vowel

noun/vaʊəl/

Frequency rank: #9,328 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, such as a, e, i, o, or u.

Illustration for the English word “vowel”

Example sentence

The letter 'e' is the most common vowel in the English language.

Synonyms & related words

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