COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED ENGLISH WORDS

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1.      athlete

2.      cloth

3.      without

4.      anchor

5.      ran x rang

6.      finger

7.      very well

8.      cleanser

9.      gala

10.  heir

11.  hour

12.  bomb

13.  lamb

14.  doubt

15.  debt

16.  Wednesday

17.  knock

18.  forte

19.  gnome

20.  vary

21.  vehicle

22.  psychology

23.  sword

24.  pronunciation

25.  psychiatrist

26.  meme

27.  proof x prove

28.  advice x advise

29.  juice

30.  fruit

31.  chew

32.  manoeuvre

33.  neutral

34.  queue

35.  even x event

36.  eventually

37.  able x ability

38.  object (v/n)

39.  permit (v/n)

40.  present (v/n)

41.  excuse (v/n)

42.  door out

43.  your eyes

44.  for all

45.  chaos

46.  chorus

47.  chore

48.  conscientious

49.  exaggerate

50.  gear

51.  gesture

52.  gist

53.  occur

54.  government

55.  naive

56.  plumber

57.  relate

58.  relative

59.  cliché

60.  subtle

61.  suite

62.  technology

63.  xylophone

64.  almond

65.  salmon

66.  bury

67.  desert x dessert

68.  genre

69.  library

70.  vowel

71.  hierarchy

72.  island x Iceland x Ireland

73.  receipt x recipe

74.  debris

75.  infamous

76.  possess

77.  muscle x muscular

78.  whistle

79.  castle

80.  chemical

81.  ache

82.  curtain

83.  hotel

84.  museum

85.  nature x natural

86.  loose x lose

87.  alien

88.  glove x clove

89.  major x mayor

90.  measure

91.  stomach

92.  evil

93.  extraordinary

94.  bargain

95.  tongue

96.  curious

97.  banal

98.  chef x chief

99.  pint

100.   rural

101.   scissors

102.   sufrace

103.   ton (tonne)

104.   measles

105.   acoustic

106.   biscuit

107.   boutique

108.   burial

109.   disguise

110.   preface

111.   crisps

112.   ultimate

113.   awkward

114.   comfortable

115.   advertise

116.   crucial

117.   crooked

118.   ginger

119.   gigle

120.   naughty

121.   lunch x launch

122.   knuckle

123.   weigh

124.   chalet

125.   theory x theoretical

126.   theme

127.   thermometer

128.   earthworm

129.   wonder x wander

130.   vague

131.   anemone

132.   threaten

133.   interviewer x interviewee

134.   award

135.   price x prize

136.   vowel

137.   faithfully

138.   fortunate

139.   breathable

140.   viscount

141.   quiet x quite

142.   colonel

143.   unique

144.   knowledge

145.   wound

146.   feather

147.   hyphen

148.   ultra-

149.   pseudo-

150.   multi-

151.   minute (adj)

152.   miniature

153.   decipher

154.   draught

155.   jeopardy

156.   lieutenant

157.   prejudice

158.   repetition

159.   succumb

160.   suffocate

161.   suspicious

162.   syllable

163.   jewels

164.   turquoise

165.   ballet


GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

1.      Argentina

2.      Asia

3.      Australia

4.      Barbados

5.      Brazil

6.      Chile

7.      Cyprus

8.      Egypt

9.      Europe

10.  Papua New Guinea

11.  Indonesia

12.  Israel

13.  Japan

14.  Malta

15.  Nigeria

16.  Portugal

17.  Ukraine

18.  Zimbabwe

19.  The Mediterranean Sea

20.  Derby

21.  Durham

22.  Eton

23.  Glouster

24.  Leicester

25.  Norwich

26.  Plymouth

27.  Reading

28.  Salisbury

29.  Warwick

30.  Worcester

31.  Aberdeen

32.  Greenwich

33.  Norfolk

34.  Lisabon

35.  Birmingham

36.  Carlisle

37.  Edinburgh

38.  Hereford

39.  Swansea

40.  Chicago

41.  Brisbane

42.  Melbourne

43.  Berkeley

44.  Las Vegas

45.  Lincoln

46.  Arcansas

47.  Montreal

48.  Vancouver

49.  Princeton

50.  Stratford-upon-Avon

51.  Limerick


COMMON FIRST NAMES

Female names

Audrey

Beatrice

Bridget, Bridgit, Brigid

Carol, Carole

Catherine, Katherine, Katharine, Kathryn

Chloe

Clare, Claire

Diana

Elaine

Elizabeth, Elisabeth

Edith

Frances

Freda

Hannah

Helen

Irene

Isabel, Isabelle, Isobel

Janet

Jodie

Laura

Lauren

Louise

Margaret

Maria

Mary

Patricia

Phoebe

Sarah, Sara

Zoe


Male names

Albert

Alexander

Andrew

Cecil

Daniel

Ernest

Ethan

Hubert

Ian

Jacob

Jerome

Leonard

Lewis

Matthew

Nathan

Nigel

Sean

Theodore