The sequence of letters "ough" is arguably one of the most infamous cases of English spelling. It can be pronounced in at least five different ways in ordinary words and some more in proper names. Here, as usual, we are concerned with RP.
I used toPhonetics at https://tophonetics.com/.
Ex. Transcribe the following words paying special attention to the letters "ough". They can be pronounced in the following ways:
/ə/, /əʊ/, /aʊ/, /ɒf/, /u:/, /ʌf/, /ʌp/
though, dough, through, borough, thorough, hiccough, Slough, enough, cough, Loughborough
KEY
/ðəʊ/, /dəʊ/, /θruː/, /ˈbʌrə/, /ˈθʌrə/, /ˈhɪkʌp/, /slaʊ/, /ɪˈnʌf/, /kɒf/, /lʌfb(ə)rə/
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