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English diphthongs – /ɪə/ as in beer

Word list with the vowel sound as in the word "beer".

The eight English diphthongs

Diphthong in beer as in beer (the drink), pier, and hear.

Words with a common or rhyming diphthong as the final sound

Aberdeenshire Aboukir adhere all-clear Angier appear Argyllshire arrear atmosphere auctioneer austere Ayrshire balladeer bandoleer bandolier barysphere bathysphere Bedfordshire beer belvedere Berkshire Berwickshire besmear bier bioengineer biosphere blear bombardier Breakspear Brecknockshire brevier brigadier buccaneer Buckinghamshire Buteshire Buttermere Caernarvonshire Cambridgeshire cannoneer carabineer Cardiganshire career Carmarthenshire cashiern cashierv cashmere (fabric) Cashmere (place) cavalier cere chandelier chanticleer Chanticleer charioteer cheer Cheshire chevalier chimere chorea chromosphere clavier (instrument) clavier (keyboard) clear cohere commandeer compeer cordelier Cuckmere dear Dear deer Delamere Derbyshire Devonshire diarrh(o)ea disappear dog-ear domineer Dorsetshire drear dysmenorrh(o)ea ear ecosphere electioneer electrolier elixir Ellesmere Elsmere elzevir Elzevir emir Emir endear engineer Fafnir fakir fear Fifeshire fleer Flintshire Frere frontier fusilier gambier gaselier gazetteer gear Geare Glamorganshire Gloucestershire gondolier Goodyear® Grasmere Greer grenadier Grenadier Guenevere Guinevere gypsophila halberdier half-year Hampshire Haslemere headgear hear hemisphere here Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire idea inhere insincere interfere ionosphere jeer Kashmir kier Kier kir Lancashire Lear leer lehr Leicestershire light-year Lincolnshire lithosphere marketeer menhir mere mishear Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire mountaineer muleteer musketeer mutineer mynheer nadir Nadir Napier near Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire orienteer overhear Oxfordshire ozonosphere pamphleteer peer Pembrokeshire persevere Perthshire photosphere pier pioneer privateer profiteer puppeteer pyorrhoea queer racketeer reappear rear rehear reindeer revere revers rhea ria Rothermere Rushmere scrutineer sear seborrhea severe Shakespear(e) shea shear sheer -shire Shropshire sincere sloganeer smear sneer Somersetshire sonneteer souvenir spear sphere spiraea spirea Staffordshire steer Stirlingshire stratosphere substratosphere summiteer switchgear Tangier tapir tear Thea theo- tier Tranmere triumvir unclear uprear veer veneer Vere Vermeer vizier Vladimir volunteer Warwickshire weir we're (= we are) Wilshire Wiltshire Windermere Worcestershire year yesteryear Yorkshire zaire Zaire Zaïre
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