English spellings/Catalogs/Retro E

final e is mostly silent; for words often italicised and ending in written -é, see French words in English: -e

from Latin, from Greek -αι (though in most cases AmE has only -ê) -'''aê

some Korean names have final -âe

* réggay '''réggâe

Phìlâe

'''nébulaê

'''fŏrmulaê

'''anténnaê

'''nôvaê

* Fêeby '''Phoêbê

'''scrîbe

'''subscrîbe

'''descrîbe

'''transcrîbe

medicine prescrîbe ≈ illegal '''proscrîbe

'''adôbê

zé- '''xénophobe

'''lôbe

-ss -'''ce

pêace

'''fâce

* préffis '''préface

* ménnis '''ménace

Ẁallis = '''Ẁallace

'''pâce

* Hórris, rhyming with Mórris and words in -óris (AmE ŏ): '''Hórace

* térris '''térrace

* récky réccê

paste grêase = country '''Grêece

'''îce

'''édifíce

'''sácrifîce

órifíce BrE; AmE '''ǒrifíce

'''àrtifíce

Álíce

'''accòmplíce

'''sürplíce

'''nîce

'''Véníce

'''cŏrníce

'''chŏice

cf. Jǒyce: '''rejǒice

'''vŏice

'''hóspíce

cf. up rîse -z: eat rîce

'''thrîce

* líckerish: AmE lícorice, BrE líquorice

Prîce = prîce

'''caprìce

'''trîce

'''pôultíce

'''sólstíce

'''láttíce

BrE verb práctíse = noun, AmE verb  '''práctíce

'''nôtíce

'''devîce

'''crévíce

'''sërvíce

e.g. indepéndence = indepéndents: -nts = -nce

cf. -dence: dānce

ascéndance

'''véngeance

sometimes written as in French séance: '''sèànce

'''chānce

'''lānce

'''survèillance

'''vígilance

'''románce

'''perfŏrmance

'''próvenance

either syllable stressed noun = verb '''fînánce

'''gòvernance

'''forbéarance

'''híndrance

Frānce

'''frâgrance

enter '''éntrance

beguile '''entrānce

renâissance

recónnaíssance

cf. exístence: '''stānce

cf. exístence: '''resístance

neŵ- nûànce

advānce

-ense = -'''ence

derived from words ending in -ent: -'''ence

AmE lîcense, cf. BrE and AmE suspénse: '''lîcence

* ákwêeyéssənss; cf. présence, -zənss: '''acquiéscence

'''câdence

'''décadence

'''coíncidence

'''transcéndence

'''subsîdence

'''évidence

'''próvidence

'''correspóndence

cf. dénse: '''fénce

AmE defénse: BrE '''defénce

AmE offénse: BrE '''offénce

'''négligence

'''indúlgence

'''hénce

'''scîence

-shənss '''cónscience

'''åudience

'''sâlience

-âshence '''impâtience

cf. prevâil: '''prévalence

condôlence

'''vîolence

'''përmanence

'''réference

'''circúmference

'''interfêrence

'''adhêrence

'''Flórence

'''occúrrence

'''rêcúrrence

'''ábsence

'''présence

'''cómpetence

cf. ténse: '''séntence

'''insístence

cf. stānce: '''exístence

'''ínfluence

'''sêquence

'''cónsequence

'''Ínce

mint mínts ≈ meat '''mínce

print prínts ≈ royal '''prínce

'''sínce

'''wínce

wò- '''ònce

'''nónce

'''dúnce

'''òunce

'''bòunce

cf. spàrse: scãrce

fàrce

'''fìêrce

Pêarce = Pìerce = Pêirce = '''pìêrce

'''coërce

'''enfŏrce

-êí- '''reinfŏrce

'''divŏrce

verbs -'''ésce

-éss '''acquiésce

* côwaléss '''coalésce

-éss '''effervésce

BrE -dyoôss or -joôss, AmE doôss -'''dûce

'''redûce

'''indûce

verb '''prodûce

noun '''próduce

'''pûce

'''Jŏyce

wrong bád = bid '''báde

jâde rhymes with '''orangeâde

'''fâde

'''shâde

'''jâde

'''glâde

woman mâid = make '''mâde

'''serenâde

'''grenâde

'''colonnâde

'''lemonâde

sh-; AmE charâde, BrE '''charàde

'''parâde

cf. Wàdè: Wâde = '''wâde

start procêed ≈ first precêde

'''concêde

'''intercêde

'''Gánymede

'''Rúnnymede

'''supersêde

sway swâyed = material '''suède

Sweden Swêde = vegetable swêde

stressed in verbs, unstressed in nouns, but always pronounced -'''îde

'''hërbicide

'''régicide

'''fúngicide

'''hómicide

'''gërmicide

'''spërmicide

'''infánticide

'''sûicide

'''génocide

'''cŷanide

brômide

thalídomide

'''derîde

Â-sîde

'''asîde

* bêesîde B-sîde

'''besîde

* rizîde '''resîde

one word '''úpside

one word '''dòwnside

'''provîde

'''óxîde

'''ôde

'''côde

'''cáthode

heavy lôad = ore '''lôde

'''ánode

street rôad = ride '''rôde

'''eléctrode

'''Câpe Vërde

in some names -'''forde

íl- '''elûde

əl- '''allûde

'''lóngitude

'''látitude

'''áttitude

insect '''bêe

'''divorcêe

'''fêe

'''cóffee

'''banóffee

'''tóffee

-jì '''périgêe

-jì '''ápogêe

'''Yánkee

'''glêe

'''jubilêe

'''trainêe

'''detainêe

'''referêe

'''kédgerêe

as a suffix meaning without, -frêe should at least be hyphenated, never a separate word: '''cãrefrêe and commítment-frêe

