Decoding exercises: "orr"

The letter O in the sequence "orr" normally sounds /ɒ/ in Received Pronunciation (as in borrow). In derived words it sounds as in abhorring. However from "abhor" /əbˈhɔːr/ we also get "abhorrent" /əbˈhɒrənt/.

In General American /ɒr/ sounds /ɑːr/ in only 5 words and it sounds /ɔːr/ in the rest.

Common words

 * As /ɒ/, /ɔː/: correspond
 * As /ɒ/, /ɑː/: borrow - sorry - tomorrow
 * As /ə/: correct
 * As /ʌ/ or /ɜː/: worry /ˈwʌriː, ˈwɜːriː/

Less common words

 * As /ɒ/, /ɔː/: abhorrent - horrible - horror - porridge - torrent - torrid
 * As /ɒ/, /ɑː/: morrow (shortening of "tomorrow") - sorrow
 * As /ɔː/: abhorred - abhorring
 * As /ə/: correlation - correspondence - corrosion - corruption - haemorrhage - hemorrhage