How to spell the short ER sound

Feb 23, 2014 | Pronunciation Training, Spelling rules and pronunciation

The short ER sound can be spelled many ways.  This leads to a lot of mispronunciations.

The short ER can be spelled as follows:

IR:  bird, sir, first

ER:  her, per, teacher

OR:  word, worm, worst

UR:   fur, purr, concur

EAR:  learn, search