Spelling the sound /ou/: ou, ow

A lot of the longer words that use the /ou/ sound use the spelling ou.

Before endings er and el, use ow.

At the end of a word, or syllable, use ow.

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ou as in cloud ow as in cow
aloud*
astound
confound
surround
unwound
account
discount
recount
amount
pronounce
renounce
thousand
fountain
mountain
trousers
scoundrel
round
about
counsel*
council*		 cower
flower*
power
shower
tower
towel
trowel
vowel
allowed*
endow
eyebrow
coward
powder
rowdy
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