'''degrêe

'''pédigree

male émigrè = female '''emigrèe

'''jamborêe

'''sêe

* lîcencêe '''licensêe

fricassêe

cf. députy: '''devotêe

'''payêe

-êe has main stress when in contrast to emplŏyer: '''emplŏyêe

'''strâfe

'''gáffe

'''lîfe

* nîfe '''knîfe

'''Tenerìfe

'''wîfe

normally -j: -'''ge

'''âge

mostly -íj -'''age

-íj '''cábbage

-íj '''bándage

* hémərij '''haémorrhage

* fôlìíj '''fôlìage

* cárríj '''cárriage

* márríj '''márriage

-ij '''páckage

-íj '''tûtelage

-àzh '''fûselàge

-əflàzh '''cámouflàge

-íj '''víllage

-àzh '''cóllàge

-íj '''dámage

-íj '''ímage

-íj '''pílgrimage

-íj '''mánage

têenâge

-àzh '''bádinage

'''pâge

'''rámpâge

'''râge

-zh Nîgel Fáràge

BrE *gáràj; *gáríj is regarded by many as uneducated; AmE *gəràzh '''gáràge

'''underâge

-íj '''áverage

-íj Dame Edna '''Éverage

person Béveridge = -íj drink '''béverage

-íj: AmE lév- BrE '''lêverage

-àzh '''míràge

-íj '''stŏrage

BrE *báràj, AmE *bəràzh '''bárràge

'''sâge

BrE *mássàj, -zh, AmE *məssàzh '''mássàge

-íj '''méssage

-àzh '''dréssàge

-íj '''ûsage

'''Àrmitage

'''Hërmitage

móntàge -àzh

-àzh '''sábotàge

'''stâge

-íj '''wâstage

-íj '''hóstage

-ij '''pôstage

-íj '''cóttage

-gwíj '''lánguage

wâge rhymes with '''assuâge

-íj '''sávage

-íj '''sálvage

'''bádge

'''cádge

vég and Rég rhyme with '''édge

'''hédge

'''plédge

'''slédge

'''drédge

'''wédge

-íj: cóllege rhymes with '''knówledge

'''mídge

'''rídge

'''brídge

'''frídge

'''pórridge

'''dódge

'''lódge

'''stódge

'''wódge

'''búdge

'''fúdge

'''slúdge

'''núdge

'''drúdge

'''grúdge

'''trúdge

unstressed, -íj -ege

'''sácrilege

'''prívilege

cf. édge: '''allége

knówledge rhymes with cóllege

'''oblîge

-êezh '''prestìge

-íj '''véstíge

'''chânge

'''rânge

'''grânge

órange BrE, AmE '''ŏrange

Stonehénge

Pénge

revénge

'''bínge

'''hínge

'''whínge

'''crínge

'''sínge

'''lúnge

'''plúnge

'''lòunge

'''scròunge

yoúng = Yoúng = '''Yoúnge

'''grúnge

'''Dôge

'''stoôge

'''bàrge

'''làrge

'''mërge

'''emërge

'''Sërge

'''vërge

'''dïrge

'''fŏrge

'''ürge

'''scöurge

'''pürge

'''sürge

* âke '''âche

-ásh panáche

BrE *məstàsh, AmE *mústásh '''moustāche

* nêesh '''nìche

-kê '''synécdochê

cf. trôphy, átrophy: '''catástrophê

'''apóstrophê

* dhə before consonants, *dhê before vowels: '''thê

voiced -th (-dh): -'''the

'''lâthe

'''swâthe

cf. noun bréath, unvoiced th: verb '''brêathe

cf. noun wrêath, unvoiced th: verb '''wrêathe

'''Lêthê

cf. noun clóth: lôathe rhymes with '''clôthe

'''soôthe

one syllable: -'''îe

more than one syllable: -'''ìê

'''cábbie

'''Lóckerbie

colour dŷe = death  '''dîe

'''báddie

tea cáddy = golf '''cáddie

'''kíddie

'''bïrdie

hard gg: '''Mággie

soft gg (-jj-): '''Réggie

'''boôgie

down, untrue '''lîe

* bely, cf. relŷ: '''belîe

* underly '''underlîe

Chàrly = '''Chàrlie

surname Wílley = Wílly  = '''Wíllie

'''bonhomiê

'''Mélanie

'''Cónnie

'''Lónnie

'''Rónnie

'''pîe

chêeky cháppie

rye *rîe

'''Ãirdrie

Êrie

soft g: '''menágerie

'''Válerie

'''côterie

'''cálorie

'''éyrie

'''tîe

'''sóftie

'''nîghtie

'''sortiê

groôvy rhymes with movie

'''bâke

'''câke

'''Jâke

cf. bláck, Bláck: '''Blâke

'''mâke

'''snâke

'''sâke

'''tâke

'''úptake

'''partâke

eat steâk = hold '''stâke

'''mistâke

'''lîke

'''chîldlîke

'''gódlîke

'''wårlîke

'''cátlîke

'''pîke

'''chôke

'''brôke

broòk rhymes with '''Ládbroke

broòk rhymes with '''Bólingbroke

'''evôke

'''invôke

'''provôke

'''wôke

'''rebûke

'''dûke

'''sâle

cf. rêtâil: '''rêsâle

cf. noun, adjective fînal: noun '''finàlê

cf. adjective rátional: noun '''rationàle

Âbel, Bâbel, lâbel, Mâbel, all rhyme with '''âble

'''impertürbable

'''applícable

dis- '''despícable

an e may be retained before -able to show either the pronunciation of the preceding consonant or the long sound of the preceding vowel -'''eable

-nsəble '''pronòunceable

-ssəble '''enfŏrceable

-jəble '''mánageable

-jəble '''chângeable

-kəble unshâkable or '''unshâkeable

-kəble lîkable or '''lîkeable

-ləble sâlable or '''sâleable

'''gâble

'''lîable

'''relîable

'''verifîable

'''undenîable

cf. lâbel: '''avâilable

'''unwínnable

'''ádmirable

'''desîrable

'''sâble

respónsible is English; French is "responsable"

