Short O Words

What is a Short O Word?

To put it simply, the short o sound is part of 5 short vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, and u. All of these ‘short’ vowel sounds do not say their name, unlike long vowel sounds. All of our short vowel o sound posters. lists, charts and activities include examples to help kids identify short o sounds easily.

Examples of Short O Words

As a teacher, it’s essential to have simple and relatable examples of short ‘o’ words that kids can remember easily. Consider words like “cop” with one closed syllable. What is a closed syllable? A closed syllable word contains only one vowel. That vowel is followed by (or closed in by) one or more consonants. An example are words like “nod” and “rod” showcase the short ‘o’ sound with a closed syllable.

Spelling Patterns for Short O

Below is a list of vowel team words based on spelling patterns of short o vowel sounds. These short o vowel words include beginning, middle, and beginning sounds with blends and digraphs.

Blends

Blends are when two or more consonants hang out together in a word, like “fl” in “floss” or “gl” like “gloss”. They make two sounds, blended together. Another example is a beginning blend sound, like “st” in “strong”.

Digraphs

Digraphs can be decoded where there are two vowels together to produce one sound, such as “st” in “stop”. See a breakdown of the diagraph examples below along with a huge and practical list for your beginner readers or elementary age students learning to decode short and easy words.

Short e Words List

This short o word list of closed syllables contain all cvc type words. It’s easy to use list of words contain letter O and follows the pattern CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant).

• Bob
• Cob
• Rob
• Sob
• Nod
• Rod
• Sod
• Bog
• Cog
• Dog
• Fog
• Hog
• Jog
• Log
• Mom
• Cop
• Hop
• Mop
• Top
• Cot

Short e Word Blends

Here are examples of the -blends for short e vowels.

• blot
• blocks
• floor
• glob
• slot
• bronze
• frog
• spot
• stop

Short o Vowel Digraphs

This list of short e vowel sound examples include:

• shop
• shot
• sock
• lock
• chop

Both Blends and Digraphs Short o Vowel Words

This list of short o vowel words include words with both blended and digraph sounds.

• clock
• cloth
• floss
• gloss
• broth
• strong

Short O Word Flashcard Set

These Short Vowel Flashcards are perfect for students learning how to read. They show a spelling pattern and are sorted as such. Plus, we’ve included a bonus set of picture short o flashcards! These make a perfect set so make sure you check out our learning game mat for matching game ideas!

Also, don’t miss out on downloading a set of our CVC Flashcards for more exciting patterns in phonics reading when your students are ready for the next level!

Short O Word BINGO Cards

Below are an engaging set of half dozen BINGO cards for fun game playing and learning reinforcement of the silent e words containing the short letter o.