English spellings/Catalogs/D

D = Dêe ''person, river

dáchshund *dáxund

Dâeŵoo *Dâyû (Korean: 대우)

Dágenham hard g: *Dággənəm

dágger hard g: *dággə(r)

dâhlia cf. Dêlia (minimal pair)

Dail parliament = Dŏyle person

dâily day = Dâley ''person

daiquíri daî-

dãiry milk cf. dîary day

dàís (may be written daïs) ≈ '''dîce

'''Dákàr

'''Dálaî Làma

Dàlek

'''Dalglìsh

Dàli (but Salvador has a different vowel accented in the original Spanish: Dalí)

Dalmâtian not spelt -tion

Dalziél, Dalzéll *Dêe-él, *Dalyéll

dám river = dámn hell

'''dámage

'''Dámascêne

'''Damáscus

damnâtion ends like nâtion

dânger -njer, cf. clánger, hánger: ng, not j sound

Dániel *Dányəl

Dânish Denmark; Dánish person

Dántê BrE, AmE Dàntè

'''Dánube

Dáphnê *Dáffney

dãredévil one word

daresây is one word in Î daresây meaning ‘probably’; otherwise dãre and sây are two separate words

Darfùr

dàrtbŏard one word

dāstardly cf. '''bāstard

dâta BrE; AmE dáta; Australian English '''dàta

dâtabâse BrE; AmE dátabâse one word

dåughter *dåwter

Dâvìês -z AmE; BrE = '''Dâvis

'''dávit

'''dåwdle

dàytime one word or hyphenated

dâze dazzle = dâys day

de, the first part of certain expressions (mostly from French, pronounced *də, but see dè fácto, from Latin); also forming surnames, as in de Cŏurcey, de Móntfort, although in AmE, this is usually joined to the name and capitalised, Mc-style, as in DeLíllo, '''DeJohnétte

déad death cf. dêed ''do

déadline one word

déadlock one word

déaf cf. '''déft

'''dêal

'''déalt

dêar loved, expensive = dêer animal

dëarth cf. dïrt (minimal pair)

'''déath

Deauville *Dôvíl

'''debàcle

debonãir rhymes with questionnâire

Déborah and Débora usually sound like '''Débra

débrìs can be written with the French accent: débris; BrE *débbry or *dâybree; AmE *dəbrêe

débt *dét; silent '''b

dèbut or début *dâybyû or débyû

'''débutant

dèbuted = débuted *dâybyûd or débyûd

décade years, cf. decâyed decay (some speakers rhyme them: decâde)

'''decál

'''decánt

'''Decémber

'''dêcent

décibél

decídûous -yû

'''décimate

decîpher cf. cŷpher or '''cîpher

déckchair one word

'''Déclan

declãrerhymes with '''eclãir

declássè can be written as in French déclassé *dây-clássây

'''decŏrum

'''decrépit

dêed cf. '''déad

dêer animal = dêar ''friend, expensive

dè fácto two words, *dây-fácto, dê- or dí-

'''defámatory

'''defâme

dêfect ''imperfection (noun)

deféct ''nation (verb)

defër cf. '''díffer

'''déficit

définitely (not -ately)

déft, cf. léft, '''déaf

defúnct *defúnked

defûse problem dê-, -z, cf. diffûse, dí-, -'''s

Degàs *Dəgà, though many anglophones say 'Dâygà' as if the French (plain Degas) were 'Dégas'

'''degénerate

dèign condescend = Dâne ''Denmark

'''Dêimos

'''deipnósphist

Dêirdrê = '''Dêidrê

dèíty rhymes with '''lâíty

déjà vu *dèzhà-vû

'''de là Mére

'''dé la Rûe

delây '''deletêrious

Délhi India = déli ''delicatessen

'''délicacy

delícious -ísh-

'''delínêâte

'''delínquent

delîght -ît

Dêlius cf. '''Sibèlius

'''delíver

'''delívery

déll = Dél

déluge -yû-

delûsion cf. '''illûsion

de lûxe or '''de lúxe

démagógue -g

'''demānd

'''démo

demócracy cf. '''hypócrisy

democrátic démm-

demográphic démm-

'''dêmon

'''démonstrate

'''demür

'''demûre

Deng Xiaoping = dúng ''manure

dénguê fêver

dénier weight, coin *dényər, cf. denîer ''deny

déním make a minimal pair with '''Dénham

Dénis = Dénnis, cf. ténnis, '''pênis

Denìse -êez

dénse makes a minimal pair with dānce

'''denŷ

denîal, cf. '''Dániel

depéndant person = depéndent ''adjective

dépôt BrE *déppo, dêpôt AmE *dêepo

'''deprâve

deprávity (some AmE deprâvity)

