⟨ɹ⟩ is often used for convenience in its place.

Is ɰ a glide?

The most common type of this approximant is glide or semivowel. The term glide emphasizes the characteristic of movement (or ‘glide’) of [ɰ] from the [ɯ] vowel position to a following vowel position. … It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.

What sounds does Y make?

The letter “y” can make three sounds:

• y can make the /y/ sound as in “yellow”
• y can make the long i sound as in “shy”
• y can make the long e sound as in “happy”

It’s a question that just about every English learner has asked: “Are there any English words that have no vowels?”

The answer to this depends what you mean by “vowel” and “word.”

In this article, we explain what vowel means and how English words without vowels can—and do!—exist. We also talk about the examples that some people may or may not believe are actually words.

Are there words with no vowels?

There are two things we mean by the word vowel: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open, or a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel.

Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth. Dr., nth (as in “to the nth degree”), and TV also do not contain any vowel symbols, but they, like cwm and crwth, do contain vowel sounds.

Shh, psst, and hmm do not have vowels, either vowel symbols or vowel sounds. There is some controversy whether they are in fact “words,” however. But if a word is “the smallest unit of grammar that can stand alone as a complete utterance, separated by spaces in written language and potentially by pauses in speech,” then those do qualify. Psst, though, is the only one that appears in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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What words have no vowels or Y?

Words Without AEIOU, Y or W

• Brrr or brr: An expression of being cold.
• Nth: Of an indefinitely large quantity.
• Pfft: Suggesting a sudden ending.
• Phpht or pht: Interjection to indicate mild annoyance.
• Psst: An interjection to attract someone’s attention.
• Shh: Used to urge or request silence.

How many English words have no vowels?

There are over 100 entries in OxfordDictionaries.com that don’t have any vowels, but most of these are initialisms (abbreviations consisting of initial letters pronounced separately) like HTML, DVD, and LBD.

When did y become a vowel?

When y forms a diphthong—two vowel sounds joined in one syllable to form one speech sound, such as the “oy” in toy, “ay” in day, and “ey” in monkey—it is also regarded as a vowel. Typically, y represents a consonant when it starts off a word or syllable, as in yard, lawyer, or beyond.

What word has no vowel?

Words with no vowels. Dr., nth (as in “to the nth degree”), and TV also do not contain any vowel symbols, but they, like cwm and crwth, do contain vowel sounds. Shh, psst, and mm-hmm or mmk do not have vowels, either vowel symbols or vowel sounds.

What words don ‘ t have vowels?

There are loads of English words that don’t have a vowel in them! they include rhythm, wry, sly, sky, fly, cry, sync (accepted as short form of “synchronise” & its’ derivatives), all very good words to know when playing Scrabble !

Is there any word without a vowel?

There is no true English “word” without a vowel, because besides the classic vowels A, E, I, O, U, the letter Y can be a vowel (and in diphthongs, W). Some utterances, such as grrr, pffft and zzz may be written without a vowel but they are not true words. The word crwth is sometimes found in English…

What English words have no vowels?

There are loads of English words that don’t have a vowel in them! they include rhythm, wry, sly, sky, fly, cry, sync (accepted as short form of “synchronise” & its’ derivatives), all very good words to know when playing Scrabble ! As you can see, not ALL English words have vowels in, sometimes a “y” pretends to be one…

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How many words have no vowels?

Found 88675 words without vowels for Scrabble, Words With Friends, WordHub, and Crosswords.

Do all words have vowels?

Regardless of what position you take on the issue, it’s clear that nearly all English words have at least one vowel, regardless of how you define it. Vowels are important and make nearly every word better!

Which 5 letter word has no vowels?

Five and Six Letter Words without Vowels

Five Letter Words	MEANING
MYRRH	A gum resin used in making incense
Pygmy	Any person, animal or plant that is abnormally undersized
Shyly	In a shy manner
Crwth	An ancient Celtic instrument

What 6 letter word has no vowels?

What is a 6 letter word with no vowels?

Word	Length	Consonants
Syzygy	6	6
Sylphy	6	6
Spryly	6	6
Smyths	6	6

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Is there a word with all 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”

What word takes 3 hours to say?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)

What is the most longest word?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Major dictionaries

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

What is the 27th letter of the alphabet?

