English spellings/Catalogs/R

R = àre be

'''rábbî

rábbit rhymes with hábit

rábble makes a minimal pair with rébel

râbid (AmE can be á)

'''râbies

racoôn or '''raccoôn

râcehorse one word

râcing (although some non-anglophone football clubs are called Rácing)

râcism *râyssizm, cf. fáscism *fáshizm

ráck frame, stretch = wráck ''pain

rácket corruption, noise, sport = rácquet ''sport

râdàr cf. râider (minimal pair)

'''râdìî

'''râdius

ragoût *rágôo

'''râid

râin water = rèign monarch = rèin horse = Râyne ''person

râiny rain = Râney ''person

râise up = râze ''ground

râisin -zən

râison d’étre may have French accent: raison d´être

Râith Rovers = wrâith ''ghost

Ráleigh person = rálly meeting, except...

Råleigh North Carolina, Sir Walter = Råwley

Rálph *Rálf mostly, but some are *Râfe (e.g. Ralph Vaughan Williams, *Râfe Våwn Wílyəmz)

rámpâge ''noun

rampâge ''verb

Rámsey Isle of Man, Lewis = Rámsay MacDonald *Rámzì

ráncour *rángkə BrE; AmE ráncor *rángkər

Rangoôn = '''ráng goôn

ránkle cf. '''wrínkle

ránsom money = Ránsome ''person

Raoûl = Raûl Rà-

rappróchement *rápróshmón

rápt entranced = wrápped parcel = rápped' ''rap

rárebit Welsh

rāspberry -spb- or -zb-

'''Rastafãrian

râtio *râyshôw

rátion makes a rhyming minimal pair with fáshion, though some AmE-speakers rhyme it with '''nâtion

rátional adjective -sh-

rationàle noun -sh-

ráttlesnake one word

råucous rhymes with '''cåucus

'''ravìne

'''Råwalpíndi

rây light = Rây = Râe = Wrây ''persons

râzor rhymes with '''lâser

rê concerning = rê- again prefix: in more common words, where there is no sense of again, rê- sounds like rí-: compare revêal (rí-) and redêal (rê-)

reáct - rê-

rêad writing = rêed plant = Rêed = Rêid = Rêad ''persons

réad past, past participle = réd colour; cf. lêad present, léd ''past, past participle

Réading England = Rédding person, cf. rêading ''read

Reâgan Ronald, cf. Rêgan Lear, '''Mégan

rêal genuine = rêel ''rotate

réalm

Reál Madríd *Rèy-ál Mədríd

'''reálpolitìk

'''rêalty

reálity - rê-

'''réalm

'''rêam

'''rêbate

Rebécca = Rebékah

rébel noun *rébble, rhymes with pébble, cf. rábble

rebél verb

'''rebûke

réccê *récky

recêde back *rísêed ≈ resêed plant, '''rê-

recêipt money -cêet, cf. concêit, '''decêit

'''recêive

rêcent lately cf. resént disapprove *rizént

rêcess, '''recéss

récipê ''food

'''recíprocal

'''réckon

récognise - g can be silent

recomménd, ré-

'''réconcîle

'''reconciliâtion

recónnaíssance *recónissənss

récord noun; recŏrd ''verb

rê-creâte again *rêcrê-âte

recreâtion fun, sport *récrê-âtion

rê-creâtion again *rêcrê-âtion

recrûit redundant '''i

'''recür

recürred, recúrrence, recúrrent, recúrring - '''rr

réd colour = réad ''book

redo *redoô

'''rédolent

'''redòne

rêed water = rêad book = Rêed = Rêad = Rêid ''persons

rêek smell = wrêak ''havoc

rêel round = rêal ''genuine

rê-énergise - rê- hyphenated before '''é

rê-éntry - rê- hyphenated before '''é

Rêes = Rhỳs = Rêece = '''Rêese

'''refër

'''referêe

réference (all four vowel-letters are es)

