English pronunciation
How to pronounce “bough”
Phonetic spelling
BOW
IPA /ˈbaʊ/
Syllable stress
bough
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “bough”?
b o u g h
“bough” is spelled B-O-U-G-H. It is pronounced BOW, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
The bird perched on a high bough of the oak tree.
He cut a bough from the cherry tree to use as a walking stick.