As we all know that English is the most widely spoken language across the world. According to Wikipedia, It is the third most common native language in the world.
Of Course, English is not everyone’s native language so we might mispronounce the words and feel embarrassed if someone points to us that it is the wrong way of pronouncing.
Well, English is made of a set of rules that we have to follow. And very often we tend to mispronounce many English Words. This blog post will guide you to correctly pronounce few English words that very often mispronounced in our day to day life.
The mispronounciation is might be due to our Mother tongue influence or regional language schools or may be you haven’t focused on pronouncing the words correctly, we end up pronouncing wrongly. Below are the few words that I have realized that many of us are mispronouncing. So I want to make a post on this and help many people out there who wants to correct their words in their day-to-day conversations.
Let’s see the words where we can focus on and learn something new today. Let me know if you have mispronounced at least one word out this article and learned something new from this post.
Alarm
Pronounce: ul-aam
Mispronounce: ul-aaram
Meaning: An automatic signal (usually a sound) cautionary or notifying
Almond
Pronounce: Ah-mund
Mispronounce: Al-mund
Meaning: The Dry Fruit
Asthma
Pronounce: Azz-ma
Mispronounce: As-thama
Meaning: Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Athlete
Pronounce: ath-lete
Mispronounce: ath-late
Meaning: A person trained to compete in sports
Bangkok
Pronounce: Bang-Gwak
Mispronounce: Bang-kok
Meaning: The Capital City of Thailand
Banquet
Pronounce: Bang-kwit
Mispronounce: Bang-kwet
Meaning: A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
Bomb
Pronounce: Bom
Mispronounce: Bom-b
Meaning: An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
Bowl
Pronounce: Bol
Mispronounce: Bo-owl
Meaning: A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
Breakfast
Pronounce: Brek-fust
Mispronounce: Break-fast
Meaning: The first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
Brisbane
Pronounce: Bris-bn
Mispronounce: Bris-bane
Meaning: Capital and largest city of Queensland state in Australia
Buffet
Pronounce: Bu-fey
Mispronounce: buff-at
Meaning: A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
Bury
Pronounce: Be-ree
Mispronounce: Bah-ry
Meaning: Cover from sight
Cache
Pronounce: Cash
Mispronounce: cash-ee
Meaning: A cache is an element that stores data so future requests for that data can be served faster
Capris
Pronounce: Kap-reez
Mispronounce: Cap-rees
Meaning: An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy
Chassis
Pronounce: Cha-see
Mispronounce: Cha-sis
Meaning: The underpart of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame
Chauvinism
Pronounce: Shau-vu-ni-zum
Mispronounce: Chau-vi-ni-sum
Meaning: Fanatical patriotism
Chaos
Pronounce: Kay-os
Mispronounce: Chau-os
Meaning: A state of extreme confusion and disorder
Climb
Pronounce: Klim
Mispronounce: Kli-mb
Meaning: Go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Cocoa
Pronounce: Kow-Kow
Mispronounce: Koh-Koa
Meaning: A bean of the Cocoa Tree
Comb
Pronounce: Kowm
Mispronounce: Ko-mb
Meaning: A flat device used to brush your hair
Corps
Pronounce: Kor
Mispronounce: Kor-ps
Meaning: An Army battalion
Coupon
Pronounce: que-pon
Mispronounce: koo-pun
Meaning: A voucher card
Crumb
Pronounce: krum
Mispronounce: krumb
Meaning: A very small quantity of something
Data
Pronounce: Day-ta
Mispronounce: Daa-taa
Meaning: A collection of information/facts from which conclusions may be drawn
Debris
Pronounce: Debry
Mispronounce: Deb-ris
Meaning: Scattered remains of something destroyed
Debt
Pronounce: det
Mispronounce: Dept
Meaning: The state of owing something
Dengue
Pronounce: Den-gee
Mispronounce: Den-gyoo
Meaning: An infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes
Dessert
Pronounce: Di-zurt
Mispronounce: De-zurt
Meaning: A dish served as the last course of a meal
Dumb
Pronounce: Dum
Mispronounce: Da-mb
Meaning: Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Edinburgh
Pronounce: U-din-bu-ru
Mispronounce: Edin-burg
Meaning: The Capital city of Scotland
Elite
Pronounce: i-leet
Mispronounce: E-light
Meaning: Selected as the best
Entrepreneur
Pronounce: On-tru-pru-nur
Mispronounce: Entre-pre-nuar
Meaning: Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
Epitome
Pronounce: epi-tummy
Mispronounce: Epi-Tome
Meaning: A standard, typical or perfect example
Et cetera
Pronounce: et-se-tru
Mispronounce: Ex-etra
Meaning: So on and so forth
Euler
Pronounce: Yula
Mispronounce: Yu-lar
February
Pronounce: Feb-ryoo-aree