'''advîsable

'''indispénsable

lâbel rhymes with '''tâble

'''debâtable

'''insurmòuntable

əxép- '''accéptable

'''stâble

'''cònstable

'''unstâble

'''Dúnstable

'''forgívable

e.g. vîable: -îable *-ŷable

'''dábble

'''rábble

rébel rhymes with '''pébble '''dríbble

'''cóbble

'''góbble

'''hóbble

'''nóbble

'''wóbble

'''búbble

'''Húbble

'''rúbble

'''stúbble

'''édible

tánj- '''tángible

'''fállible

'''térrible

'''hórrible

indeféncible BrE; AmE '''indefénsible

'''comprehénsible

'''apprehénsible

'''sénsible

"responsable" is French: '''respónsible

əxé- '''accéssible

'''colléctible

'''suscéptible

'''contémptible

'''irresístible

'''fléxible

'''ámble

prê- '''preámble

'''gámble

'''rámble

'''scrámble

'''assémble

'''dissémble

* rizémble '''resémble

* onsómble '''ensemble

'''nímble

'''thímble

'''búmble

'''fúmble

'''húmble

'''júmble

'''múmble

'''rúmble

'''crúmble

'''grúmble

'''túmble

'''stúmble

'''nôble

'''doúble

AmE rûble = BrE '''roûble

'''troúble

'''pínnacle

'''bàrnacle

'''spéctacle

'''téntacle

'''recéptacle

'''óbstacle

* vêícle '''vêhicle

'''véntricle

cf. idéntical: '''àrticle

'''pàrticle

'''tésticle

* úngkəl '''úncle

'''càrbuncle

cïrcle

cŷcle

bîcýcle

trîcýcle

'''Chêadle

'''tréadle

'''crâdle

'''áddle

'''páddle

'''stráddle

'''ẁaddle

'''tẁaddle

medallion médal = interfere '''méddle

bicycle pédal = sell '''péddle

'''díddle

'''fíddle

'''míddle

'''píddle

'''ríddle

'''gríddle

'''códdle

'''cúddle

'''fúddle

'''befúddle

'''húddle

'''múddle

'''púddle

'''nêedle

'''brîdle

'''sîdle

'''cándle

'''dándle

'''hándle

'''spíndle

'''noôdle

'''poôdle

'''gïrdle

'''cürdle

'''hürdle

'''dåwdle

* yukalâyley '''ukulèlê

'''allêle

personnél rhymes with '''clientéle

báffle

ráffle

'''kerfúffle

'''trúffle

'''rîfle

'''trîfle

'''wíggle

'''bóggle

'''tóggle

'''strúggle

'''invêigle

g sounded separately from ng: -'''ngle

'''ángle

'''bángle

'''dángle

'''spángle

'''wrángle

'''wángle

'''bürgle

'''bûgle

'''bîle

BrE -île, AmE -əl '''môbile

'''åutomobìle

trîal rhymes with '''fîle

BrE -île, AmE -əl '''frágile

'''Ánglophîle

whîle

after a verb awhîle = a whîle

'''mîle

'''símilê

* fáx-ímməly '''facsímilê

'''smîle

'''pîle

'''rîle

BrE -île, AmE -əl '''stérile

'''pûerile

BrE -île, AmE -əl prayers míssal = war '''míssile

'''tîle

BrE -île, AmE -əl '''vólatile

'''mërcantîle

'''ínfantîle

BrE -île, AmE -əl '''hóstile

* gîle, hard g: '''guîle

'''revîle

'''táckle

'''héckle

'''fréckle

níckel rhymes with '''píckle

'''tríckle

'''tíckle

'''cóckle

'''búckle

'''chúckle

'''ánkle

'''tínkle

'''wrínkle

'''wínkle

ring béll = girl '''bélle

'''nacélle

'''gazélle

-ssây '''Marsèille

food gríll = screen '''grílle

(also Sávile) '''Sáville

'''Sevílle

fire côal = person '''Côle

'''dôle

creôle

empty hôle = all '''whôle

ŏriole

'''môle

ballot pôll = Poland Pôle = wood '''pôle

over, eat rôll = play '''rôle

Cárol = cárol = Cárole

parôle

prôle

'''stâple

'''Bàrnstaple

pêople rhymes with '''stêeple

'''partíciple

adjective, person príncipal = belief '''prínciple

'''discîple

nípple rhymes with '''tríple

'''sāmple

'''exāmple

'''dímple

'''símple

'''rúmple

'''crúmple

stêeple rhymes with '''pêople

'''ápple

'''grápple

tríple rhymes with '''nípple

'''rípple

'''típple

'''tópple

súpple rhymes with '''coúple

'''scrûple

* îl island îsle = church aîsle

vással and in AmE words in -āstle rhyme with '''hássle

'''tússle

-zle, cf. tòwel, minimal pair: '''tòusle

person Súttle = obvious '''súbtle

'''chŏrtle

-səl -'''stle

'''cāstle

véssel rhymes with -'''éstle

'''néstle

'''tréstle

'''wréstle

'''thístle

'''whístle

'''epístle

'''grístle

'''apóstle

'''Éntwistle

