English spellings/Catalogs/T

T = têa drink = têe golf (also as in T-shïrt, T stressed)

tâble rhymes with '''lâbel

tábleau *táblô, plural tábleaux *táblôze rhymes with '''blôws

'''táblet

tâbletop one word

'''tábloid

'''Tahrìr

tâilor clothes = Tâylor person

Taiwàn, Taiẁan Tî- (cf. Thaìland, also Tî-)

tâle story = tâil animal

Tálibán (Tálebán is an increasingly rare alternative)

tålk -åk; more examples in retroalphabetical list

Tállíín -íí- as í

'''tálon

'''tambourìne

Támil Nádu or '''Nàdu

'''tangerìne

'''tántamòunt

Tanzanìa

taoìseach *têeshək

tàrgeted or tàrgetted: since the first e is unstressed, tàrgeted could be said to be the more regular option

táriff *tárrif

Táriq, cf. Ẁarwick, two phonemes different: *Wóriq

tárôt rhymes with '''árrôw

tāsk cf. '''túsk

Tâte = '''Tâit

'''Tâtum

'''tattoô

Tåurus = '''tŏrus

tåut firm = tåught teach, cf. '''tòut

Tây ''person, river

Tbilìsi *Təblêezy, *Tblìssi - neither spelt nor pronounced ‘Tibilisi’

Tchaikóvsky has a redundant T: *Chŷ-kóffsky

têa drink = têe golf = tì do-re-mi

têam game = têem pour

téar paper

têar cry

têargás

têase provoke = têas tea

téch *téc, as also in téchnical, technólogy, '''technìque

têenager one word

teetôtaller BrE; AmE '''teetôtaler

Tehràn *Té-ràn or *Tè-ràn: the Persian pronunciation, pronouncing the h after a closed [e] sound, is reflected in the spelling, but since the sequence -ehr- does not come naturally in English (giving rise to an alternative, though nowadays hardly used, spelling, "Teheran") there has developed a tendency to lengthen the first vowel to the sound in èh?, making the syllable sound like '''Tây Tél Avìv *Tellavêev

'''télephône

'''teléphony

télevísion -ízhn

'''télly

ténant landlord = Ténnant ''person

'''téndency

'''Tenerìfe

'''Tennessêe

ténor sound = ténner money

Terêsa = Therêsa; also '''Terèsa

tërn bird = türn round

Terpsíchore rhymes with '''híckory

Terpsichŏrean Tërpsik-

'''térrorism

'''testósterone

téther rhymes with wéather, minimal pair

th- initially in some cases is a simple t sound, as in Thaî below, but it usually represents the labiodental fricative, in the majority of words unvoiced [θ], but in a closed class of mostly common words voiced [ð], which on this page is respelt as dh-: thôugh *dhô

Thaî nationality = tîe knot, score

Thaîland *Tŷlənd, cf Taiwàn, Tŷ-

Thâme Oxfordshire = tâme ''wild

Thames *Témz

than dh-; a as schwa: only thán at dictation speed

thánkyoû can be one word where there is no subject before it, and must be when used as an adjective: a thánkyou nôte; compare: '''wê thánk yoû for the...

thát dh-; as a demonstrative it has the á sound, but when a conjunction or relative pronoun it normally has schwa, *dhət: '''Î dôn’t thínk that thát was the sâme ván as the òne that was hêre befŏre

thåw freeze = BrE Thŏr god

the *dhə: the schwa sound before a following consonant, thê before a following vowel; in other circumstances thê sounds mannered (just as does â for the indefinite article); however, there is also now a tendency towards the reverse: even though the BBC advertises "Thuh Art of Monarchy", learners should not imitate it, as it sounds ignorant (or at least non-standard): the default mode is Thê Àrt of Mónarchy

thêatre BrE, AmE thêater, a as schwa: *thêətr (some BrE *thê-étter)

The Hâgue Netherlands, capital T preserved in running prose: whén wê vísited The Hâgue

théir them dh- = thére here = théy’re they are: *thãir

'''Thêodore

'''thêorem

'''thêory

thérefore dh-

Therêsa *Terêzə, cf. Terèsa in/from other languages

thêse this *dhêez

thêsês thesis -ssêez

thèy dh-

'''thìêf

'''thìêves

'''thínk

thís dh-

Thómas Tó-

Thómpson, Thómson Tó-

thŏrn rose, letter þ

thòrough exacting BrE *thúrra, AmE -ô, cf. '''throûgh

thòu you *dhòu

thôugh although *dhô

thŏught think *thåwt

thŏught-provôking hyphenated

thr- always unvoiced th before '''r

'''thréad

'''thréat

thréepence or *thrùpence or *thrúppence

'''thréshold

threŵ throw

thrîve regular verb, cf. '''strîve

thrôes anguish = thrôws throw

thrône queen = thrôwn throw

throûgh (informally thrû) preposition = threw throw; cf. thòrough

throughòut all over one word = threŵ òut throw out, w sounded

thrôw toss

thrôwn throw = thrône king

thúmb -m

'''thúmp

thúnderous cf. '''wòndrous

thús dh-

'''thwårt

thŷme herb = tîme clock

tíc movement = tíck ''sound, mark

tîde sea = tîed tie

tîe knot, level = Thaî nation, cf. '''tŷing

tìêr rank = têar cry, cf. téar rip

tîer tie

'''tíff

tîger cf. Nigér *Nizhãir

tîghten tight = tîtan giant = Tîtan Saturn

'''Tîgris

Tijuàna *Tiuwàna

'''Tikrìt

tíll until, field

tîme hours = thyme herb

tîmetable one word; cf. '''tîmes tâbles

'''Tìmor

'''tínnitus

tínpot adjective one word

Tintágel -j-

Tiràna Albania cf. Tehràn ''Iran

tîre tired, AmE car = tŷre BrE car = Tŷre Lebanon

tîtan giant = tîghten tight = Tîtan Saturn

títillate *títtilate

títivate, '''títtivate

'''tîtle

'''títtle-tattle

'''tmêsis

to preposition *tə; when stressed, especially before a vowel = toô also, much = tŵo 2

