Definitions for digraph

digraph di·graph

Spelling: [dahy-graf, -grahf]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ græf, -grɑf/

Digraph is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in digraph (adghipr).

Definitions for digraph

noun

  1. a pair of letters representing a single speech sound, as ea in meat or th in path.

Origin of digraph

First recorded in 1780-90; di-1 + -graph

Examples for digraph

A digraph may either be a combination of two consonants or of two vowels or of a vowel and a consonant.

The digraph "oa" and "ay" may be taught with equal ease the first year.

A consonant or digraph between two sounded vowels usually joins the following vowel, rea-son, no-ti-fy, mo-ther.

Two letters forming a diphthong or digraph are not to be separated.

digraph, dī′graf, n. two letters expressing but one sound, as ph in digraph.

When the syllables are divided by the hyphen, there is no hyphen used between the vowels of the digraph.

This combination of two letters to represent one sound is called a digraph, as gh, in cough, ch in church.

The digraph th is represented in Old English texts by and , no consistent distinction being made between them.

When a consonant is doubled (not forming a digraph) the two are generally separated; beg-gar, bril-liant, cun-ning.

Word Value for digraph
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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