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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
WednesdaygnomekneadpseudonympsalmsubtlereceiptdebriscorpsindictmortgageaisleyachtrhythmhymncolumnsolemncondemnplumberwrathwrestlegnawdiaphragmphlegmtsunamiczarschismswordhandkerchiefraspberrycupboardGrosvenorFeatherstonehaughBeauchampCholmondeleysilhouettebouquetconsciencesixthclothes
Academic and formal · 40
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Everyday words learners look up · 40
comfortablevegetablerestaurantdefinitelyspecificallylibraryworldsquirrelruralthoroughthroughthoughthoughtbeautifulchocolatefavoritetemperaturerefrigeratoropportunityparticularlyprobablyusuallyavailableexperiencedevelopsuccessfulnecessarybusinesscolleaguerecipewomenironchoiranswerislandTuesdayhundredminutevehicleliterature
Loanwords from other languages · 40
rendezvouslingeriebourgeoismacabredéjà vucoup d'étatfaux pasclichénaïverésuméfiancéerepertoireconnoisseurcamaraderienonchalantavant-gardepapier-mâchésommelierconciergecoup de grâceschadenfreudedoppelgängerblitzkriegkaraokekawaiianimesakeorigamishiitakesenpaisudokuquinceañerapiñataEl Niñohabanerofeng shuiqihyggeaiolibona fide
Words that differ by accent · 30
schedulealuminiumprivacyvitamintomatogarageadvertisementleisureeitherneitherroutemobilefilletleverzebrapatentsemiprocesslaboratorycontroversyharassmaturedynastymissilefutilenougatyogurtapparatusprogressdata
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