10 COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS IN ENGLISH
I have a hard time pronouncing the burglar. I want to say “burglar” or “burg-you-lar” haha. There are words in the English language that are spelled one way and pronounced entirely different. Here’s a list of the most common mispronounced words.
Clothes
This word has only one syllable, the ‘e’ is silent and the ‘s’ makes a ‘zzz’ sound. Be careful not to say ‘clothe is’.
Colleague
This word only has two syllables ‘Koh-leeg’. Make sure not to pronounce the ‘ue’ on the end. When it’s a plural, the ‘s’ makes a ‘zzz’ sound like in ‘clothes’.
February
Many people have trouble pronouncing English words which have two ‘r’ sounds close together. Make sure to pronounce both ‘r’ sounds: Feb-roo-a-ree, not Feb-yoo-a-ree. Similarly, ‘library’ should be pronounced ‘li-bra-ri’.
Athlete
Be careful to avoid adding extra syllables in the middle of words. For example, make sure there are only two syllables in ‘athlete’: ath-leet, not ath-a-leet.
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