Reading problems

Although 80 of the 91 basic English spelling rules get broken in at least the 228 different ways, as shown in the post Rules and exceptions of English spelling, the total number of English graphemes (letters or letter strings used for a sound) is only 185.

This is because 69 graphemes are used for
spelling more than one sound
as can be seen below.
They create reading difficulties.

And – apron, any, father
came – camera
wait – plait, said
always – algebra
tall - shall
care - are
autumn - laugh, mauve
to deliberate - a deliberate act
stays - says

success - soccer
centre - Celtic
chop –chorus, choir, chute
acquire - lacquer

end – English
he - the
mean - meant, break
ear – early, heart, bear
tree - matinee
even – seven, fete
veil - ceiling, eider, leisure
weight - height

their - weir
people - leopard, leotard
here – there, were
tablet - chalet
beauty – beau
few - sew
they - key

get - gem
girl - ginger
gym – gynaecologist

house - hour

ink – kind
define –engine, machine
field - friend, sieve
limb – climb
signal - sign

amnesia - mnemonic

lost - post
go - do
road - broad
bone – done, gone
toes – does, shoes
roll - doll
tombola - bomb, comb, tomb
boot - foot, brooch
despot - depot
sound - soup, couple
bough - rough, trough, through
bought - drought
should - shoulder
sour - four, journey
how - low

queen – bouquet

sun – sure
scent - luscious, molusc
rose - dose
possible - possession

this - thing
picture - mature

cup – push
build – fruit, ruin

was – wag
what - who
won - woman, women, womb, wombat
word – worn

box - xylophone, anxious

type - typical
daddy - apply

zip – azure.