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List ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in K. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case K) and continuing backwards through it.

Headwords are on the right, but otherwise entries read in the normal way, from left to right.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.[e]


-que = -k

vegetable lêek = liquid lêak

blêak

pêak

spêak

car brâke = pieces breâk

strêak

têak

money, wood stâke = meat steâk

days wêek = feeble wêak

twêak

flák

ánorák

háck

sáck

déck

líck

gímmick

hŏik or hŏick

bríck

síck

tíck

Pàrtick

cf. Éric: Pátrick

Bûíck

quíck

wíck

*Wórrick Ẁarwick

*Bérrick Bérwick

w sounded in Lërwick

*Kézzíck Késwick

*Smédhík (voiced th sound) Sméthwick

cf. Bangkók: cóck

dóck

lóck

wédlock

flóck

wårlock

*nóck knóck

sóck

dúck

lúck

liquid lêak = vegetable lêek

mêek

rêek

sêek

feeble wêak = days wêek

trék

cf. sqwåwk: -åwk -ålk

or båulk: -åwk bålk

-åwk chålk

cf. talcum powder tálc, l sounded: -åwk speak tålk

-åwk bird stŏrk BrE = plant, follow stålk

-åwk wålk

whélk

*fôk fôlk

-fək Nŏrfolk

-fək Súffolk

ox yôke = egg yôlk

búlk

húlk

bánk

sánk

tánk

thánk

dránk

person Fránk = honest fránk

thínk

rínk

drínk

shrínk

sínk

hónk

plónk

mònk

hónky-tónk

dúnk

fúnk

júnk

Bángkók

noòk

spoôk

roòk

broòk

wók

pàrk

jërk

bersërk

ïrk

shïrk

kïrk

smïrk

quïrk

wörk

lürk

Türk

āsk

bāsk

flāsk

tāsk

désk

record dísc = computer dísk

whísk

óbelisk

rísk

ásterisk

dúsk

músk

túsk

åuk

squåwk

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