Mispronounce: Feb-ra-ree
Meaning: A month of the year
Garage
Pronounce: Ga-raaj
Mispronounce: Gya-raje
Meaning: repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
Genre
Pronounce: Jaan-Ruh
Mispronounce: Jen-ree
Meaning: A class of art
Honest
Pronounce: On-est
Mispronounce: Haa-nest
Meaning: Marked by truth
Honour
Pronounce: On-or
Mispronounce: Haa-nor
Meaning: Show respect towards
Handkerchief
Pronounce: han-kar-chief
Mispronounce: Hand-kar-chief
Meaning: A piece of cloth used for wiping
Handsome
Pronounce: han-sum
Mispronounce: Hand-sum
Meaning: A person having pleasing appearance
Iron
Pronounce: i-un
Mispronounce: eye-run
Meaning: A metallic element
Illinois
Pronounce: ila-noy
Mispronounce: illi-noise
Meaning: A midwestern state in north-central United States
Limb
Pronounce: lim
Mispronounce: Lim-eb
Meaning: A limb is a jointed or appendage of the human or other animal body
Lingerie
Pronounce: Lawn-ju-rey
Mispronounce: Linn-gay-ree
Meaning: Women’s underwear and nightclothes
Marijuana
Pronounce: Meru-waanu
Mispronounce: Mari-joo-wana
Meaning: The most commonly used illicit drug in the United States
Melbourne
Pronounce: mel-bun
Mispronounce: Mel-born
Meaning:The capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city
Mojito
Pronounce: mu-hee-tow
Mispronounce: Mo-jeeto
Meaning: A Cuban cocktail made from rum, lime, sugar, mint and carbonated water
Monk
Pronounce: munk
Mispronounce: Mawnk
Meaning: A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism
Mortgage
Pronounce: mor-gij
Mispronounce: Mor-t-gej
Meaning: A mortgage is a way to use one’s property as a guarantee for a loan to get money
Niche
Pronounce: Neesh
Mispronounce: Nich
Meaning: A position, particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
Picture
Pronounce: Pik-chu
Mispronounce: Pik-chur
Meaning: A visual representation
Pizza
Pronounce: Peet-zah
Mispronounce: Pi-zza-wh
Meaning: A delicious Fast food
Plumber
Pronounce: Plu-mmer
Mispronounce: Plumb-ar
Meaning: A person who repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
Pledge
Pronounce: Plej
Mispronounce: Pled-ij
Meaning: Give as a guarantee or promise
Porsche
Pronounce: Por-shuh
Mispronounce: Por-schee
Meaning: An automobile manufacturing company
Pronunciation
Pronounce: Pru-nun-seey-shun
Mispronounce: Pro-noun-seey-tion
Meaning: The way a word or a language is spoken
Quinoa
Pronounce: Keen-Wah
Mispronounce: Qui-nova
Meaning: Quinoa is a species of the goosefoot genus
Quote
Pronounce: Kwote
Mispronounce: Coat
Meaning: A given estimate for something to accomplish
Raspberry
Pronounce: Raz-berry
Mispronounce: Rasp-beery
Meaning: A delicious fruit
Receipt
Pronounce: Ri-seet
Mispronounce: Ri-cipt
Meaning: An acknowledgment that payment has been made
Restaurant
Pronounce: Res-tawh-runt
Mispronounce: Res-traunt
Meaning: A place where people go to eat
Reykjavik
Pronounce: Ray-kyu-vik
Mispronounce: Raik-javik
Meaning: The capital city of Iceland
Router
Pronounce: Raw-tur
Mispronounce: Rooter
Meaning: a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
Salon
Pronounce: Sa-lon
Mispronounce: Say-loon
Meaning: A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
Sandwich
Pronounce: San-witch
Mispronounce: Sand-witch
Meaning: Slices of bread with a filling between them
Sesame
Pronounce: Se-su-mee
Mispronounce: See-same
Meaning: A seed that produces the oil
Sour
Pronounce: So-wer
Mispronounce: Sore
Meaning: Having a sharp biting taste
Subtract
Pronounce: Sub-tract
Mispronounce: Sub-starct
Meaning: Deduct or take off
Suite
Pronounce: Sweet
Mispronounce: Suit
Meaning: A set of rooms to be used together
The River Thames
Pronounce: The River Temz
Mispronounce: The River Thay-ms
Meaning: The longest river in England
Tomb
Pronounce: Toom
Mispronounce: Taamb
Meaning: Place in a grave
Truth
Pronounce: Troo-th
Mispronounce: Truth
Meaning: A fact that has been verified
Thumb
Pronounce: Thum
Mispronounce: Thum-b
Meaning: Finger of a hand
Victuals
Pronounce: Vittels
Mispronounce: Vik-tuals
Meaning: A stock or supply of foods
Vehicle
Pronounce: Vee-i-kul
Mispronounce: Vey-hi-kul
Meaning: A thing that transports people or objects
Wednesday
Pronounce: Wenz-day
Mispronounce: Wed-ness-day
Meaning: Day of the week
Worcester
Pronounce: Wus-tur
Mispronounce: War-ces-ter
Meaning: A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
Worcestershire
Pronounce: Wus-tu-sheer
Mispronounce: War-ces-ter-shire
Meaning: County in the west Midlands region of central England
I hope you enjoyed reading this article and learnt the correct way of pronouncing the English words. Go! Start using these words in your day-to-day conversations and feel confident while speaking. Happy Learning!
