English spellings/Catalogs/Y

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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

you

yeâ yes

yéah yes *yé

yêar or yëar

yëarn

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

yeôman

Yeôvil

yìêld

yógurt or yóghurt or yóghourt

yôke oxen = yôlk egg

yŏre days = yŏur you

yoúng

your my = you’re I’m = yŏre past

yoû’ll or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll

ýttrium

Yvónne = Evónne