1. combinations of two letters that represent a single sound in a language
Usage: linguistics; education

Examples

• The teacher explained that ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ are common digraphs in English.
• Students practiced identifying digraphs in their spelling words.
• The word ‘phone’ contains the digraph ‘ph’ which makes an ‘f’ sound.
• Many reading programs teach digraphs after students learn individual letter sounds.
• The digraph ‘th’ appears frequently in English words like ‘think’ and ‘that’.
• Children often struggle with digraphs because two letters make one sound.