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'''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat
'''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat


'''yàhoo'''; [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' capitalises it, and the [[Yahoo!|search engine of that name]] further adds a final exclamation mark: '''[[Yahoo!|Yàhoo!]]
'''yàhoo'''; [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' capitalises it, and the [[Yahoo!|search engine of that name]] also adds a final exclamation mark: '''[[Yahoo!|Yàhoo!]]


'''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke
'''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with Y. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


Y = whŷ reason

yacht *yót does not rhyme with bôat

yàhoo; Swift in Gulliver's Travels capitalises it, and the search engine of that name also adds a final exclamation mark: Yàhoo!

yàrmulka = yàrmulke

you

yeâ yes, cf. nây no (minimal pair)

yéah yes *yé

yêar or yëar

yëarn

Yeâts poet = Yâtes, more common spelling, cf. Kêats

yeôman

Yeôvil

Yíddish

yìêld

yôdel *yôadle

yógurt or yóghurt or yóghourt

yôke oxen = yôlk egg

yŏre days = yŏur you

yoúng

yŏur my = yŏu’re I’m = yŏre past; or yoûr, yoû’re

yoûth sounds like the beginning of euthanâsia

yoû’ll or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll

ýttrium

Yvónne = Evónne