The ampersand often appeared as a character at the end of the Latin alphabet, as for example in Byrhtferð’s list of letters from 1011. Similarly, & was regarded as the 27th letter of the English alphabet, as taught to children in the US and elsewhere.

What word has over 100000 letters?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary, this 45-letter word for a disease is the longest English word that is defined in a major dictionary. It’s a technical word referring to the lung disease more commonly known as silicosis.

Is there any letter after Z?

Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y. … Until fairly recently (until 1835), the 27th letter of the alphabet (right after “z”) was the ampersand (&).

Why do we say Y and Z?

The letters Z and Y are the only two letters Latin borrowed directly from Greek, rather than getting them from Etruscan.

How can I learn Varnamala?

How do you use a thorn letter?

Here’s an example: in Old English, a letter called thorn (þ) represented the th sound (as in that) in Modern English. In the Latin alphabet, the Y was the symbol that most closely resembled the character that represented thorn. So, thorn was dropped and Y took its place. (As you may know, Y can be a vowel.)

What letter is th?

Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Gothic, Old Norse, Old Swedish, and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.

How do you write a thorn letter?

Hold down the ALT key and press 0222 for uppercase thorn (Þ) or 0254 for lowercase thorn (þ). For yogh, it is ALT + 0540 (Ȝ) or ALT + 0541 (ȝ).

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You are searching for all words that do not have vowels. Since a vowel is a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y, you might want to search for words with no vowels that do not have the letter y! But, You Go Words provides abbreviations for the most common word/phrases which makes it difficult to find words with no vowels and no y. What to do, is view the words with no vowels (no aeiou) and determine which words would not classify the letter y as a vowel.

Word	Length	Consonants	Vowels	Syllables	Origin	Favourite
Ch	2	2	0	1	Old English
Sh	2	2	0	1
Ck	2	2	0	1
Sky	3	3	0	1	Middle English
My	2	2	0	1	Middle English
BR	2	2	0	1
Cr	2	2	0	1
Cl	2	2	0	1
By	2	2	0	1	Old English
Fly	3	3	0	1	Old English
Try	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Cry	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Hm	2	2	0	1
BB	2	2	0	1	English
Mm	2	2	0	1
BS	2	2	0	1
Cp	2	2	0	1
Sty	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Rhythm	6	6	0	1	Latin
Sly	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Gym	3	3	0	1
Shy	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Bt	2	2	0	1
BD	2	2	0	1
CD	2	2	0	1	English
Bbs	3	3	0	1
Sync	4	4	0	1
Cc	2	2	0	1
CF	2	2	0	1
MVP	3	3	0	1
Dry	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Why	3	3	0	1	Middle English
Nth	3	3	0	1
Bk	2	2	0	1
Gypsy	5	5	0	2	Middle English
Cb	2	2	0	1
THC	3	3	0	1
Bm	2	2	0	1
Cm	2	2	0	1
PhD	3	3	0	1
TNT	3	3	0	1
DVD	3	3	0	1	English
Bp	2	2	0	1
Std	3	3	0	1
Bg	2	2	0	1
Spy	3	3	0	1	Middle English
GPS	3	3	0	1
Bz	2	2	0	1
LSD	3	3	0	1	Latin
Cyst	4	4	0	1	Latin

Last Update: Jan 03, 2023

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Words with no vowels. Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.

Do you need a vowel to make a word?

Which experts do you agree with? Regardless of what position you take on the issue, it’s clear that nearly all English words have at least one vowel, regardless of how you define it. Vowels are important and make nearly every word better!

Are there Scrabble words without vowels?

The famous Scrabble word game was introduced in 1948. … More than 120 Scrabble words can be spelled without a vowel.

How many words do not have vowels?

Found 88675 words without vowels for Scrabble, Words With Friends, WordHub, and Crosswords.

Can you use an without a vowel?

The rule is: Use an before a word beginning with a vowel sound (not letter). It doesn’t matter how the word is spelled. Use a before a word with a consonant sound as well as y and w sounds. …

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