'''deprivâtion

'''deprîve

'''dè profùndis

'''Dêrám

dërby contest = Dërby England AmE; BrE = Dàrby person

de riguëur *dərigër, hard '''g

derîsive, though some say í and/or -zív

'''derívative

dérring-do *dérring-dû, cf. '''dãring

'''desálinate

descénd

descéndant

descént down = dissént ''disagree

descrîbe dís-

désert ''sand

desërt leave = dessërt meal; also júst desërts deserved

désiccate is very commonly misspelt: -ss- would be expected after é; a similar case is '''párallel

'''desîrable

Des Mŏines *Dəmŏin, *Dimŏin

'''despãir

despátch or '''dispátch

désperate cf. dísparate, '''séparate

'''desperâtion

'''despícable

'''despîse

despîte cf. '''dispûte

dessërt meal -zërt = desërt ''leave

dessërts just -zërts

détail ''BrE noun

detâil ''verb, AmE noun

'''detër

'''detêriorate

'''detërmíne

detérrent, -nce BrE; AmE detërrent, -'''nce

'''detrîtus

deûce 2 ≈ jûice liquid

Deutsch- German, as in Deutschebank *Dŏitchəbánk, deutschmark *dŏitchmàrk

'''dévastate

'''devastâtion

devélop rhymes with envélop verb, cf. énvelôpe ''noun

'''devélopment

devîce -ss, cf. '''divîde

'''dévil

devîse -z, cf. '''divîde

'''Dévon

'''devôte

'''devotêe

'''devòut

deŵ morning = dûe owed, cf. do act *dû

'''Deŵey

déxtrous or '''déxterous

dh- is found in words from Hindi (e.g. dhôti), pronounced as a mere d; in respellings it represents the voiced th sound, as in thís and thát

diabêtes *dîəbêtêez or -tíz

'''diabétic

diaéresis BrE; AmE diéresis *dî-éresis

diálýsis *dî-álýsis

diámeter *dî-ámətər

dîamond gem ≈ Dŷmond ''person

Diána *Dî-ánna

Diáne *Dî-ánn, cf. Joánne = Jô Ánn, etc.

'''dîáphanous

dîaphragm -ám

diarrhoêa BrE *dîre-rêar; AmE '''diarrhêa

dîary, cf. '''dãiry

'''diáspora

'''Díckens

'''Díckinson

dictâte cf. '''díktát

dîcy dodgy *dîsy (from dîce), cf. Dícky, Díckie ''persons

'''didgeridoô

dîe death = dŷe ''colour

dîehard one word

diéresis AmE, BrE diaéresis *dî-éresis

'''dìêsel

dîet *dîət

díffer cf. '''defër

dífference

differéntiate -sh(ì)âte

diffûse various -ss, give out -z

'''dígit

díktát cf. '''dictâte

'''dilémma

'''dilettántê

Dímbleby cf. '''búmblebee

Dimìtri, Dimìtry, Dmìtri, '''Dmìtry

dímwit one word

dínghy boat, no g sound, only ng sound

díngy dark *dínjy

'''dînosåur

dîocese *dîəsíss

'''diphthêria

díphthong *dípthong

'''diplôma

'''díplomat

dîre cf. '''dêar

'''dírham

'''dírigible

disassôciate

'''disarrây

disāstrous -zā-, no 'e', cf. disāster; mürderous, cantánkerous, etc.

disbánd, cf. '''expánd

dísc record, circular = dísk computer, minimal pair with dúsk

'''discòver

discrêet guarded = discrête ''separate

discrétion -éshən

'''discriminâtory

'''díscus

'''discúss

disêase *dizêez

'''disequilíbrium

disgúst revulsion ≈ discússed ''talked

disingénûous cf. '''ingênious

dísk computer = dísc record, circular

Dísney *Díznì

disŏrder

* dispánd '''disbánd

dispátch or despátch

'''dispénsable

díspërse scatter = dísbürse ''spend

* dispise '''despîse

dispûte cf. '''despîte

'''disséction

dissént disagree = descént ''down

dissymétric dîssý-

distråught *distråwt makes a minimal pair with distŏrt (regardless of whether post-vocalic r is pronounced in the latter)

dístribûte or distríbûte -yû-

'''dívidénd

divîne cf. '''Devìne

divîsive -îcive; some say *divíssive, cf. devîse -îze, divísion -zh-, divîde, dêvious

