Mispronounced Words in English
English can be a tricky language, especially when it comes to pronunciation. Many words in English are commonly mispronounced, often leading to confusion or miscommunication. In this blog, we will explore some of the most frequently mispronounced words, discuss why they are challenging, and provide tips to help you pronounce them correctly.
What is Mispronounce words?
- To pronounce incorrectly or in a way regarded as incorrect and to pronounce a word or sound the wrong way.
- Mispronunciation is defined as “incorrect or inaccurate pronunciation”.
You know the word but stop yourself from saying it out loud for fear of pronouncing it wrongly. This predicament is relatable as we all have mishaps over the complexities of the English language now and then even native speakers.
Commonly Mispronounced Words
- Across
Say: a-cross
Don’t Say: a-crost - Antarctic
Say: ant-arc-tic
Don’t Say: ant-ar-tic - Accessory
Say: ak-sess-or-y
Don’t Say: ass-ess-or-y - Ask
Say: ask
Don’t Say: aks - Athlete
Say: ath-leet
Don’t Say: ath-a-leet - Cache
Say: kash
Don’t Say: kash-ay - Cavalry
Say: kav-ul-ry
Don’t Say: kav-vuh-ry - Clothes
Say: klothz
Don’t Say: kloz - Dilate
Say: di-late
Don’t Say: di-a-late - Drowned
Say: drownd
Don’t Say: drown-ded - Entrepreneur
Say: ahn-truh-pruh-nur
Don’t Say: enter-pren-yor - Menstruation
Say: men-stroo-a-shun
Don’t Say: men-stray-shun - Supposedly
Say: sup-pose-ed-ly
Don’t Say: sup-pose-ab-ly - Taut
Say: taut
Don’t Say: taunt - Toward
Say: tow-ward
Don’t Say: tor-ward - Chaise longue
Say: shez-lawng
Don’t Say: shayze-lounge - Menu
Say: men-yu
Don’t Say: men-oo - Receipt
Say: ree-seet
Don’t Say: ree-sipt - Mouse
Say: mouse
Don’t Say: moos - Subtract
Say: sub-tract
Don’t Say: subs-tract - Gnaw
Say: naw
Don’t Say: g-naw - Chassis
Say: sha-see
Don’t Say: chay-sis - Dessert
Say: dizz-urt
Don’t Say: dez-ert - Liable
Say: li-a-ble
Don’t Say: lie-bull - Utmost
Say: utt-most
Don’t Say: up-most - Candidate
Say: can-da-dett
Don’t Say: can-ud-dett - Awry
Say: uh-rye
Don’t Say: aw-ree - Ikea
Say: ee-kay-uh
Don’t Say: eye-kee-ya - Amethyst
Say: am-uh-thist
Don’t Say: am-mee-theest - Composition
Say: kom-puh-zish-uhn
Don’t Say: kom-poh-zish-uhn - Colleague
Say: kol-eeg
Don’t Say: kuh-leeg - Condemn
Say: kuhn-dem
Don’t Say: kon-dem - Compose
Say: kuhm-pohz
Don’t Say: kom-pohs - Excuse
Say: ik-skyooz
Don’t Say: ek-skyoos - Extra
Say: ek-struh
Don’t Say: ek-stra - Alzheimer’s disease
Say: ahlts-hai-merz
Don’t Say: old-timer’s disease - Business
Say: biz-nis
Don’t Say: bid-ness - Cabin
Say: cab-in
Don’t Say: kay-bin - Truth
Say: true-th
Don’t Say: tru-th - Opposite
Say: awp-uh-zit
Don’t Say: uh-pose-it - Waistcoat
Say: wess-kut
Don’t Say: waist-coat - Plumber
Say: plum-er
Don’t Say: plum-ber - Mojito
Say: mo-hee-to
Don’t Say: mo-jee-to - Chipotle
Say: chip-oat-lay
Don’t Say: chu-pole-tay - Compare
Say: kuhm-pair
Don’t Say: kom-pair - Committee
Say: kuh-mit-ee
Don’t Say: kom-mit-tee - Coup
Say: koo
Don’t Say: koo-p - Coupon
Say: koo-pon
Don’t Say: que-pun - Debris
Say: deb-ree
Don’t Say: de-briss/ day-brees - Debut
Say: dey-byoo
Don’t Say: di-boo - Divorce
Say: dih-vawrs
Don’t Say: die-vawrs - Epitome
Say: ih-pit-uh-mee