'''bústle

'''hústle

Rússell = rústle

'''báttle

'''cáttle

cf. Beatles Bêatle: '''Seáttle

'''kéttle

gold métal = courage '''méttle

líttle

'''bóttle

rebúttal is not spelt *rebúttle

'''scúttle

súbtle rhymes with '''shúttle

-ûel rhymes with -'''ûle

'''módule

'''mûle

'''rûle

'''cápsule

'''dázzle

frázzle

embézzle

'''fízzle

cf. drível: '''drízzle

'''sízzle

'''nózzle

gúzzle

'''púzzle

music mì = person Mêe = you '''mê

cf. âim: '''câme

'''gâme

'''lâme

Surinám = more common '''Surináme

'''sâme

'''frâme

'''tâme

'''extrême

'''dîme

* rèzhìme '''regìme

'''lîme

verse rhŷme = frost '''rîme

'''tîme

may be two words according to sense: '''sòmetime

'''rágtime

'''máritime

'''plâytime

may be two words according to sense: * énnytime '''anytime

two words: '''évery tîme

'''íncòme

'''òutcòme

'''dôme

'''hôme

'''gênome

Alaska Nôme = garden '''gnôme

wander rôam = Italy '''Rôme

'''sòme

-səm -'''some

'''troúblesome

'''hándsome

'''thrêesome

h- '''whôlesome

búxom *búcksome

'''fùlsome

'''wínsome

cf. hysteréctomy: '''epítomê

* rizyûme '''resûme

* rézumây, written with French accents avoids confusion with resûme: résumé

* prizyûme '''presûme

-syû- '''consûme

-syû- '''assûme

frost rîme = verse '''rhŷme

fruit lîme = England '''Lŷme

'''énzŷme

'''bâne

'''urbâne

Lísbon rhymes with '''Brísbane

persons Câin = Câine = stick '''câne

BrE -kən húrricane

'''Dâne

profâne

'''mêthane

cf. Joánne: '''Diáne

'''Jâne

Câin = câne = '''Kâne

'''Spokáne

'''lâne

cf. remâin: relevant '''germâne

Ariádnê

'''scêne

'''obscêne

'''gángrêne

'''polystŷrene

* lazányi '''laságnê

-ône '''colôgne

-îgn rhymes with -'''îne

mâin = Mâine

Shàr- Charmâine

person '''Germâine

'''mìgrâine

'''Ukrâine

'''türbîne

îodîne AmE; BrE '''îodìne

* Mádlin or *Mádlən: Mádeleíne

'''refîne

'''confîne

'''éngíne

cf. hérôín drug = hérôíne hero: '''méscalíne

'''declîne

'''reclîne

'''bâselîne

* vássa-lêen '''vaselìne

'''Cárolîne

'''mîne

'''fámíne

exámíne

vërmín rhymes with '''ërmíne

'''detërmíne

'''mézzanìne

wù- '''wolverìne

'''péregríne

signal sîgn = mathematics '''sîne

énsign -sîne

'''sërpentîne

'''türpentîne

'''intéstíne

K- '''Chrístìne

'''prístìne

'''équîne

'''vîne

'''ravìne

ôvîne

bôvîne

resîgn -zîne

'''magazìne

win wòn = number '''òne

'''cône

cf. Stône of Scone, *Scoôn: '''scóne

'''dòne

'''condône

'''góne

'''phône

'''vîbraphone

'''télephone

or A-: '''ánglophone

'''méllophone

'''Pàrlophone

'''xŷlophone

'''hómophone

'''mîcrophone

'''sáxophone

'''shóne

Hermîonê

'''alône

'''clône

'''anémonê

'''nòne

'''atône

'''stône

cf. Kíngston, both have o as schwa: '''Mâidstone

'''zône

'''ãirbŏrne

o as schwa in best Aus pronunciation: '''Mélbourne

'''Êastbŏurne

* dí-mâin '''demèsne

'''immûne

noun cómmune

verb '''commûne

= -ô, -ôw: -'''ôe

'''ôboe

'''dôe

'''fôe

-oô '''shoe

'''Jôe

rhyming with Zôê: *Klôwêe: '''Chlôê

-oô '''canoe

'''rôe

'''tôe

'''wôe

rhyming with Chlôê: '''Zôê

'''lándscape

'''escâpe

'''grâpe

'''grîpe

'''strîpe

'''wîpe

'''Penélopê

'''ántelôpe

or ón- '''énvelôpe

'''hŷpe

'''tŷpe

'''shãre

'''prepãre

'''héctãre

'''awãre

'''bewãre

'''îronwãre

'''sóftwãre

* âkər '''âcre

-kər '''mássacre

breathe ãir = before '''ére

fêar rhymes with '''interfêre

ear hêar = this '''hêre

them théir = that '''thére

clothes wéãr = place '''whére

AmE premíere, BrE '''prémiére

'''mêre

was '''wëre

'''sevêre

female emigrèe = male'' emigrè '''ôgre

* ôker *AmE ôcher BrE '''ôchre

debonãir rhymes with questionnãire

* Ãira Éire

fîre

'''hîre

'''shîre

in England, schwa, -shə -'''shire

* Glóstersher '''Glóucestershire

* Léstersher '''Léicestershire

* Wùstersher '''Worcestershire

