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# digraph

noun (a digraph, digraphs)

«digraph» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Two letters that together make one sound, such as sh in «ship», ch in «chip», th in «thin», ee in «see» and ai in «rain». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#m1)

### In the lessons

In phonics lessons children learn digraphs to read and spell: consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, ph, wh, ck) and vowel digraphs (ee, oa, ai, oo). A trigraph is three letters making one sound (igh in «night»). «Split digraph» is a-e as in «cake». Phrases: «consonant digraph», «vowel digraph», «split digraph».

### Examples

- «Sh» is a digraph in the word «fish». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x1)
- Find the digraph in «boat». It's «oa». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x2)
- «Ph» in «phone» is a digraph that sounds like f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x3)
- The split digraph i-e makes «bike» say its name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x4)
- Underline every digraph in the sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x5)
- «Th» can sound different in «this» and «thin». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Di- means two, -graph means writing. Not to be confused with «diagram» or «graph» in maths. A digraph is ONE sound, so «sh» is not s + h.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «digraph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digraph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«digraph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/digraph.html) on Mova free.