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Is “haphazard” a unique word?

English Language & Usage Asked by michael crowley on April 25, 2021

Is haphazard the only word where ph is not pronounced like /f/?

2 Answers

No. Trying to find other examples is an uphill battle, though.

In greater detail: Words that came from Greek and have a 'ph' in a single morpheme tend to use the /f/ pronunciation (except some cases like "Stephen" where it's /v/ — voiced instead of unvoiced). However, words that were formed by combining separate morphemes (such as uphill, loophole, haphazard, etc) have a 'ph' that belongs to two morphemes and does not represent an /f/ sound.

Answered by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 on April 25, 2021

'haphazard' is a word which has 'ph' and is not pronounced as 'f'(a few people may suggest 'amphitheater' as another word but I can't say for sure). However, there are several compound words where 'ph' doesn't sound like 'f' when pronounced. A few of such compound words are:

flophouse, loophole, peephole, uphill, uphold, upholster.

Answered by Fr0zenFyr on April 25, 2021

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