The ^ – ‘u’ sound as in ‘bus’ – spelling alternatives-examples
u- bus
adult, blunt, bud, bug, bump, bun, cup, chuck, chunk, cluck, clumsy, crumb, crunch, crust, cut, deduct, duck, drudge, drum, drunk, dull, dump, dust, erupt, fudge, fun, fuss, glug, glum, glutton, grub, grudge, gruff, grumble, grunge, gull, gum, gun, gunk, guppy 
, gust, gut, hut, hunt, hundred, judder, jug, jump, just, luck, lug, lull, lunch, lung, lunge, lust, muck, mud, mug, mum, munch, mundane, musket, must, mutt, mutton, nub, nudge, nugget, null, numb, number, nun, nuptial, plum, plumb, plummet, plunder, plunge, plus, pub, public, puff, pug, pummel, pump, punk, punt, pus, putt, rub, rubber, ruck, rudder, ruddy, rugby, rugged, rum, rumble, run, rung, rust, russet, rut, substitute, submerge, sub-* lots, suck, sudden, suds, suffer, sulk, sully, sultan, sultana, sultry, sum, summer, summit, sump, sumptuous, sun, Sunday, sup, supper, supplant, supply, suss, sustain, suspect, sustenance…
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er- digger
lots of these words stem from being a ‘doer’- e.g. from the verb ;- play becomes the noun player, sing – singer, teacher, runner, builder, driver, racer, learner, walker, writer, skater, painter, juggler, joker etc.
others- (often to describe dimensions)
after, afterwards, anger, another, antler, banger, batter, bigger, blister, blunder, crater, cracker, critter, danger, dinner, doubter, eastern, enter, fighter, girder, ginger, greater, higher, hanger, hunger, jumper, longer, manner, mister, monster, northern, other, patter, pattern, pepper, quarter, quicker, roster, sister, smaller, southern, summer, super, supper, taller, ticker, tiger, under, western, winter, wonder, yesterday, younger
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or- Gladiators
when a word stem ends in -it, -ate, or -ct then usually the or spelling is used but there are others-
accelerator, actor, adaptor, advisor, alligator, ancestor, anchor, author, aviator, bachelor, calculator, capacitor, captor, carburettor, collector, conspirator, contractor, contributor, councillor, decorator, defector, descriptor, detector, dictator, director, doctor, donor, editor, educator, elevator, eliminator, factor, generator, governor, horror, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incisor, inferior, innovator, inspector, instructor, insulator, interior, inventor, investor, junior, juror, laminator, major, manor, mayor, microprocessor, minor, mirror, monitor, motor, narrator, navigator, possessor, prior, radiator, razor, reactor, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, resistor, rotor, rotator, sailor, scissors, sculptor, sector, selector, senior, sensor, solicitor, spectator, sponsor, superior, supervisor, surveyor, survivor, tailor, terror, tractor, traitor, translator, tremor, vector, vendor, ventilator, victor, visitor, warrior
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ar- sugar
loads of these ‘ar’ spellings end in -lar
beggar, binoculars, burglar, calendar, caterpillar, cellar, cheddar, circular, collar, custard, dollar, exemplar, familiar, grammar, insular, irregular, liar, molar, molecular, muscular, peculiar, perpendicular, pillar, scholar, similar, singular, spectacular, stellar, triangular, vicar
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a- camera
away, ahead, arise, animal, agenda, Alaska, algebra, amnesia, bacteria, ballerina, banana, bonanza, cafeteria, cantata, cerebral, celestial, charisma, China, cinema, cola, data, delta, dilemma, drama, enigma, extra, fatal, gala, gorilla, harmonica, hernia, idea, inertia, koala, lava, llama, magma, mania, marimba, marina, mascara, medal, media, mocha, mozzarella, nebula, nirvana, nostalgia, ocarina, ocean, omega, opera, orchestra, panda, pasta, peninsula, phobia, piranha, pizza, plasma, polka, puma, petal, quadrant, replica, riviera, radial, Roman, rota, scuba, spatula, stigma, supernova, tapioca, tiara, tortilla, trivia(l), tuba, tuna, umbrella, vanilla, vendetta, Vera, Veronica, Victoria, vodka, woman, yoga, zebra
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e – alien
awaken, awoken, barren, brazen, brighten, broaden, broken, burden, children, chosen, citizen, dampen, darken, deepen, eaten, eleven, even, fallen, fasten, fatten, flatten, forgiven, forgotten, forsaken, frighten, frozen, garden, given, glisten, golden, happen, harden, haven, heaven, hidden, laden, lengthen, lessen, lighten, linen, listen, loosen, mistaken, moisten, molten, nitrogen, often, olden, open, oven, oxygen, proven, quicken, raven, ripen, roughen, sadden, seven, siren, silken, siren, slacken, specimen, stolen, spoken, straighten, stricken, sudden, sullen, swollen, taken, thicken, tinsel, toughen, vixen, warden, warren, wooden, woven, worsen
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i – pencil
basil, civil, devil, fossil, pupil, stencil, weevil
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ure – treasure
usually follows an s or t
adventure, architecture, agriculture, brochure, capture, closure, configure, conjure, creature, culture, curvature, denture, disclosure, enclosure, expenditure, exposure, failure, figure, feature, fracture, furniture, gesture, injure, lecture, leisure, literature, manufacture, measure, miniature, mixture, moisture, nature, nurture, overture, picture, pleasure, pressure, procedure, puncture, rapture, rupture, scripture, sculpture, seizure, stature, structure, temperature, texture, torture, vulture
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o – dragon
accomplice, another, bacon, beacon, bishop, brother, cannon, canyon, carbon, cauldron, common, cover, crimson, deacon, demon, falcon, flagon, gammon, glove, govern, jargon, klaxon, lexicon, lemon, lesson, lion, love, mason, matron, mother, other, pardon, phenomenon, piston, prison, salmon, sermon, skeleton, sponge, squadron, ribbon, tendon, tenon, wagon, weapon, won, wonder
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ou – camouflage
borough, country, doubloon, double, enough, nourish, rough, southern, tough, trouble
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our – colour
armour, behaviour, clamour, favour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, odour, parlour, rigour, rumour, saviour, savour, splendour, tumour, vapour, vigour
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