-shîre, alternative strong pronunciation used mostly by Scots: '''Âyrshîre

'''mîre

rhyming with réservoir, boûdoir: *répertwàr '''répertoire

'''vámpire

'''émpire

'''úmpire

'''spîre

'''inspîre

'''enquîre

'''inquîre

cf. fŏr: '''befŏre

'''to the fŏre

'''thérefore

(and, for some, toûr guide) rock  tŏr = téar '''tŏre

'''bizàrre

AmE thêater BrE '''thêatre

length AmE mêter BrE '''mêtre

AmE cénter BrE '''céntre AmE scépter BrE '''scéptre

'''cûre cf. grándeur -dyər: '''endûre

BrE *brôsher brôchure, AmE *brô-shûre brochûre

'''abjûre

-jər '''ínjure

'''cònjure

'''përjure

'''lûre

-lyər '''fâilure

BrE əlyûə '''allûre

'''manûre

'''ténure

BrE Shåw = AmE '''sûre

-zhər -'''sure

'''pléasure

'''méasure

'''tréasure

'''léisure

BrE *inshåw, AmE *inshûre: insurance, verify insůre = verify ensůre

'''clôsure

* Rúsha Rússia ends like BrE présha '''préssure

Físher = '''físsure

-chər -'''ture

fêature

têacher rhymes with crêature

'''matûre

'''nâture

'''státure

'''pícture

'''cúlture

'''vúlture

'''rápture

'''rúpture

ôvertûre

'''pāsture

'''fûture

'''coutûre

'''sûture

'''fíxture

'''gravûre

AmE maneûver BrE '''manoeûvre

'''wê’re

of you yŏur = days yŏre = you are '''yŏu’re

here thére = them théir = they '''thèy’re

chêese, slêaze and frêeze rhyme with '''êase

-ss '''lêase

-z êase rhymes with plea plêas = request '''plêase

-ss '''crêase

verb, noun -ss '''decrêase

verb, noun -ss '''incrêase

-z '''têase

âce rhymes with '''châse

confuse fâze = temporary '''phâse

* blàzè, *blàzây, often with French acute accent: 'blasé

-z erâse

-z '''phrâse

'''rephrâse

mostly -êez, including all nationalities (none of which end in -ise); usually stressed but can become unstressed before a noun as in Jápanese: -'''êse

-ss '''obêse

-z '''chêese

-z '''Clêese

'''jöurnalêse

'''Nepalêse

'''Cóngolêse

'''Jápanêse

'''Chînêse

silent u to harden g: Portuguêse

In all words apart from those specified below (e.g. precîse), -îse can be spelt as it is pronounced, -îze (e.g. críticîse/críticize): -'''îse

never spelt -îze because pronounced to rhyme with îce: precîse

críticîze = '''críticîse

never spelt -îze because pronounced to rhyme with îce: concîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: noun, verb '''éxercîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''mërchandîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''fránchîse

vërbalize = '''vërbalîse

rêalîze = '''rêalîse

êqualîze = '''êqualîse

AmE -êess, BrE -êez '''valìse

fërtilîze = '''fërtilîse

sýmbolîze = '''sýmbolise

never spelt -ize because it is a noun and pronounced -íss: '''prémíse

never spelt -ize because pronounced -íss: noun, verb '''prómíse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''cómpromîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''surmîse

* pŏrpus '''pŏrpoise

* tŏrtus '''tŏrtoise

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''despîse

cf. -ss eat rîce: -z up '''rîse

glámorîze = '''glámorise

-êez '''reprìse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''comprîse

* ón prêez '''en prìse

pronounced but (after Jane Austen) not spelt -ize: '''surprîse

presh- préssurîze = '''pressurîse

émphasîze = '''émphasîse

* práctíss práctíce = British English verb '''práctíse

áppetîze = '''áppetîse

-êez '''expertìse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''ádvertîse

silent u; pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''disguîse

* broôz breŵs = '''brûise

* croôz creŵs = '''crûise

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''advîse

cf. noun devîce: -z verb '''devîse

pronounced but never spelt *wîze: '''wîse

pronounced but never spelt -wize: -'''wîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''lîkewîse

