# Spelling ERD

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**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-erd/849324/1 "2020-03-12T09:26:56Z")

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I have found 28 different ways that the spelling of /ERD/ sound can be rendered in acceptable English words. Can you find more? Are there any other sounds with that many spellings?  
haggARD  
sugARED  
hEARD  
feathERED  
hERD  
defERRED  
flEURED [1  
bIRD  
elixIRED [3  
stIRRED  
cupbOARD  
wORD  
authORED  
harbOURED  
ochRED  
gRRED ]2  
blackgUARD  
beleagUERED  
liqUEURED [3  
liqUORED  
absURD  
augURED  
pURRED  
ansWERED  
martYRDom  
martYRED  
mYRRHED [4  
cOEUR D.alene, Idaho [5

[1 fleurer. fleur as acceptabl English meaning fleur d’lys. “The US flag is starred, while the Quebec flag is fleured.”  
[2 grred To utter a “grr” sound. Past tense  
]3 elixired, liqueured, liquored. Influenced by the administration of liquor/liquers. “He was all liquored up.”  
[4 myrrhed. Same usage as liquored. “At Christmas, the wise men’s gift helpers cane home with their fingera all frankincensed and myrrhed”.  
[5 Coeur dAlene can be disputed, as two words, even though a single name.