Words ending ch and tch

Best bet Spelling rule: When a word has a ch sound in it, if the vowel before the ch isshort you need to add a t. If it is a long vowel, or if there is another consonant

after the vowel and before the ch, it is just ch.

Suggested sort: sort by what comes before the chConsonant which isn’t a t before ch

Long vowel Short vowel

approach flinch sandwich

arch glitch scorch

attach goldfinch scratch

batch greenfinch screech

beach hatch scrunch

beech hitch search

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bench hopscotch sketch

bewitch hunch slouch

birch hutch slowcoach

bleach inch snatch

blotch itch snitch

blowtorch latch speech

branch launch spinach

breach leech squelch

breech lunch stagecoach

broach lurch starch

brooch larch stench

brunch match stitch

bullfinch mismatch stomach

bunch much stopwatch

butch mulch stretch

butterscotch

munch such

catch ostrich swatch

chaffinch ouch switch

church parch teach

clench patch thatch

clutch peach torch

coach perch touch

cockroach pinch trench

couch pitch twitch

crosspatch poach unclench

crouch porch unlatch

crunch pouch watch

crutch preach which

detach punch winch

ditch quench witch

drench ranch wrench

each reach wretch

enrich rematch wristwatch

fetch research

finch rich