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What are long o words in English? The English language has been around for hundreds of years. Spreading across every corner of the world and spoken by hundreds of millions, it is a dynamic language. So how does one handle the number of words needed in order to be considered fluent? Simple, you just need to chunk up words and tackle each grouping, one at a time. Today’s grouping of words is the long o words.

Long O Words

What Are Long O Words?

Before we begin, let’s take down the definition of long o words. Long O words are words that when pronounced produce an extended o sound. Try saying “hope” out loud, now try saying ox. Notice anything? You should, because it is pretty obvious that the o sound in hope is a lot longer than the o sound in ox.

Ta-Daa! Now you know what is considered a long o word and a short o word. If you needed a visual identifier for long o words then keep this rule in mind. Long o words tend to have an oa grouping in either the beginning or middle of a syllable. Use this on your quest to learn long o words.

How do You Spell Long O Words?

Long o words are spelled in a variety of ways but of course, the one constant among the sea of words is that they contain either an o or an oa within them. As I have mentioned before but just in case you already forgot, I will mention it again. One visual cue to keep in mind when dealing with long o words is that they tend to have an o or an oa in the beginning or middle of the syllable.

But there are many more ways to spell long o words. It is important to memorize these patterns because they will aid you as you journey through the expansive English language and into uncharted territory. A territory that contains the oxford comma and long I words. Scary times indeed.

Here are the five ways to spell a long o word:

O – A simple o at the end of the word such as with “go” and “no”.
O_E – A consonant daringly sandwiched in between an o and an e. Such as with “phone”.
OE – An oe hanging out together as friends. Like in the word “toe”.
OA – I’ve talked about OA before, we know all about it. Such as with the word “boat”.
OW – An ow that is next to each other. The word “snow” comes to mind.

List of Long O Words

O

Go
So
No
Bonus
Focus
Hotel
Robot
Total
Omit
Tomato
Potato
Banjo
Piano

O_E

Bone
Hose
Robe
Alone
Grove
Code
Joke
Rode
Awoke
Phone
Cone
Lobe
Rope
Broke
Scope
Cope
Mole
Rose
Choke
Slope
Dome
Mope
Tone
Chose
Smoke
Dose
Nose
Vote
Close
Spoke
Hole
Note
Woke
Drove
Stole
Home
Pole
Wove
Froze
Stone
Hope
Poke
Zone
Globe
Stove

OA

Oak
Oat
Boat
Coal
Coat
Foam
Goal
Goat
Load
Bloat
Toad
Soap
Soak
Roam
Road
Oat
Loan
Loaf
Cloak
Coach
Coast
Float
Toast
Throat

OW

Bow
Row
Low
Mow
Own
Tow
Blow
Bowl
Crow
Below
Arrow
Snow
Slow
Show
Know
Grow
Glow
Flow
Fellow

Emma Grace

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