English spellings/Catalogs/Retro N
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in N. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case N) 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]
bán
Cáliban
Tálebán or, more commonly, Tálibán
ürban
türban
cán
Gŏrdon rhymes with Jŏrdan
-tion crustâcean
lôtion rhymes with ôcean
dêan
clêan
mêan
-ìən epicûrêan
fán
Ìan
-íshən -ícian
technícian
patrícian
*Óstrâlìən in rapid speech ends like míllion etc., -lyən: Austrâlian
-íshən abstract -ítion = person -ícian
magícian
logícian
patrícian
politícian
mathematícian
reptílian
civílian
Brazílian
Gíllian
nonagenãrian
quinquagenãrian
septuagenãrian
sexagenãrian
octogenãrian
lîbrãrian
sectãrian
vegetãrian
libertãrian
histŏrian
from -sia + n, = -sion, mostly -zh- -sian
-zh- Âsian
-zh- Caucâsian
-zh- Frêsian
Artêsian
Cartêsian
AmE -izh-, BrE -ízì- Parísian
-shən = -tion -tian
Hâitian
Dalmâtian
nâtion rhymes with Crôâtian
Alsâtian
Títian
-bîzh- Azerbaijàn
mán
*Îləv-Mán Îsle of Mán
mostly -mən -man
pâcemán
polìceman
hénchman
Omàn
Sûpermán
gásmán
ómbùdsman
Cóngressman
bátman
Bátmán
táxmán
Nŷman
-ən Kôfi Ànnan
môan
alone lône = lend lôan
grôan
god Pán = food pán
tán
Tîtan
Spàrtan
tàrtan
can be stressed in any word depending on speaker; below are probably the most common pronunciations: -stān
Pakistàn
Uzbékistan
Tajíkistan
Afghánistan
Wazíristan
Manháttan
ván
ẁan
Tŷ- Taiwàn
ón = French en
N én
dén
-dən -den
wîden
cf. Lòndon, both -dən: Cámden
Hámpden
Màrsden
Shêen = shêen
splêen
cf. gángrêne: grêen
sêen
fén
hén
dh- thén
léngthen
stréngthen
âlien
tâken
wêaken
brôken
tôken
wôken
dàrken
heàrken
woòllen
póllen
swôllen
mén
-mən in most words -men
Yémen
spŏrtsmen
spécimen
chíldren
bréthren
wörsen
léssen
delicatéssen
bêaten
*sóffən sóften
*fāssən fāsten
*hâyssən hâsten
*líssən lísten
*glíssən glísten
bird bíttërn ≈ bite bítten
íll-gótten
héaven
hâven
êven
eléven
séven
gíven
ríven
shríven
òven
còven
or prû- prôven
wôven
Ôwen
óxen
yén
Zén
-n -gn
campâign
vèin rhymes with dèign
would fâin = pretend fèign
wet râin = monarch rèign
*sóvrin sóvereign
-lîne malîgn
-nîne benîgn
mathematics sîne = signal sîgn
-zîne desîgn
-zîne resîgn
-sîne énsîgn
-pyûne impûgn
Jóhn
Kôhn
pub ínn = out ín
Câin
disdâin
gâin
*əgén; some regularise it to agâin: again
slâin
explâin
mâin
cf. germâne' relevant = Germâine person': remâin
brâin
Bahrâin
trâin
retâin
person Brítten = native Bríton = country Brítain
-tín cáptain
Scriábín
Dóbbin
person Róbin = bird róbin
Tôbin
dín
Bórodín
skèin
prôtêin
thín
adrénalíne or adrénalín
Stàlín
kâolin
violín
Berlín
Mërlin
Lénín
detërmine rhymes with vërmin
pín
sín
-ss- bâsin
-z- résin
tín
Pûtín
Gávín
Kévín
Álvin
-m -mn
water dám = condemn dámn
condémn
sólemn
cólumn
åutumn
man hím = church hýmn
out ín = pub ínn
ón
mostly schwa, as are Cámden, Màrsden, Hámpden, Hámpton: -on
càrbon
university, clothing dón
Héndon
Lòndon
mástodón
cŏrdon
gàrden makes a minimal pair with Gŏrdon
curmúdgeon
pígeon
-njən dúngeon
