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English diphthongs – /eə/ as in bear

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

The eight English diphthongs

Diphthong in bear as in bear (the animal), pair and hair.

Words with a common or rhyming diphthong as the final sound

affair aftercare air Aire airfare air-to-air ampere ampère Ampère ant-bear anywhere armchair Astaire au contraire au pair aware Ballyclare bare Baudelaire beachchair beachwear bear beware billionaire Blair blare br'er bugbear cafetière camelhair Camembert care carfare chair chare chargé d'affaires Cher childcare Claire Clare co-heir compare compère cookware corsair cuisenaire Dan-Air® dare daycare de la Mare debonair deckchair declare Delaware Delftware derrière despair devil-may-care disrepair doctrinaire earthenware éclair Edgware e'er elsewhere enamelware ensnare ere étagère everywhere extraordinaire Eyre eyre fair Fair fanfare fare Ferrer fieldfare Finisterre firmware flair flare flatware Flaubert Folies Bergère footwear forbear forswear foursquare freeware Frigidaire® funfair Furbear glare glassware Gruyère hair hardware hare Hare healthcare hectare heir Herr highchair Hilaire horsehair impair ironware jardinière jobshare kitchenware knitwear ladieswear lair laissez-faire legionnaire lehr lumière mare Mayfair mayor Medicare menswear Meyer midair millionaire mohair Molière Mothercare® multimillionaire mynheer neckwear ne'er Niger (country) nightmare nightwear nowhere open-air outerwear outstare outwear ovenware overbear pair pare parterre pear pere père Pierre (name) ploughshare plowshare portière prayer (supplication) première prepare pushchair questionnaire Rambert rare ready-to-wear repair Ryanair® Santander savoir faire scare setsquare share shareware she-bear silverware Sinclair skincare snare software solitaire somewhere son et lumière spare sportswear square stair stare stoneware surface-to-air swear swimwear Swissair® tableware tare tear tee-square their there they're thoroughfare threadbare Tiananmen Square timeshare Tupperware® unaware underwear unfair vapourware Vermeer Voltaire ware warfare wear v welfare Weston-super-Mare whate'er whatsoe'er wheelchair whene'er where where'er wheresoe'er whoe'er womenswear workfare yeah
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