Don’t Say: ih-pi-toe-m - Faux pas
Say: foh-pah
Don’t Say: fohx-pas - Film
Say: film
Don’t Say: fill-um - Flour
Say: flou-er
Don’t Say: fl-ahr - Gauge
Say: geyj
Don’t Say: gauj - Genre
Say: zhahn-ruh
Don’t Say: jen-re - Hyperbole
Say: hy-per-ba-lee
Don’t Say: hy-per-bowl - Ingenuity
Say: in-juh-noo-i-tee
Don’t Say: in-jen-wee-tee - Itinerary
Say: ahy-tin-uh-rer-ee
Don’t Say: ahy-tin-ary - Jewellry
Say: jew-ell-ree
Don’t Say: jew-ler-ree - Lingerie
Say: lawn-zhuh-ree
Don’t Say: lin-guh-ree - Lip-sync
Say: lip-singk
Don’t Say: lip-sing - Maniac
Say: mey-nee-ak
Don’t Say: mahn-yuhk - Paradigm
Say: par-uh-dahym
Don’t Say: par-uh-dig-m - Pronunciation
Say: pro-nun-see-a-shun
Don’t Say: pro-noun-see-a-shun - Pseudonym
Say: sood-n-im
Don’t Say: syoo-duh-nim - Quote
Say: kwoht
Don’t Say: coat - Escape
Say: es-cape
Don’t Say: ex-cape - Espresso
Say: ess-press-oh
Don’t Say: ex-press-o - Et cetera
Say: et-set-er-a
Don’t Say: ex-set-er-a - February
Say: feb-roo-air-y
Don’t Say: feb-yoo-air-y - Nuclear
Say: nuke-lee-ar
Don’t Say: nuke-yoo-lar - Mischievous
Say: mis-chi-vus
Don’t Say: mis-chee-vee-us - Niche
Say: neesh
Don’t Say: nitch - Nuptial
Say: nup-shul
Don’t Say: nup-shoo-al - Often
Say: off-en
Don’t Say: oft-en - Percolate
Say: perc-o-late
Don’t Say: perc-u-late - Perspire
Say: per-spire
Don’t Say: pre-spire - Picture
Say: pic-shur
Don’t Say: pitch-er - Plenitude
Say: plen-i-tude
Don’t Say: plent-i-tude - Prescription
Say: pre-cip-i-ta-shun
Don’t Say: per-cip-i-ta-shun - Probably
Say: prob-ab-ly
Don’t Say: prob-ly/ prah-bal-ly - Realtor
Say: re-al-tor
Don’t Say: real-a-ter - Sherbet
Say: sher-bet
Don’t Say: sher-bert - Ticklish
Say: tik-lish
Don’t Say: tik-l-lish - Triathlon
Say: tri-ath-lon
Don’t Say: tri-ath-a-lon - Vehicle
Say: vi-ekle
Don’t Say: vay-hikle - Verbiage
Say: ver-bi-age
Don’t Say: ver-bage - Wintry
Say: win-try
Don’t Say: win-ter-y - Abalone
Say: ab-uh-loh-nee
Don’t Say: ah-boh-lohn - Albeit
Say: awl-bee-it
Don’t Say: al-bae-it - Almond
Say: ah-mund
Don’t Say: aal-mund - Attaché
Say: uh-tash-ey
Don’t Say: ah-tat-chee - Boutique
Say: boo-teek
Don’t Say: boh-teek - Chaos
Say: key-os
Don’t Say: cha-os - Meme
Say: meem
Don’t Say: mee-mee/ mem - Bury
Say: be-ri
Don’t Say: beu-ry - Discretion
Say: dis-kreh-shun
Don’t Say: dis-kree-shun - Dengue
Say: deng-ee
Don’t Say: den-goo - Marijuana
Say: mar-uh-wah-nuh
Don’t Say: mary-joo-anna - Women
Say: wih-men
Don’t Say: woo-men - Breakfast
Say: brek-fust
Don’t Say: bray-k-faast - Heart
Say: haa-rt
Don’t Say: hurt - Tomb
Say: toom
Don’t Say: tom-b - Asthma
Say: az-ma
Don’t Say: as-tha-ma - Wednesday
Say: wenz-day
Don’t Say: wed-nes-day - Bowl
Say: bol
Don’t Say: ba-ool - Pizza
Say: peet-zuh
Don’t Say: pi-za - Police
Say: puh-leece
Don’t Say: pu-liss - Federal
Say: fed-er-al
Don’t Say: fed-ral - Foliage
Say: fo-li-uj
Don’t Say: fol-uj - Halloween
Say: hal-o-ween
Don’t Say: hol-lo-ween - Height
Say: hite
Don’t Say: hith - Heinous
Say: hey-nuh-s
Don’t Say: heen-ni-us - Hierarchy
Say: hi-er-ar-ky
Don’t Say: hi-arky - Library
Say: libe-rare-ee
Don’t Say: libe-air-ee - Mayonnaise
Say: may-on-naise
Don’t Say: man-naise - Minuscule
Say: min-uh-skyool
Don’t Say: min-ih-skyool - Cerulean
Say: suh-roo-lee-uhn
Don’t Say: see-roo-leen - Chenille
