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Short vowel sounds, on the other hand, are how vowels are usually spoken in consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) word spellings. Repeated vowels (like the letter “e” in “free” or “meet”) or vowel-consonant-vowel (VCV) word spellings (like the letter “a” in “made,” the letter I in “time,” and the letter “o” in “funny”) are the main sources of long vowel sounds. Long vowel sounds are pronounced “by name,” which means “a” is pronounced like the letter “a” in “lake,” “e” is pronounced like the letter “e” in “cheese,” I is pronounced like the letter I in “like,” and so on. This isn’t a literal description (you wouldn’t say the vowels in a short, rapid, or truncated manner), but it’s meant to contrast long vowel sounds. Short vowel sounds are a type of pronunciation for the vowels a, e, I o, and u in the English language. It’s more along the lines of “biz-niss.” With that in mind, let’s look at some more short vowel words, organized alphabetically.ĭifference between Long Vowel Words and Short Vowel Words We don’t pronounce it “buss-eye-ness” phonologically. Consider the term “business.” The U and E in “business” are also pronounced as a short I, with the I remaining silent. Similarly, we cannot expect that a big word will have a long vowel sound. It sounds more like “prit-tee” than “pret-tai” on the phonetic scale. Take, for example, the word “pretty.” The E is pronounced as a short I, while the Y is spoken as a long E. That instance, just because a word is short doesn’t guarantee the vowel sound would be short as well.Īnd the written vowel doesn’t always match the sound it makes. Short vowel sounds, not short vowel spellings, are given below. However, there is one thing to keep in mind. These words employ a second vowel to force the long vowel sound from the first, whereas terms like “ant” and “mat” employ consonant placement to induce a short vowel sound.

Words like “bee” and “tea” are exceptions. A second vowel is usually not allowed to force the long vowel sound out when three letters are used. The short vowel sound is made by words with only three letters for a reason.