'''Diwàli

Djángo Reînhardt (but pronounced differently in French)

Dmìtri, Dmìtry, Dimìtri, Dimìtry

do *doô, cf. dûe cause, time = deŵ morning *dyû

doable *dûwable

dóc doctor = dóck ''leaf, court, cut

Dócherty = Dóherty, Celtic ch sound, same as Arabic kh as in Khàn, though commonly *Dockerty

dôcîle AmE *dóssle

dóctríne

doctrînal

Dódgson = '''Dódson

dôe animal = dôugh bread = dôh ''music, exclamation

doer do *dûwər, cf. doûr serious, one syllable

dòes do *dúz, cf. dôes deers (= dôze sleep), fãir do's, *doôz

'''dóff

Dôge -j

'''dóg-êat-dóg

dógged verb *dógd: this próblem dógged us; adjective *dóggíd: '''a dógged pursûer

Dôhà

dôle money = Dôle ''person

dóll ''model

'''dóllar

domâin territory = demèsne estate, domâine ''vineyard

dóminant rhymes with '''próminent

'''Dominìca

'''Domínican Repúblic

Dómino Fats

dóminoes

dón clothes, academic = Dón ''person

dòne do = dún colour = Dúnn person = Dònne ''poet

dóner kebab = Dónner ''person

Donétsk -nyét-

dônor ''give

dônut for dôughnút is strictly commercial and unsuitable in other contexts

doômsday doom = Domesday ''Book

dŏorstép one word

'''doôsra

doô-wóp, hyphenated, but first part stressed; cf. '''whópping

dóppelganger, often with German umlaut: doppelgänger

dŏrmant

dóssièr silent French r; or e regularised to schwa: *dóssiər

Dostoyévsky, '''Dostoévsky

'''dót-cóm

doúble rhymes with '''búbble

doúble bâss has no hyphen

doûble entendre *doôblon-tóndrə

dòubt *dòut, unsure, cf. dòughty *dòuty

dòubtful

Doúg Douglas = dúg ''dig

'''Doûgall

dôugh bake, money = dôe deer = dôh music, exclamation, cf. dóff off, dòubt *dòut

dôughnút *dônut

dòughty brave *dòwty

Doúglas *Dúgləss

doûr serious, one syllable ≈ doer do, *dûwər, two syllables

'''dòuse

dòve ''bird

dôve dive, AmE for '''dîved

'''dòvish

dòwnfall one word

downhíll one word

'''dòwry

dǒyen male, or = doyénne ''female

'''dôze

dôzed doze

dòzen 12

dráchma -km- or -khm-

'''dracônian

drāft AmE all meanings, BrE outline, money, group, US conscription = '''drāught

'''dràgon

'''dràma

drāught BrE cold, net, liquids, game, horse = drāft, cf. dròught *dròwt

dråw design ≈ dråwer pull

dråwback noun one word

dreŵ draw = Dreŵ person

'''dríll

drîly or drŷly (cf. sprŷly, slŷly only)

drîve

drível makes a minimal pair with '''drízzle

'''drôll

'''drómedary

droôp down = drûpe ''fruit

dròught *dròut, cf. drāught = '''drāft

drúnkenness -nn-

'''Drûze

dûal two = dûel fight ≈ jeŵel stone

dúchess cf. '''Dútch

dûe owed = deŵ morning *dyû, cf. do act *dû

dúffel, cf. '''trúffle

Dúlwich *Dúllidge: in Dúlwich Cóllege both words end in -íj

Dûma Russia = Doûma ''Lebanon

Dumbàrton Scotland = Dunbàrton

'''dúmb-bell

Dumfriês -êece

dún colour = Dúnn person = dòne do, cf. dón clothes, academic = Dón Donald

Dúncan rhymes with '''drúnken

'''Dundêe

dûne sand ≈ '''Jûne

'''Dunkïrk

dunnô, colloquial contraction of dôn't knôw

'''dûplicate

duréss

Dúrham *Dúrrəm

dûring j-

Dùsseldorf (German: Düsseldorf)

dúst dirt = dòst archaic do

dústbin one word

dûty rhymes and forms a minimal pair with '''beaûty

duúmvirate -ûú-

dûvèt *doôvây

Dvŏrak *Dvåwzhàk (Czech: Dvořák)

dŷe colour = dîe dead

dŷeing dye = dŷing die

Dyfi is the Welsh spelling of '''Dòvey

'''dynámic

'''dŷnamísm

'''dŷnamîte

dýs- bad = dís- ''negative

'''dýsentery

'''dysfúnctional

'''dysléxic