English spellings/Catalogs/I

Î letter, me = eŷe sight = aŷe yes

Ìan person, cf. îron, silent r (the cricketer Ìan Bôtham—first syllable as bôth—was pronounced by some as "Îron Bóttom")

Ibìza (or -th- or -s-)

îceberg one word

Îceland -lənd

'''Icelándic

'''îcon

'''Îdaho

idêa *îdêə, cf. monosyllables pêa, têa, where the a is not sounded separately, = names of the letters P and T

'''ídeogram

idêólogy - î or '''í

'''idiosýncrasy

îdle lazy = îdol god = AmE îdyll ''idyllic

'''Idomenèo

ídyll BrE; AmE îdyll = îdle = '''îdol

'''ígnorance

'''ignŏre

IKÊA Î-

íleum intestine = ílium ''bone

'''illegálity

illícit illegal = elícit ''get

Íllinŏis *Íllinŏi

'''íll-thŏught-òut

illûsion, íl-, cf. allûsion, əl-

illûsive illusory = elûsive ''elude

ímage -íj

'''imaginâtion

'''imágíne

imbróglio *imbrólyo

'''immêdìately

imménse, cf. '''eménd

ímmigrate, cf. '''émigrate

ímpact ''noun, affect

impáct ''fix, wedge

'''impâle

'''impàla

ímpásse can be pronounced, French-style, *ámpásse

impássioned -shənd

'''impêach

'''impéccable

'''impêrial

'''impéril

ímpetus makes a minimal pair with ímpotence

ímpìous, cf. pîous

impŏrtance, '''impŏrtant

ímpotence, '''ímpotent

impresàrio - one hissing '''s

ímpress ''noun

impréss ''verb

imprimàtur, imprímatur

'''improprîety

'''ímprovîse

improvisâtion BrE -əvî-, AmE -óví-

ímpudent -yû-

impûte ascribe, cf. ínput put in *ímpùt

'''ín abséntia

'''inadvërtent

inbetwêen can be two words

íncense ''smoke

incénse ''anger

ínches *ínchíz

inchôâte ínk-

'''íncident

'''incidéntal

incidéntally *incidéntly

'''incîsor

incîte provoke = in sîght looming, cf ínsight discernment

incógnito, incognìto, one word

íncòme or *ínkum

'''incrédible

incúmbent, cf. encúmber: minimal pair in R|non-rhotic pronunciations, like the standard British English of England

indepéndent, cf. depéndent adjective, depéndant ''noun

indepéndents = indepéndence

ín-dépth ''adjective

índex

índexes list, cf. índices mathematics

Índian - can be spelt without a capital when referring to American indians

'''Indiána

índicês, alternative plural of '''índex

indîct *indîte, cf. '''éxtradîte

'''indígenous

'''indispénsable

'''índustry

'''indústrial

'''inévitable

ín fáct two words

'''infállible

ínfamous, cf. '''fâmous

'''infatuâtion

infinitésimal

inflámmatory

'''ínfluence

'''influéntial

ín frònt of three words

ingênious, cf. '''gênius

'''ingénûous

Ingushétia *Ingushéttia: too rare to have palatalised to -shêesha

inhérent or '''inhêrent

'''inhérit

inítial *iníshəl

inítiative *iníshətíve

ínjure, cf. '''endûre

ínland adjective

inlánd adverb

ínline text, cf. ín líne wíth

ínn pub = ín ''preposition

'''innovâtion

'''ínnovative

'''innuéndo

'''inóculate

ínpùt put in *ímpùt, cf. impûte ''ascribe

ínquest

inquîre, inquîry or enquîre, enquîry; AmE ínquiry = '''enquiry

'''ínroads

'''insâtiable

ínsight *ínsîte expertise, cf. in sîght visible = incîte provoke

'''insístent

'''ín sítu

'''insofàr ás

'''insoûciance

ín spîte óf three words

inståll (some AmE: instål)

'''instålled

instålment BrE; AmE '''instållment

instéad one word

insůre insurance, verify = ensůre verify; BrE *inshåw, AmE *inshûr

insürgent, cf. '''sürge

intáct one word, cf. ín fáct (minimal pair)

'''intégral

'''íntegrate

'''intélligent

inténtion intent, rhyming with ténsion ''tense

intër bury, cf. ínter- ''prefix

'''interáction

'''intercêde

'''intercéssor

'''interfêre

'''interfêrence

intêrior

'''interlócutor

intërment burial, cf. intërnment prison (minimal pair)

'''intërnal

internátional -áshnəl, cf. '''nâtion

'''internêcîne

ínternet (only the worldwide one can be capitalised: thê Ínternet)

'''intërpret

'''intërpreter

'''intervêne

'''intervéntion

'''ínterview

intestînal or '''intéstinal

íntimate adjective -ət

íntimâte ''verb

ínto *íntû or *íntə: one word - but ón to is still two, as is '''òut of

'''íntricacy

'''íntricate

íntrìgue noun *íntrêeg

intrìgue verb *ín-trêeg

'''introspéction

'''íntrovërt

'''ínundâte

'''ín vâin

inválid ''valid

ínvalid ''ill

'''invèigle

'''invént

ínventory (minimal pair in British English: *ínvəntry, ínfantry)

Invernéss-shire (hyphen to avoid "sss")

'''in-yer-fâce

îodìne BrE; AmE '''îodîne

îón electron, cf. îron metal, *îən, silent '''r

Iôna *Î-ôna

iôta *î-ôta

'''Îowa

îPód ® showing a trend towards internal capitalisation ("camel case") also seen in '''EastÉnders

Irān *Í-rān, cf. îron metal, which has silent '''r

Irânian BrE; AmE Irànian

Irāq *Í-rāk

Irāqi -kì

irâte = '''Î râte

Îreland BrE *Îələnd, cf. îsland *îlənd

Irênê e.g. Irene Handl

Irêne e.g. Goodnight Irene silent final e iridéscent''' *írridéssant

îron metal BrE *îyən, cf. îón electron, Ìan person, Iràn ''country

'''irónic

îrony *îrənỳ

'''irresístible

'''irréverent

'''irrévocable

írrigate, cf. '''erádicate

Îsaac *Îzək

Ísabél, -z-, like Márian, has an o variant, '''Ísobél

Isaîah *Î-zîə

Îsís

îsland *îlənd, cf. '''Îreland

Íslám Íz- is probably the least affected pronunciation, though some say Íss- and/or -àm, and/or stress the second syllable

'''Islámic

Îslay *Îlə

îsle island *île = aîsle ''theatre

Îsle of Wîght *Île of Wîte

Íslington Íz-

îsobar -ss-, cf. Ísobél = Ísabél, -z-

Ísrâel (not -eâ-) *Ízrâle, *Ízrul in rapid AmE

Isrâeli *Izrâyly ("Isrà-èli", common in the Arab world, is not an anglophone pronunciation)

íssue: *íshû is long established but is mocked by fans of the spelling pronunciation *íssyû

Istanbùl (cf. old spelling in Graham Greene’s novel title Stamboul Train, reflecting Turkish stress on a)

'''ísthmus

íts belonging to it = ít’s it is: ít’s for íts is probably the most common mistake of all, and an understandable one, as nouns in the genitive have 's: the dóg's tâil, but íts tâil. Compare the less notorious but similar whose of whom and who's who is, the latter similarly incorrectly used for the former

'''Îvan

'''Îvor

'''îvory

îvy plant = Îvy ''person