pronounced but never spelt -ize: '''clóckwîse

-ence = -'''ense

-ss, as also hénce, fénce: '''dénse

'''condénse

'''dispénse

'''sénse

'''nónsense

cf. defénce, lîcence, offénce where AmE has -ense, all -ss: '''suspénse

cf. séntence: '''ténse

-ss '''verbôse

'''béllicôse

'''váricose

'''jocôse

cf. dôze: -ss '''dôse

-z '''chôse

* hoôz who is who's = of whom '''whose

-z '''grandiôse

* loôze '''lose

noun, adjective -s, verb -z '''clôse

-z '''nôse

-z '''choôse

* lûce '''loôse

-z '''pôse

-z '''oppôse

-z '''expôse

can have French accent: exposé *expôzây '''expôsè

-z '''rôse

morôse

-z '''cómatôse

'''ápse

'''lápse

noun '''rêlapse

verb '''relápse

'''collápse

'''trâipse

'''eclípse

'''ellípse

cop cóps = wood '''cópse

'''hëarse

cf. revërse: '''rehëarse

-z '''pàrse

fàrce rhymes with '''spàrse

* persây '''për sè

'''dispërse

'''tërse

'''vërse

'''avërse

'''ádverse

rehëarse rhymes with '''revërse

'''gŏrse

voice hŏarse = animal '''hŏrse

'''wörse

'''cürse

'''nürse

'''bŏurse

vulgar cŏarse = run '''cŏurse

dispërse rhymes with '''pürse

or ámp- '''ímpasse

'''crevásse

'''póssê

'''lacrósse

animal moôse = eat '''moûsse

t can be silent: tsétsê or tsêtsê

verb -z, noun -ss '''ûse

verb -z, noun -ss '''abûse

no! -z '''refûse

rubbish -ss '''réfuse

-z '''mûse

amûse

liquid oôze = River '''Oûse

-ss '''dòuse

noun -ss, verb -z '''hòuse

-ss '''lòuse

-z '''blòuse

-ss '''mòuse

-ss '''spòuse

cf. -ss Ròuse = Ròwse persons: -z '''ròuse

-ss '''gròuse

cf. Drûze: -z '''rûse

perûse

-z ròuse rhymes with '''bròwse

-îze '''ánalyse

-îze '''páralyse

-ət in nouns and adjectives: -ate

in verbs (all are shown with accent below): -'''âte

lure bâit = anger, breath '''bâte

'''debâte

'''rêbâte

-âte verb, -ət noun '''prédicate

'''índicâte

'''víndicâte

'''certíficate

'''fábricâte

'''súffocâte

BrE -ət, AmE -âte: '''cándidate

'''fâte

also used as suffix for name of scandal, as in Wåtergâte: '''gâte

'''Reîgâte

'''frígate

'''Hárrogâte

'''súrrogate

'''Màrgâte

'''Wåtergâte

'''Rámsgâte

'''hâte

-sh(ì)âte verb, -sh(ì)ət adjective '''assôciate

'''dissôciâte

'''mêdiâte

'''immêdiate

verb '''affíliâte

noun -ət '''affíliate

'''defôliâte

'''inêbriâte

'''excóriâte

-sh(ì)âte '''differéntiâte

-sh(ì)âte '''negôtiâte

'''lâte

-îəlâyt '''annîhilate

