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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with K. To see a different letter navigate with the table above.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.[e]
K = Kây person
Kàbul - some say Kabùl
Kafkaésque *Káfkə-ésk: there may be a glottal stop before é
kamikàzê
kapùt unlike German 'kaputt'
Káradzic *Káradjitch
karaôkê *kariôkêy, *cárry-ôkie
Káren ancient
Kàrin modern
kàrma
Kashmìr Asia = cashmêre wool
Kathmandû Kátm-
Kátz person = cáts cat
kebáb
kêen interested, sharp = Kêane = Kêene persons
Kêighley *Kêithley
Kêith
Kélso
kërb street = cürb lessen, street
kërnel centre = colonel army
kérosêne or kérosìne
Kërr person = cür dog
Kérry cf. Cãry = Cãrey (minimal pair)
késtrel
kétchup
kéttle water cf. cáttle farm (minimal pair)
Keŵ Gardens = queûe line = cûe theatre, billiards
kêy door = quaỳ port
kêyboard one word, cf. sêaboard
Kèynes John Maynard = cânes
Kêynes Milton = kêens
Kèynsham
Khachatûrian *Kachachûrian
khàkì - either syllable stressed
Khmér Kəm-
Kìév *Kìyéff
kìlo
kílomêtre or kilómetre; AmE -er
kînd
kíndred -dríd
kíngly
Kíngsley cf. Mackínley
Kirkûdbright *Kəkûbry
kítsch *kítch
Kleîn = Clîne
kn- n-
knâve cad, cards = nâve church
knêad dough = nêed necessary = knêed knee
knêejerk one word, n-
knêel down = Nêil, etc. persons
Knésset - K sounded
kneŵ know = neŵ fresh
kníck-knáck cf. Níck
knîght chess, Sir *nîte = Knîght person = nîght dark
knít wool = nít creature, fool
knóck *nóck, cf. noòk
knót tie = nót no = Knótt person
knôw acquaint = nô negative
knôw-hòw knowledge is hyphenated = nôhòw anyhow
knôw-nothing adjective one word
knówledge *nólij
knôwn cf. nòne
knôws know = nôse face
Knóx person = knócks knock, n-
koòky eccentric = coòkie cake
Koràn
Korêa peninsula = BrE carêer job, fast
Kósovô BrE; AmE Kôsovô, both -ss-
kowtòw *kòw-tòw
kràùtróck *cròutróck, not capitalised
Kürt person = cürt abrupt
Kuwâit
Kÿrgýz, Kyrgyzstān (Kýr- has mostly regularised to Kÿr-)