tôad animal = tôwed tow

tôaster toast = Tôcester England

'''tobácco

to-do fight = to do do *tədû

tôe foot = tôw pull

tóff posh cf. toúgh hard = túff rock

tóffee *tóffy

tôga'ed *tôgəd

Tôkelàù

tôld tell = tôlled toll, cf. '''åll tôld

'''Tolêdo

'''tólerance

'''Tólkiên

'''tôll

tómahawk cf. '''Tómmy

tomb *toôm

Tómmy cf. '''Tôny

tòn avoirdupois = tònne metric = tún cask

Tónga - g sound optional

tòngue mouth *túng, cf. tóngs tonîte for tonîght is strictly commercial and unsuitable in other contexts

tonsilîtis or '''tonsillîtis

Tôny cf. Tómmy

toô much = to at = tŵo number

'''Toowoòmba

'''tópple

'''tópsy-türvy

tôque *tôke

tŏrment noun = tormént verb

tornâdôs cf. '''potâtôes

tŏrtûous twisting, complicated; a confused association with tŏrture is what may have given rise to the similar-sounding tŏrturous

tŏrus = '''Tåurus

Tŏry Conservative = Tåuri ''Taurus

tôtal cf. '''Totàl

Tótnes -íss or *Totnéss

Tóttenham *Tótnəm

toúch cf. '''pòuch

toúgh hard = túff rock cf. tóff posh

Touloûse France -oôz, ≈ to lose lost

toûr journey (though for some = tŏr rock)

'''toûr de fŏrce

'''Toûr de Frànce

tourniquet BrE *toûrnikây, AmE *türnikit

tòusle -zle

tòut, cf. '''tåut

tóxin tóxic = tócsin ''alarm

tôw rope = tôe digit

'''tòwel

tòwer building

tôwer tow

tr- for some speakers sounds like tshr- (tchr-, chr-)

'''Trabánt

trâdemark one word

tráffic rhymes with '''gráphic

trâil cf. '''trîal

trâiler cf. '''tâilor

'''trâipse

trâit character = trây flat

'''trajéctory

tranquíllity BrE; AmE -íli-

transpárent cf. '''pãrent

transséxual -ss-

'''tråuma

traumátic -åu-

'''trávesty

'''Trávis

tréad foot cf. trâde ''money

'''trêat

trêatíse study = trêatíes treaty

trémolo, cf. the Trémeloes

tréspass -əss *trésspass

trîage, -ij, though some affect a French pronunciation: *trìàzh

trîal cf. '''trâil

'''tríbade

'''tríbûne

tribûnal -î-

trícolour BrE = AmE '''trícolor

triénnial -î-

'''trígger-háppy

tríple, cf. '''trîfle

'''Trípoli

tríptých -ík

Trîton Neptune forms a minimal pair with Tîtan ''Saturn

'''trîumph

'''tróglodyte

trôjan astronomy, uncapitalised when generic: a trôjan moôn; Trôjan ''Troy

'''trôll

'''trombône

troôp army = troûpe ''stage

'''trôphy

trót = '''Trótt

troúble rhymes with búbble, '''doúble

troúbleshoôt one word

tróugh -óff

Tròughton *Tròuton

'''tròunce

'''tròut

'''trûe

trûly *trûely

'''truncâted

'''trúnk

trûth unvoiced -'''th

trûths -dhz

'''trŷ

trýpsin, cf. '''tríptych

'''trýst

tsàr or czàr *zàr

tsétsê, tsêtsê ts-, s- or t-

T-shïrt *têe-shïrt

tsunàmi *sunàmi

Tsvángeraî, Tsvángiraî Cháng-

'''tubërculôsis

Tûcsón *Tûsón

Túnbridge Wélls has a ú, but nearby Tònbridge, with the same sound, has an '''ò

tûne BrE *cheŵn, AmE *toôn

Tûnis BrE *Chûnís, *Tyoônís, AmE *Toônis

Tunísia BrE *Chû-níziə, *Toô-níziə; AmE Tunìsia *Toô-nêezhə

'''túnnel

'''Tùpelo

túppence = '''twòpence

'''türbîne

türn round = tërn bird

túppence = '''twòpence

Türk Turkey = türk young

Türkêy country = türkêy bird

'''türmoil

türnout noun one word

'''tússle

'''Tutankhàmun

Tùtsi Rwanda = Toòtsie

Tùvalu or '''Tuvàlu

TV television *têe-vêe, capitalised

'''tẁaddle

'''twêak

twêet, cf. twít (minimal pair)

twêeter, cf. twítter (minimal pair)

twêezers cf. têaser *têezer

twénty; "Twenty20" is the conventional way of writing "20-20" (i.e. 20 overs per side) cricket

'''twërp

twít, cf. twêet (minimal pair)

twítter, cf. twêeter (minimal pair)

tŵo 2 *tû = to at = toô ''also, much

twopence = '''túppence

tŷing, from '''tîe

Tŷler makes a minimal pair with Tâylor

'''tyránnical

'''týranny

'''tŷrant

tŷre car AmE tîre car, tired = Tŷre Lebanon

'''Týrell

tŷro or '''tîro