'''refërred

'''refërring

'''refléct

refléction in BrE can be '''refléxion

'''rêflex

refŏrm improve, cf. rê-fŏrm ''again

refrígerator, cf. frídge, adding d to avoid "frîge"

refûse no! -z

réfuse rubbish -ss

Rég Reginald *Rédge, rhyming with '''hédge

Rêgan Lear cf. Reâgan Ronald, '''Mégan

réggâe *réggay

regìme *râizhìme

'''rêgion

'''régister

'''rehëarse

Rêid person = rêad write = rêed water = Rêed ''person

'''Reîgate

rèign monarch = râin wet = rèin horse, ''in

reignîte rêeíg-

Reîlly Tommy = Rîley Terry

reimbürse rêeím-

rèin horse, as in frêe rèin (= rèign monarch = râin down)

reinfŏrce rêeín-, cf. '''enfŏrce

reintërpret rêeín-

reíterate: *rêe-ítərâte; not -tt-

rêjéct ''noun

rejéct ''verb

'''rejûvenate

relêase cf. '''rêalîse

'''rélevant

'''relìêf

'''relìêve

'''rê-líve

'''relŷ

'''rêmatch

'''Rémbrandt

'''remémber

'''remémbrance

'''Rémington

reminíscent -ssənt

renâissànce BrE, AmE '''rénaissànce

Rénault ™ *Rénô

rendezvous *róndâyvoô (as a verb, regular: rendezvoused *róndayvoôd, etc.)

Renèe = '''Renây

Rênêe (from Irênê *Î-rêeny)

renège or renègue *rənâyg

'''Rêno

'''renòunce

réntal rent = '''Réntoul

renunciâtion (nún, not nòun)

'''repâid

'''repâint

'''repãir

'''repartêe

'''repây

'''repâyment

'''repéllent

repéntant

'''rêpercússions

répertoire *répertwàr

'''répertory

'''repetítion

'''repétitive

rêplay ''noun

replây ''verb

'''replŷ

'''réprimand

represént portray, substitute, ré-, cf. rê-presént ''again

'''represéntative

'''reprîsal

'''reprìse

'''repúblic

'''repúblican

rê-publicâtion republish is best hyphenated to avoid confusion with '''repúblic

Repùblika Srpska *Sërpska

'''réputable

'''repûte

réquiém *réquì-ém

réscue

resëarch BrE; AmE '''rêsëarch

resémble *rizémble

resént *rizént dislike cf. rê-sént re-send, rêcent ''lately

'''resërve

réservoir *rézərvwàr

rêshuffle ''noun

reshúffle ''verb

resîgn leave *rizîne, cf. rê-sîgn again *rê-sîne

resignâtion rézíg-

resíst -zí-

resístance -zí-

resít rê-

resôlve *rízólve

resŏurce BrE; AmE rêsource; some say *rezŏurce

réspiratory or respíratory

réspîte BrE; AmE '''réspíte

respónsible ("responsable" is the French spelling)

réstaurant *réstrónt; though some, French-style, do not pronounce the final t, while restauratëur can lose the '''n

restrâint noun, cf. restrâined

resúlt *rizúlt

resûme again *ríz-yoôm

résumè AmE CV: may be written résumé or resumé to distinguish it from resûme (BrE CV is shorter to say and write)

resurréction réz-

'''resúscitate

'''rêtail

retàrd verb, rêtard ''person

rétch vomit = wrétch ''poor

'''rethínk

'''rétina

'''rétinue

'''revêal

reveillê *reválly

rével cf. '''revêal

revelâtion, cf. revolûtion

'''revêre

'''réverence

revieŵ re-examine, newspaper = revûe ''show

'''revîle

'''revísit

revôke cf. '''irrévocable

'''rewård

rêwrite noun, rewrîte verb (no hyphen)

Rèykjavik *Râykyavik or Rék-

'''Réynolds

rhápsody -ədy

rhêa bird = Rhêa ''Saturn

'''rhétoric

'''rhetórical

'''Rhîne

rhînô, abbreviation of '''rhinóceros

rhô Greek = rôw line = rôe' ''fish

Rhôde Island = rôad street = rôwed ''boat

Rhôdes Greece = rôads streets

rhododéndron rô-

'''rhŷme

rhýthm *rídhəm

rhýthmic *rídhmic

Rhỳs = Reês = Reêse = Reêce, cf. Rîce = rîce

ríbald *ríbbled, *ríbəld

ríbbon -bən makes a minimal pair with its less common form ríband

Ríchard

Ríchie = Ríchey = Rítchie, the first the most common as a given name, the last as a surname

