/b/ — the B sound as in big, back, about

Main spellings (~100%)

⟨b⟩ ~100%

The letter ⟨b⟩ covers virtually all words with the /b/ sound.

big back about boy best before been bean both job problem

Doubled consonants: When ⟨bb⟩ appears in the middle of a word, it still makes just one /b/ sound. Examples: bubble, rabbit, cabbage.

Unusual spellings (<1%)

⟨bh⟩

From Indian languages.

bhutan