Say: shuh-neel
Don’t Say: chen-ill-eh - Tortillas
Say: tohr-tee-yahs
Don’t Say: tor-tee-laas - Vegetable
Say: veg-table
Don’t Say: vegi-table - Buffet
Say: boo-fay
Don’t Say: buff-ay - Asterisk
Say: ass-ter-isk
Don’t Say: ass-ter-iks - Develop
Say: dih-vel-up
Don’t Say: day-vuh-lupp - Cocoa
Say: koh-koh
Don’t Say: koh-koh-wa - Transient
Say: tran-shent
Don’t Say: tra-zee-end - Arctic
Say: arc-tic
Don’t Say: ar-tic - Figure
Say: fig-yer
Don’t Say: fig-er - Forte
Say: fort
Don’t Say: for-tay - Insouciant
Say: in-soo-see-ant
Don’t Say: in-soo-shant - Lambaste
Say: lam-baste
Don’t Say: lam-bast - Regime
Say: ray-zheem
Don’t Say: ruh-geem - Bass
Say: base
Don’t Say: baas - Quinoa
Say: keen-wah
Don’t Say: qui-noa - Jalapeno
Say: hah-lah-peh-nyoh
Don’t Say: jala-pe-noh - Bruschetta
Say: broo-sket-ah
Don’t Say: broo-shet-ah - Prosciutto
Say: proh-shoo-toh
Don’t Say: pros-ciu-tto - Gnocchi
Say: nyoh-kee
Don’t Say: gno-cc-hi - Parmesan
Say: pahr-muh-zahn
Don’t Say: par-me-san - Hummus
Say: hoom-us
Don’t Say: hum-iss - Fillet
Say: fih-lay
Don’t Say: fil-let - Pasta
Say: pah-stuh
Don’t Say: pass-tah - Caramel
Say: kar-ah-mehl
Don’t Say: car-mel - Onion
Say: uh-nion
Don’t Say: o-nion - Miniature
Say: min-ee-uh-cher
Don’t Say: mini-ture - Calendar
Say: kal-uhn-duh
Don’t Say: kuh-len-duh - Complete
Say: kuhm-pleet
Don’t Say: kom-pleet - Rendezvous
Say: rahn-duh-vooa
Don’t Say: ren-dez-vuss - Reservoir
Say: rez-er-vwahr
Don’t Say: rez-er-vore - Salmon
Say: sam-uh n
Don’t Say: sal-muhn - Salon
Say: sa-lawn
Don’t Say: sa-loon - Silicon
Say: sil-i-kuh n
Don’t Say: sil-i-kohn - Sour
Say: sower
Don’t Say: saar - Subtle
Say: suth-l
Don’t Say: subt-l - Suite
Say: sweet
Don’t Say: suit/ soot - Tuition
Say: too-ish-uh n
Don’t Say: too-shen - Turquoise
Say: tur-koiz
Don’t Say: tur-quiz - Yolk
Say: yohk
Don’t Say: yol-ke - Extempore
Say: ekstem-pere
Don’t Say: ekstem-pore - Vineyard
Say: vin-yard
Don’t Say: wine-yard - Resume
Say: reh-zu-may
Don’t Say: ri-zum - Poignant
Say: poi-nyant
Don’t Say: poig-nant - Poem
Say: poe-um
Don’t Say: poy-em - Mohito
Say: mo-hee-toh
Don’t Say: mo-jee-toh - Banquet
Say: ban-kwet
Don’t Say: ban-kway - Iron
Say: aye-en
Don’t Say: eye-run - Violin
Say: va-yuh-lin
Don’t Say: vo-ee-lin - Video
Say: vid-i-oh
Don’t Say: wee-dio - Data
Say: day-ta
Don’t Say: daa-taa - Monk
Say: munk
Don’t Say: mawnk - Estate
Say: i-steyt
Don’t Say: es-steyt - Especially
Say: i-spesh-uh-lee
Don’t Say: es-spesh-uh-lee - Excite
Say: ik-sahyt
Don’t Say: ek-sahyt - Position
Say: puh-zish-uhn
Don’t Say: poh-zish-uhn - Potential
Say: puh-ten-shuhl
Don’t Say: poh-ten-shuhl - Japanese
Say: jap-uh-neez
Don’t Say: juh-pan-ees - Second
Say: sek-uhnd
Don’t Say: sec-kend - Pressure
Say: presh-uh
Don’t Say: prezh-uh - Ticket
Say: tik-it
Don’t Say: ti-keyt - Sword
Say: sawrd
Don’t Say: swor-d - Answer
Say: anser
Don’t Say: an-swer - Doubt
Say: dowt
Don’t Say: doub-t
Mispronouncing words is a common part of learning any language, including English. By being aware of commonly mispronounced words and actively practicing their correct pronunciations, you can enhance your communication skills and confidence. Remember, practice makes perfect, and it’s never too late to improve your pronunciation!
