noun
- groups of three letters that represent a single sound in writing
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The word ‘night’ contains the trigraph ‘igh’ which makes the long i sound.
- Students learned to identify common trigraphs in their spelling lessons.
- The trigraph ‘tch’ appears in words like ‘catch’ and ‘match’.
- Teachers use trigraphs to help children understand English spelling patterns.
- The word ‘through’ contains the trigraph ‘ough’.
- Recognizing trigraphs helps improve reading fluency.