'''Rícky

rícochèt BrE *rícoshay, AmE *ricoshây, inflected forms in silent -t- or, for the verb, -tt-

rídge cf. rígíd, both ríj-

'''rídicule

ridículous *ridíkyələss

rîght side, correct = wrîte read = rîte ritual = wrîght artesan = Wrîght ''person

rígíd cf. rídge, both ríj-

'''rígorous

Rîley = '''Reîlly

ríll stream = Rhýl

rîme frost; also rare alternative, more regular, spelling of '''rhŷme

ríng round, noise = wríng ''neck

Rìo de Janêíro is the traditional English pronunciation; there seems little point in trying to approximate to the local one, roughly 'Hìu ji Zhanâyru'

Rìordan = '''Rêardon

rîse up -z, cf. rîce eat -s

'''rísky

rísquè can have French accent: risqué *rískây, *rêeskây

rîte ritual = wrîte read = rîght side, correct = wrîght ''artesan

'''ríven

'''ríver

riviéra

Rìyadh - the only word with dh as the voiced sound of th as in thís, and the only word with '''iy

rôach = Rôach = Rôche ''Tony

rôad street = rôde ''ride

rôam wander = Rôme ''city

rób steal = Rób ''Robert

'''róbber

'''róbbery

'''Róbert

róbin bird = Róbin = Róbyn ''persons

'''rôbót

Rockåll

róck and rôll or '''róck'n'rôll

rôde ridden = rôad ''drive

rôe fish = rôw line, in a = rhô Greek, cf. ròw ''argue

Róger

Rógers = Ródgers

Rôh Moô-hyún (Rôh = nô not, Korean: 노, which is indeed more often transcribed as 'no')

Rôland cf. '''Rónald

rôle part (can have identical French accent: rôle) = rôll ''round, bread, call

Rôma Gipsy (this is also the name of Rôme in Italian)

Rôman ''city, person

románce romantic = Románce ''language

România Rə-; Ru- spelling obsolete, though Rû- pronunciation still sometimes heard

Rômany, '''Rômani

roôd crucifix, measure = rûde ''coarse

roôfs roof *roôves, rhymes with hoôves ''hoof

'''roôm

Rôosevelt, first syllable = '''rôse

roôt plant = BrE roûte ''journey

* roôves roôfs

Rŏrschàch *Rŏrschàk

Rós *Róz

Rósalínd (= Rósiland Jordan)

rôse flower, rise = rôws boat, line = Rôse

rôsè wine can have French accent: rosé

Rôsemãry AmE; BrE a as schwa, cf. Mãry, = rôsemary ''shrub

'''rôse-tínted

Róss

rôsy red, good = Rôsie

rôte learning = wrôte ''write

Rótherham *Rótherum

'''rótten

Róttweîler -vyler or -wyler

roûè can have French accent: roué

roúgh violent = rúff ''cards, neck, bird, fish

ròughage *rúffage, *rúffij

'''ròund

ròuse rhymes with bròwse -z; cf. Ròuse = Ròwse -ss

ròut victory

roûte journey BrE = roôt plant; AmE ròute = ròut victory. Thus in BrE ròuting win and roûting direction are homographs with different pronunciations

rôw boat, line = rôe fish = rhô ''Greek

ròw ''argument

Rôwling = '''rôlling

Ròwse = Ròuse -ss, cf. ròuse -z

rpm revolutions per minute *à(r)pê-ém, lower case, e.g. 45 rpm

rúbble wreck cf. AmE rûble BrE roûble ''money

'''rûbric

'''rúcksack

rûde impolite = roôd ''measure, cross

rúgby ûnion and rúgby lêague are not hyphenated (except on the BBC's ticker)

Rûi Lôpez or -eth

Ruîslip *Rŷslip

* Rumânia, old spelling of România

'''rúmpus

rúnaway person cf. rún awây ''action

rúng ladder, ring = wrúng ''wring

'''Rûpert

'''rûral

Rússell in most cases has two ls

Rússia *Rúsha

rústle noise = Rússell ''person

Rwánda Ruá-, cf. '''Rawalpíndi