-jən sürgeon
-jən stürgeon
-nchən trúncheon
or -nyən: bandônêon
Lêón
*kəmêlêən; AmE -mê-; in fast speech -lyən, like míllion, Austrâlian: chamaêlêon
Napôleon
nêón
péntagon
bándwagon
àrgón
BrE *pólygən, AmE pólygón
îón
-yən -ion
most words spelt thus in Spanish are -tion in English -cion
-sh- suspícion
Asunción
-sh- côërcion
rêgion
lêgion
relígion
fáshion
cf. percússion, also -sh-: cùshion
vermílion
gálleon rhymes with stállion
bíllion
míllion
tríllion
búllion
ònion
ûnion
Orîon
centûrion
-zhən after vowels; -shən after consonants, including after another s and, in BrE, after another r: -sion
lêsion
vísion
télevision
revísion
scánsion
expánsion
-énshən -éntion = -énsion
comprehénsion
pénsion
suspénsion
ténsion
preténsion
exténsion
-shən in BrE, -zhən in AmE -rsion
avërsion
dîvërsion
convërsion
excürsion
conféssion
dîgréssion
depréssion
expréssion
compréssion
séssion
míssion
ím- emíssion
əm- omíssion
-sh- percússion
fûsion
delûsion
illûsion
intrûsion
mostly -shən –tion
inundâtion
foundâtion
creâtion
renunciâtion
pronunciâtion
installátion
constellátion
confirmâtion
formâtion
nâtion
rátion
vî- vibrâtion
mî- migrâtion
abberâtion
orâtion
elaborâtion
collaborâtion
-kshən -ction
áction
afféction
conféction
BrE can be -éxion: refléction
colléction
BrE can be -éxion: connéction
eréction
diréction
contradíction
*sángktchən sánction
*úngktchən únction
*fúngktchən fúnction
*júngktchən júnction
*cəmpúngkshən compúnction
complêtion
discrétion
ignítion
definítion
preposítion
proposítion
opposítion
competítion
frûítion
-énshən -éntion = -énsion
méntion
deténtion
inténtion
atténtion
prevéntion
ôcean rhymes with lôtion
devôtion
cáption
excéption
óption
absŏrption
erúption
abŏrtion
contŏrtion
contribûtion
distribûtion
pollûtion
solûtion
ré- resolûtion
BrE ê-, AmE ê- evolûtion
ré- revolûtion
-éxion is, except for compléxion, BrE only: other words end in -éction: éxion
so AmE, BrE refléction = BrE only refléxion
cf. conféction: *compléction compléxion
cf. convíction: crucifíxion
Yûkón
nŷlón
dêmon
lémon
Sólomon
Lébanon
cánnon
Shánnon
Lénnon
moôn
buffoôn
balloôn
lampoôn
harpoôn
cf. càrton: cartoôn
upón
person Bárron = lord báron
person Sháron
person AmE Sharôn, BrE Sharón
sáffron
eléctrón
neûtrón
sh- chévrón
boy sòn
bîson
pŏison
príson
Ánderson
Hénderson
Áshton
Élton
Lýttelton
prôtón
Clápton
Hámpton
Úpton
càrton
Nŏrton
east êastern BrE = person Êaston
west wéstern BrE = person Wéston
cf. Féatherstone, etc. Ålston
Màrston
Rŏyston
bútton
mútton
Sútton
wòn
cf. Jáckson, Híckson, etc. Díxon
Níxon
Ríxon
Éxxón
bàrn
dàrn
ëarn
lëarn
cf. wårm, wörm: wear wŏrn = person Wårne = warning wårn
yàrn
direction türn = bird tërn
lántern
stërn
astërn
persons Pátten = Pátton = BrE arrange páttern
bŏrn
cŏrn
cf. wriggly wörm - warning wårn = wear wŏrn
ürn
bürn
chürn
round türn
do dòne = colour dún
fún
gún
nòun
shine sún
Whítsun
dåwn
påwn
spåwn
pråwn
heŵn
*sône seed sewn
gòwn
blôwn
môwn
renòwn
*nôan knôwn
bròwn
cròwn
grôwn
tòwn