What is a consonant blend?

A consonant blend is a group of two or three consonants where you can still hear each letter's sound blended quickly together. In 'stop', you hear both the s and the t. This is different from a digraph, where the letters make one new sound.

Examples

• bl in black.
• st in stop.
• spr in spring.

Quick facts

• In a blend you hear each sound; in a digraph the letters make one sound.
• Blends often come at the start (stop) or the end (fast) of a word.