Decoding exercises: "ov"

The vowel in the sequence "ov" has several different pronunciations.


 * /ɒ/: impoverish, novel, novice, ovulation, poverty, providence, sovereign
 * /ʌ/: covenant, cover, discover, government, lover, oven, shovel, slovenly
 * /əʊ/: bovine, jovial, nova, ovary, ovation, over, overt, ovoid, retrovirus
 * /uː/: approval, movie, removal
 * /ə/: controversial, extroverted, improvise, innovation, Muscovite, provide, provision, provocative


 * with magic e
 * /əʊ/: clove, drove, stove


 * with silent e
 * /uː/: approve, improve, move, prove
 * /ʌ/: above, dove (bird), glove, love

Variant pronunciations

 * anchovy /ˈæntʃəviː, ˈæntʃəʊviː/
 * Coventry /ˈkʌvəntriː, ˈkɒvəntriː/

Heteronyms

 * dove: /dʌv/ (bird) - /dəʊv/ (past tense of dive)