What are some PH words?

phaeton.

phalanx.

phallic.

phallus.

phantom.

pharaoh.

pharmas.

pharmer.

Why do some words use ph instead of f?

“Ph” is most commonly used in words that come from Greek, like “philosophy”. The Greek letter that makes the “F” sound is “phi”, written like φ. As for “Gh”, most of the words containing it come from German and old English.

How do you know when to use PH or F?

Yes. If the word is of Greek origin, spell it with “ph” where the “f” would normally go. Examples: “phone,” “photo,” “phosphorescent,” and so on. If the word is not of Greek origin, spell it with an “f.” Examples: “font,” “food,” “fool,” and so on.

What is it called when PH sounds like F?

Greek Phi was once pronounced as a hard “P” in Ancient Greek. So, Latin inscriptions wrote it as “PH” to show that it’s a P sound, but with more air with H. As Greek changed, so did the Greek based English words. In Modern Greek, Phi is pronounced as “F”, and no longer like “PH”/a hard P.

What words have FF in them?

What words contain the letters ‘ff’?

Earmuffs.
Handcuffs.
Daffodil.
Sniff.
Puff.
Staff.
Office.
Cliff.

What words end in PH?

paragraph

paragraph.
telegraph.
autograph.
monograph.
polygraph.
serigraph.
polymorph.
perilymph.

Does Greek have F?

f, letter that corresponds to the sixth letter of the Greek, Etruscan, and Latin alphabets, known to the Greeks as digamma. The sound represented by the letter in Greek was a labial semivowel similar to the English w.

Why is elephant spelled with PH?

The word elephant ultimately comes from the Ancient Greek word ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) via the Latin word elephantus. It was actually sometimes spelt elefant in Middle English but the “ph” spelling ended up winning out, because scholars liked being true to the Latin/Greek spelling.

Why does gh say F?

By the time Middle English came along, we were spelling it as gh, probably because it had started to become voiced, which is like the Arabic letter Ghain (غ) or the Modern Hebrew Resh (ר), represented phonetically as [ɣ]. Today in most English dialects, it is either silent or pronounced [f], depending on the word.