Their spellings are similar, but their vowel sounds are quite different. What is the difference between a vowel and a consonant?Ĭonsider the words beet and beat, which feature different spellings for the same sound ( homophones). In this article, we’ll explore the difference between consonants and vowels and explain why certain letters are considered vowels-and why some can fall into either category depending on which sound they make.
Vowels and consonants are two different categories of sounds that linguists (in the branch of linguistics called phonetics) use to explain how speech sounds work.
You might be able to recite the letters considered vowels in the English language: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.
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