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The words people most often ask about, grouped by why they are tricky. Tap any word to hear it spoken — it opens in the tool, where you can change the accent, voice and speed.

Commonly mispronounced · 50

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Food and drink · 50

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Place names · 45

ReykjavikEdinburghLeicesterWorcesterMelbourneQatarBeijingVersaillesLouisvilleArkansasOaxacaIbizaSeychellesPhuketKyrgyzstanAzerbaijanDubaiMarseilleBrugesLjubljanaZagrebCopenhagenGothenburgThe HagueNiceCannesLoughboroughGloucesterNorwichGreenwichSloughBicesterMilngavieConnecticutIllinoisMissouriNevadaSpokaneTucsonBoisePuyallupYosemiteUluruGuadalajaraAntigua

Medical and health · 45

pneumoniaibuprofenasthmadiabetesanesthesiaophthalmologistacetaminophenesophaguslarynxpharynxepilepsypsoriasiseczemaarthritissciaticavertigomigrainenauseadiarrheahemorrhageaneurysmpneumothoraxanemialeukemiachlamydiagonorrheaherpesstaphylococcusAlzheimer'sParkinson'sfibromyalgiaosteoporosisrheumatoidgynecologistpediatricianpsychiatristphysiotherapyantihistamineamoxicillinomeprazolemetforminlevothyroxinecholesterolplacebodefibrillator

Business and tech · 40

algorithmKubernetesnginxPostgreSQLSQLLinuxUbuntuGNUkubectldaemonqueueregexJSONYAMLpseudoschematuplecharcronsudoDebianAzureAjaxgigabytehierarchycryptocurrencyEthereumDogecoinarbitragelaissez-fairefiscalquotatrancheconglomeratesubsidiarylucrativeclientelerapportamortizefiduciary

Brand and company names · 40

NikeHermèsPorscheVersaceHuaweiAdidasGivenchyBalmainLouis VuittonMoschinoBalenciagaHyundaiVolkswagenPeugeotRenaultCitroënXiaomiAsusBvlgariYves Saint LaurentLamborghiniBugattiKoenigseggMaseratiL'OccitaneHäagen-DazsNutellaLidlIKEAAnheuser-BuschMercedes-BenzJägermeisterMoët & ChandonVeuve ClicquotHoegaardenStella ArtoisUniqloSheinNvidiaLoewe

Famous names people get wrong · 40

Saoirse RonanSiobhanNguyenHermioneXavierZendayaTimothée ChalametCharlize TheronRalph FiennesChiwetel EjioforJoaquin PhoenixNietzscheGoetheVan GoghCamusDostoevskyTchaikovskyBeyoncéRihannaAriana GrandeShia LaBeoufMahershala AliQuvenzhané WallisZach GalifianakisMatthew McConaugheyTa-Nehisi CoatesCillian MurphyDomhnall GleesonAoifeNiamhCaoimheEoinSinéadBjörkSadeKamala HarrisXi JinpingHayao MiyazakiAntoine GriezmannKylian Mbappé

Silent letters and tricky spellings · 40

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Academic and formal · 40

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Everyday words learners look up · 40

comfortablevegetablerestaurantdefinitelyspecificallylibraryworldsquirrelruralthoroughthroughthoughthoughtbeautifulchocolatefavoritetemperaturerefrigeratoropportunityparticularlyprobablyusuallyavailableexperiencedevelopsuccessfulnecessarybusinesscolleaguerecipewomenironchoiranswerislandTuesdayhundredminutevehicleliterature

Loanwords from other languages · 40

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Words that differ by accent · 30

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