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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in L. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case L) and continuing backwards through it.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]
see also words ending in -le for this sound, -əl: -al
-cle = -cal
-jí mágical
-jí- lógical
mýthical
puritánical
chrónicle makes a minimal pair with cónical
hystérical
empírical
histórical
theátrical
mûsical
cf. àrticle: práctical
critical ý: hypercrítical
hypocrite ŷ: hypocrítical
idéntical
scéptical
mýstical
nåutical
quízzical
fôcal
lôcal
vôcal
Pascál
rāscal
interfere méddle = coin médal
sell péddle = bicycle pédal
rhyming with cándle, hándle: scándal
sándal
vándal
módel cf. môdal
concêal
repêal
sidêrêal
ethêrêal
arbŏrêal
squêal
vêal
revêal
lêgal
illêgal
Sénegål
rêgal
Bengål
conjugal
frûgal
Pŏrtugal
-shl artifícial
-shl superfícial
*commërshal commërcial
denîal
mênial
quadrénnial
perénnial
matêrial
trîal
terréstrìal
*cóntrovërshal controvërsial
núptial
persons Màrshall = Màrshal = officer màrshal = poet Màrtial = war màrtial
*pàrshal pàrtial
décimal
ánimal
mínimal
infinitésimal
mámmal
nŏrmal
ânal
AmE bânal, BrE banàl
canál
phenómenal
fînal
oríginal
nóminal
doctrînal
urînal
diágonal
hexágonal
rêgional
-zhənəl -sional
-shənəl -ssional and -tional
nátional
rátional
nôtional
infërnal
etërnal
extërnal
vërnal
diürnal
joürnal
noctürnal
hôle rhymes with côal
fôal
gôal
shôal
main, headteacher prínciple = basic, credo príncipal
fêral
géneral
míneral
quadriláteral
spîral
córal
*cŏral chŏral
âmóral
immóral
Wírral
neûtral
rûral
wêasel *wêasal
-zəl apprâisal
cf. véssel: hássle rhymes with vással
ántênâtal
pôstnâtal
quality méttle = iron métal
*péttle pétal
déntal
áx- accidéntal
óx- occidéntal
AmE inståll, BrE instål
ánnual
(cf. -shəl -cial) -zh(û)əl -sual
cásual
vísual
ûsual
-ch(u)əl -tual
ákch- áctual
fáctual
evéntual
belly-button nâvel = ship nâval
cf. êvil: *medì-yêvəl or *medêvəl mediêval
*Mŷcle Mîchael
Ráphâél
a common mistake is to write 'Isreal': Ísrâel
cf. tâble, stâble: capable âble = person Âbel
cf. bábble: Bâbel
tâble rhymes with lâbel
Mâbel
noun rébel
verb rebél
décibél
bîble rhymes with lîbel
cáncel
pàrcel
excél
cítadel
move sîdle = beer seîdel
môdal cf. módel
yôdel
êel
fêel
pêel
gentêel
fálafel
Tintágel
cúdgel
Nîgel
Rîgel
air ãerial = person Ãriel
Mûriel
shékel
lôcal and vôcal rhyme with yokel
pánel rhymes with chánnel
flánnel
cf. përsonal: personnél
fúnnel
rúnnel
túnnel
grápnel
shrápnel
army cölonel = nut kërnel
repél
compél
dispél
expél
appárel
scòundrel
dóggerel
máckerel
cóckerel
mòngrel
bárrel
BrE córal makes a minimal pair with qùarrel
wâstrel
késtrel
mínstrel
-zəl -sel
cf. mêasles: êasel
wêasel rhymes with diêsel
words in -éstle rhyme with véssel
Patél
mántle or, more commonly, mántel
líntel
hô- hotél
cf. módel: mô- motél
cartél
-ûle rhymes with -ûel
two dûal = fight dûel
fûel
-gél (hard g) Miguél
Sámuel
Gulliver Lémuel
-nwél Manuél
crûel
grûel
navy nâval = stomach nâvel
Ravél
unrável
trável
rével
cf. drízzle: drível
swível
hóvel
shòvel
nóvel
gróvel
jeŵel
neŵel
bòwel
dòwel
tròwel
tòwel
vòwel
píxel
TÉFL
fâil
tâil
dòvetâil
cócktâil
pônytâil
a vèil = avâil
prevâil
côdicíl, códicíl, códicil
péncil
sténcil
còuncil
cf. avâil get; valley vâle = cover vèil
AmE fulfíll, BrE fulfíl
níl
fŏil
uténsil
léntil
untíl
cávil
êvil
dévil
wêevil
cívil
ánvil
Brazíl
rhyming with words ending in -åwl: -åll
tool åwl = total åll
cry båwl = round båll
hándball
pínball
bàsketball
foòtball
cåll
fåll
håll
sháll
hurt måul = shop måll
thråll
tåll
ståll
foreståll
wåll
béll
déll
féll
héll
nútshell
péll-méll
O'Cónnell
O'Dónnell
Terréll
Burréll
séll
Rússell
téll
quéll
wéll
fíll
híll
t and h sounded separately: -thíll
ánthill
foòthill
píll
tíll
quíll
cf. dôle: dóll
*nôle knôll
cf. parrot póll, elect pôll
part rôle = along rôll
drôll
trôll
strôll
tôll
bùll
cúll
dúll
but the suffix is -fùl: fùll
city Húll = boat húll
lúll
island Múll = over múll
and void núll
anúll
pùll
hê'll
shê'll
wê'll
Î'll
ít'll
yoû'll or yoù'll or yŏu'll
thèy'll
bôwl, côal, dôle, fôal, gôal, hôle, cajôle, Kôhl, môle, knôll, ôle, pôll = pôle = Pôle, rôle = rôll, sôle, tôll, vôle all end with the sound -ôl
prôtocól
álcohól
coôl
foôl
*skoôl schoôl
poôl
spoôl
rûle rhymes with droôl
toôl
woòl
cholésteról
AmE enróll, BrE enrôl
patrôl
pétrol
cf. rôll: contrôl
párasól
-təl pístol
extôl or extól
gïrl
whïrl
twïrl
whŏrl
fürl
Popocatepétl
áxolotl
Gåul
måul
Påul
Såul
cáterwåul
Kàbul
Istanbùl
cf. word fùll suffix -fùl
hôpeful
cãreful
beaûtiful
dûtiful
noun spoônful
wònderful
stréssful
àrtful
åwful
låwful
unlåwful
jŏyful
bird fòwl = bad fòul
ghoûl
only sôle = Korea Seôul = spirit sôul
rhyming with words ending in -åll: -åwl
total åll = tool åwl
round båll = cry båwl
cråwl
scråwl
dråwl
all meanings bôwl
bird fòwl
hòwl
y as schwa: -yl
Síbyl
Chernóbyl
fînal makes a minimal pair with vînyl
Béryl
Chéryl