# cot–caught merger

> phonemic merger in some dialects of English between the phonemes /ɔː/ (often spelled with au, aw, ough, e.g. hawk) and /ɒ/ (often spelled with o, e.g. hot)

**Wikidata**: [Q28401088](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28401088)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot–caught_merger)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/cot-caught-merger