Consonant Sounds and Letters
- 21 letters
- 20 sounds
- Shared sounds: ‘c’ and ‘k’ both make the /k/ sound (as in cat and kite).
| # | Letter(s) | Sound |
| 1 | b | /b/ |
| 2 | c / k | /k/ |
| 3 | d | /d/ |
| 4 | f | /f/ |
| 5 | g | /g/ |
| 6 | h | /h/ |
| 7 | j | /j/ |
| 8 | l | /l/ |
| 9 | m | /m/ |
| 10 | n | /n/ |
| 11 | p | /p/ |
| 12 | q | /kw/ |
| 13 | r | /r/ |
| 14 | s | /s/ |
| 15 | t | /t/ |
| 16 | v | /v/ |
| 17 | w | /w/ |
| 18 | x | /ks/ |
| 19 | y | /y/ |
| 20 | z | /z/ |
While the basic kindergarten curriculum uses 1 main sound per letter, English spelling allows those same 20 basic sounds to be written in approximately 57 different ways using single letters or basic double letters.
