VC & CVCCVCC & CCVCUp to CCCVCCCWith consonant
digraphs/trigraphs
Polysyllabic wordsPrefix ‘con’
mom (US)  
mop
non
not
on
op
pom
pop
pot
sop
Tom
top
tot

bob
bod
bog
bon
bop
bot
cob
cog
con
cop
cot
gob
got
hob
hog
hop
hot
mob
sob
tog

dob
doc
dog
don
dot
fob
fog
fop
god
mod
nod
pod
sod
tod

lob
log
lop
lot
rob
rod
rot

job
jog
jot
wok

boss
box
cox
doff
doll
doss
fox
goss
joss
loll
loss
moss
noll
off
pox
toff
toss
vox
yob
blob
blot
clod
clog
crop
cross
drop
flog
floss
frog
from
gloss
plod
plop
plot
prom
prop
scoff
Scot
slob
slog
slop
slot
smog
snob
spot
stop
trod
trot  
 


blobs
blogs
blond
blots
clods
clogs
clomp
clops
clots
crocs
croft
crops
flogs
flops
frogs
frond
frost
globs
glops
grots
plonk
plots
prompt
prompt
quoll
scoffs
Scots
slobs
slops
slots
snobs
snogs
spots
sprog
stomp
stops
strop
swots
trots
block
blotch
broth
chop
clock
cloth
crotch
dock
flock
frock
froth
gong
gosh
josh
lock
long
mock
moth
notch
posh
prong
rock
scotch
shop
shot
slosh
sloth
smock
sock
song
stock
strong
thong
throb
throng
tongs
across  
atoll
bedrock
belong
blocker
blocky
blossom
blotchy
blotter
bobbin
bobbing
bobby
boffin
boggy
bollard
bonnet
bonny
bossing
bossy
bother
bottle
bottom
boycott
brolly
castoff
chopper
choppy
cobble
cobbler
cockpit
cocky
coffee
coffers
coffin
collar
collie
comma
comment
common
congas
congee
copper
cossack
cottage
cotton
cropper
crosses
crotchet
cutoffs
dislodge
docker
docket
dodder
dogged
doggy
dollar
dollop
dolly
dongle
dotted
dotty
dropper
dugong
emboss
extoll
fetlock
floppy
fodder
fogging
foggy
follow
folly
fossick
fossil
froggy
furlong
galoshes
glossy
glottis
gobble
goddess
goggles
golly
gossip
gotten
groggy
grotty
hemlock
hobbit
hobble
hobby
hockey
hocking
hollow
holly
hopper
hopping
hotter
hottest
jockey
jogger
jogging
jolly
joshing
jotting
kickoff
knocker
knotted
kybosh
liftoff
lobby
locker
locket
lockjaw
lockup
logger
logging
lollies
lollop
lolly
longest
longing
lopping
losses
lottery
madonna
mobbing
mocking
moggy
mollify
mollusc
molly
Mongol
mopping
mossy
nodding
noddy
noggin
nozzle
oblong
ocker
oddball
odder
oddest
oddity
oddly
oddment
oddness
offal
offbeat
offcuts
offered
offhand
office
officer
offline
offload
offsets
offside
otter
padlock
peacock
playoff
plodder
plotter
pocket
pollard
pollen
pommel
pommy
popper
poppet
popping
poppy
poshly
possum
potted
pottery
potting
potty
restock
ricotta
ripoff
robber
rocker
rocket
rocking
rocky
rotten
rotting
runoff
sarong
shocker
shoddy
shopper
shylock
sloppy
slotted
smoggy
snobby
snotty
sobbing
socket
socking
sodden
soggy
sonnet
sopping
soppy
sozzled
spinoff
spotter
spotty
stocky
stopper
stroppy
takeoff
toddler
toddy
toffee
toggle
tommy
topnotch
topping
tossing
totter
trodden
trolley
trotter
turnoff
uncross
unlock
volley
warlock
wedlock
whopper
wobble
wrongly
concave
conceal
concede
conceit
concept
concern
concert
concise
concoct
concord
concur
concuss
condemn
condone
conduct
conduit
confect
confer
confess
confide
confine
confirm
conform
confuse
congeal
congest
conjoin
conjure
connect
consent
consist
consort
consul
consult
consume
contact
contain
contend
content
contest
context
contort
contour
convene
convent
convert
convex
convey
convict
convoy

6 responses to “o as in pot”

  1. jude mathers says:

    Hi Alison,

    I’m sorry but I’m not sure how to use these lists as a means for teaching spelling- do they reflect the words in your levelled workbooks?

    Jude

    • alison says:

      They do, more or less, but the way I personally mostly use them is as a reference for activities e.g. if I am sorting all the different ways to spell “ay”, I look that sound up and find lists of words with all the different spellings, and write the ones that the learner is likely to know and use out on slips of paper, and ask her/him to sort them. If I am looking at overlaps and wanting a learner to know there are four different sounds associated with the letter “y” as a single grapheme, I can look lists of these up under “sorted by spelling” and create lists of words containing y as in yes, y as in my, y as in baby and y as in gym. And finally if a kid says to me “why is there a b in the word thumb?” i can google “spelfabet mb as in thumb” and (usually) voila! I have a list of words with mb as in thumb: comb, tomb, plumber, limb, lamb etc. So I can establish this as a word/syllable-final spelling alternative for the sound “m”.

  2. Wow, there are like so many o sounds I can teach my students and all those words. I really love this website so much because I am a spelling teacher for my class 5Y and I am a big fan of word work and other stuff like spelling so a big thanks to Spelfabet and its lovely workers.

  3. Rebekah says:

    Hi! I ‘ve found your website so helpful as I work with my son who has CAS and dyslexia. I appreciate the work you’ve done on ‘Australianising’ words and sounds and the games are fantastic – they make something difficult more enjoyable.
    I have been wondering, and thought you may be able to help me with a question about the sound of ‘o’: where would you include the ‘o’ sound like in the words old and cold?

    • alison says:

      Good question! When I created these wordlists, I used an old Macquarie dictionary and the ‘o’ in ‘old’, ‘cold’ etc was listed as in /o/ sound, but now I use the online version and it says the sound is /oe/ as in ‘post’. Sigh. Accents change all the time and I’ll have to change my wordlists to reflect that. Alison

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