'''vácillâte

'''óscillâte

'''plâte

'''témplâte

'''cóntemplâte

-âte verb, -ət adjective '''artículate

'''régulâte

'''mâte

-ít or -ət '''clîmate

-âte verb, -ət noun '''éstimate

'''guésstimate

-âte verb, -ət adjective '''appróximate

définite *définate

incríminâte

indiscríminate

cúlminate

fùlminate

elíminâte makes a minimal pair with illûminâte

person Spèight = rush '''spâte

(cf. désperate) -âte verb, -ət adjective '''séparate

-rət '''dísparate

-âte verb, -ət adjective '''delíberate

cf. ônerous: '''exónerâte

'''cô-óperâte

(cf. séparate) -rət '''désperate

'''émigrâte

'''ímmigrâte

irâte

Émirate

pîrate

-âte verb, -ət adjective '''eláborate

'''corróborâte

'''cǒrporate

máj- '''mágistrâte

'''démonstrâte

'''rémonstrâte

-âte verb, -ət adjective '''precípitate

'''ánnotâte

'''áctivâte

'''effête

* mashétty '''machétê

'''complête

Pête

'''Crête

'''cóncrete

discrêet = '''díscrête

'''éxtradîte

indîct *indîte

-lîte

* sôshalîte '''sôcialîte

'''elìte

'''polîte

nîght *nîte

'''gráníte

'''ignîte

'''fînîte

* définət '''définite

* ínfinət '''ínfinite

tonîght *tonîte

'''unîte

cf. ín spîte of: '''despîte

césspít rhymes with AmE réspíte; BrE '''réspîte

'''hýpocríte

AmE -or-; BrE '''fâvouríte

'''invîte

'''Trótskyîte

can be written 'Brontë': '''Bróntê

'''ánecdote

'''ántidote

'''môte

'''nôte

'''vôte

'''peyôtê

'''fŏrtè

'''càste

'''hâste

'''châste

usually stressed -ét -'''étte

oô- '''oubliétte

'''serviétte

'''diskétte

matress pállet = paint '''pálette

cf. hámlet: *ómlet '''ómelette

'''kitchenétte

'''pipétte

'''tríbûte

'''cóntríbûte

'''dístríbûte

noun '''áttribûte

verb '''attríbute

records Mínít = time '''mínute

mŷ neŵt = small '''minûte

'''repûte

'''compûte

cf. ínput: '''impûte

'''bŷte

'''nêophŷte

'''ácolŷte

often silent -'''ue

not -que: '''bàrbecûe

-skyoô '''réscûe

not -que: '''Fŏrtescûe

'''miscûe

'''dûe

'''fóndûe

prompt cûe = line queûe

'''âgûe

* lêag '''lêague

persons Hâig = Hâigh = city, person '''Hâgue

* plâig '''plâgue

* Pràg '''Pràgue

Móntagû = '''Móntagûe

-g vâgue

* sâygwây '''sèguè

-êeg noun '''íntrigue

-êeg verb '''intrìgue

-êeg '''fatìgue

-áng '''harángue

* meráng '''meringue

* túng '''tòngue

-góg: all these words may, and in most cases must lose the final -ue in American English -'''gógue

-óg '''sýnagógue

'''Lôgue

-óg '''dîalógue

-óg cátalógue

-ôg vôgue

'''àrgûe

blow bleŵ = colour '''blûe

'''clûe

influenza flû = chimney '''flûe

'''glûe

ménu rhymes with vénue

cf. síneŵ: '''ávenûe

'''révenûe

final que is -k (many words end like this, but not bàrbecûe) -'''que

-āk '''plāque

-âik '''opâque

* Môzám-bêek '''Mozambìque

* yû- '''unìque

look pêek = top pêak = annoy '''pìque

reálpolitìk rhymes with '''critìque

'''boutìque

-ésk '''burlésque

-ésk '''Pinterésque

-ésk '''picturésque

-ésk '''grôtesque

-ósk '''mósque

minimal pair: cf. brísk: -oòsk '''brùsque

Susan Sûe = law '''sûe

* insyû '''ensûe

-syû '''pursûe

* íshû '''íssue

* tíshû '''tíssue

'''câve

'''Dâve

reliêve rhymes with lêave

'''gâve

* háv: only 'inelegant' words like abbreviations can end in -áv (láv, sátnav), so an e is added to '''háve

'''behâve

'''cónclâve

'''pâve

'''râve

'''crâve

serious, dead '''grâve

accent '''gràve

sw- '''suàve

'''êve

'''slêeve

'''achìêve

'''belìêve

'''relìêve

'''grìêve

'''síeve

'''sémibrêve


 * ív, when not shown otherwise: -íve

'''côërcíve

'''dîve

'''éndíve

'''recêive

'''concêive

'''fîve

cf. jîve dance: hard g in take '''gíve

'''hîve

-k- '''àrchîve

verb '''líve

adjective '''lîve

'''alîve

'''Clîve

rê-líve

'''ólíve

drîve

'''derîve

thrîve

'''arrîve

'''contrîve

strîve

mostly -ssív -'''síve

-ssív or -zív '''abrâsíve

-ssív or -zív '''persuâsíve

'''adhêsíve

decîsíve

(some AmE *devíssíve) devîsíve

'''defénsíve

'''offénsíve

'''expénsíve

inténsive

'''posséssíve

míssíve

permíssíve

dismíssíve

'''crêâtíve

'''tålkatíve

cf. defínitive: '''nâtíve

words which have secondary stressed AmE -âtíve, two syllables after the main stress: AmE imáginâtíve, BrE a as schwa: '''imáginatíve

'''derívatíve

'''láxative

'''áctíve

'''deféctíve

'''objéctíve

'''subjéctíve

'''ádjectíve

'''corréctíve

'''detéctíve

'''invéctíve

'''explêtíve

cf. nâtive: '''defínitive

'''sénsitíve

'''repétitíve

'''môtíve

-súmptíve

'''revîve

'''válve

'''délve

'''shélve

words that end in -olve may have either -ólve or -'''ôlve

'''solve

may be -z- dissolve

'''devolve

revolve

'''involve

'''abòve

bird '''dòve

(BrE is regular dîved) AmE dive '''dôve

Gôve

England Hôve = heave '''hôve

'''shòve

'''lòve

'''glòve

cf. *môve mauve: *moôve '''move

'''groôve

'''rôve

'''grôve

shrôve = Shrôve

* proôve '''prove

'''stôve

'''trôve

'''strôve

càrve

'''nërve

'''sërve

* prizërv '''presërve

cürve

* fôve fauve

cf. *moôv move: *môve mauve

'''Î've

'''wê've

'''yoû've

'''thèy've

'''Zimbàbwè

me yoû = sheep '''eŵe

lëarner and lôw = '''Lërner and Lôewe

'''Lilóngwè

AmE áx: BrE '''áxe

'''yê

death dîe = colour dŷe

me Î = sight '''eŷe

above skŷ = island '''Skŷe

'''rŷe

pig, eye stŷ = eye '''stŷe

dâys = '''dâze

plêase and frêeze rhyme with '''slêaze

period phâse = confuse '''fâze

gâys = '''gâze

Hâyes = '''hâze

Mâys = crop mâize = lost mâze

Krâys = '''crâze

'''ádze

free frêes = cold '''frêeze

'''trapêze

most words in -îse can also be spelt -îze; all exceptions are listed under -îse: -'''îze

never -ise '''sêize

apart prîse = present '''prîze

never -ise '''sîze

'''dôze

'''búlldoze

'''Drûze

-îze ánalŷse = '''ánalŷze

-îze páralŷse = '''páralŷze