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Frequently mispronounced words

The following list contains words that are frequently mispronounced by Spanish/
Catalan learners of English. Practice saying the words aloud. If you are unsure about
their pronunciation, check a dictionary.

– Classroom language.

1. acceptable /əkˈsɛptəbᵊl/ 42. gesture /ˈʤɛsʧə/ 84. register /ˈrɛʤɪstə/

2. accurate /ˈækjʊrɪt/ 43. great /ɡreɪt/ 85. rehearse /rɪˈhɜːs/
3. answer /ˈækjʊrɪt/ 44. half /hɑːf/ 86. schedule /ˈʃɛdjuːl/
4. blackboard /ˈblækbɔːd/ 45. hear - heard /hɪə - hɜːd/ 87. science /ˈsaɪəns/
5. breath - breathe /brɛθ - briːð/ 46. heart /hɑːt/ 88. scientist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/
6. chalk /ʧɔːk/ 47. height /haɪt/ 89. serious /ˈsɪərɪəs/
7. circle /ˈsɜːkl/ 48. high /haɪ/ 90. sign /saɪn/
8. comfortable /ˈkʌmfᵊtəbᵊl/ 49. high school /haɪ skuːl/ 91. signal /ˈsɪɡnl/
9. comma /ˈkɒmə/ 50. home /həʊm/ 92. sneeze /sniːz/
10. communication 51. hour /ˈaʊə/ 93. special /ˈspɛʃəl/
/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃᵊn/
11. complete /kəmˈpliːt/
52. hurt /hɜːt/ 94. student /ˈstjuːdənt/
12. complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ 53. imagine /ɪˈmæʤɪn/ 95. study - studied /ˈstʌdi - ˈstʌdɪd/
13. conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ 54. imitate /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ 96. success /səkˈsɛs/ /səkˈsɛs/
14. correct /kəˈrɛkt/ 55. key /kiː/ 97. talk /tɔːk/
15. cough /kɒf/ 56. knowledge /ˈnɒlɪʤ/ 98. teenager /ˈtiːnˌeɪʤə/
16. country /ˈkʌntri/ 57. laugh /lɑːf/ 99. television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
/ˈkʌlʧə/ /lɜːn/ /ˈθʌrə/
17. culture 58. learn 100. thorough - /ˈθʌrəli/
18. develop - /dɪˈvɛləp/ 59. liquid /ˈlɪkwɪd/ thoroughly
development /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/ 60. man - men /mæn - men/ 101. tongue /tʌŋ/
19. differ - different /ˈdɪfə - 61. margin /ˈmɑːʤɪn/ 102. touch /tʌʧ/
20. difficult /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ ˈdɪfrənt/ 62. minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ 103. very /ˈvɛri/
21. direct /daɪˈrɛkt/ /dɪˈrɛkt/ 63. money /ˈmʌni/ 104. vision /ˈvɪʒən/
22. done /dʌn/ 64. month /mʌnθ/ 105. vocabulary /vəˈkæbjəlᵊri/
23. doubt /daʊt/ 65. motivate - /ˈməʊtɪveɪt/ 106. want /wɒnt/
24. drawer motivated /ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/ /weə/
/drɔː/ /ˈneɪʃᵊn - 107. wear
25. ear /ɪə/ 66. nation - national ˈnæʃᵊnᵊl/ 108. weather /ˈwɛðə/
26. earth /ɜːθ/ 67. nature - natural /ˈneɪʧə - 109. website /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
27. easy /ˈiːzi/ 68. near /nɪə/ ˈnæʧrəl/ 110. weigh - /weɪ -
28. education /ˌɛʤʊˈkeɪʃᵊn/ 69. neighbour /ˈneɪbə/ weighed weɪd/
29. event /ɪˈvɛnt/ 70. nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ 111. woman - /ˈwʊmən -
30. exam - /ɪɡˈzæm/ 71. notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/ women ˈwɪmɪn/
examination/ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃᵊn/ 72. notion /ˈnəʊʃᵊn/ 112. won’t /wəʊnt/
31. example /ɪɡˈzɑːmpl/ 73. occur - occurred /əˈkɜː - əˈkɜːd/113. word /wɜːd/
32. exercises /ˈɛksəsaɪzɪz/ 74. peer /pɪə/ 114. work /wɜːk/
/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/
33. exhausted /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/ 75. pencils /ˈpɛnslz/ (homework)
34. expression /ɪksˈprɛʃᵊn/ 76. please /pliːz/ 115. world /wɜːld/
35. fair /feə/ 77. practice /ˈpræktɪs/ 116. worry - /ˈwʌri/
36. famous /ˈfeɪməs/ 78. previous /ˈpriːviəs/ worried /ˈwʌrid/
37. favourite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ 79. project /prəˈʤɛkt/ (v) 117. worse /wɜːs/
/fɪə/ /ˈprɒʤɛkt/ (n)
38. fear 80. pupils /ˈpjuːplz/ (v) 118. yawn /jɔːn/
39. first /fɜːst/ 81. question /ˈkwɛsʧən/ (v) 119. young /jʌŋ/
40. focus /ˈfəʊkəs/ 82. queue /kjuː/ (v) 120. youth /juːθ/
41. foreign /ˈfɒrən/ 83. recent /ˈriːsnt/ (v)
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– Additional vocabulary

Now practice pronouncing the following words, potentially found in classroom

conversations and also often mispronounced by Catalan/Spanish speakers of English.

1. abroad 40. encourage 79. layer

2. accustomed 41. enthusiasm 80. literacy
3. airport 42. enthusiastic 81. literature
4. anecdote 43. envy 82. live
5. apparently 44. exaggerate 83. maintain
6. area 45. eyebrow 84. maintenance
7. audience 46. facilitate 85. major
8. August 47. failure 86. mature
9. author 48. flood 87. Mediterranean
10. award 49. folk 88. migration
11. background 50. fourth 89. minor
12. Britain 51. frequent (adj.) 90. mobbing
13. broad 52. frightened 91. mountain
14. bug 53. front 92. museum
15. Cambridge 54. fruit 93. musician
16. cancelled 55. fuel 94. mustn't
17. category 56. giant 95. novel
18. century 57. gym 96. occurrence
19. coma 58. hair 97. organizers
20. computer 59. honest 98. oven
21. computerized 60. honour 99. owe
22. couldn't 61. hotel 100. parasite
23. courage 62. humiliate 101. parent
24. cover 63. hygiene 102. particular
25. crisis 64. hypocrite 103. passionate
26. deliver 65. Iberia 104. peculiar
27. deny 66. impatient 105. persistent
28. diagnosis 67. incidentally 106. personalize
29. diary 68. inconvenient 107. pier
30. doesn't 69. install 108. player
31. don't 70. integrate 109. pleasant
32. double 71. inversion 110. pleasure
33. doubled 72. investigate 111. popular
34. drought 73. island 112. prefer
35. dull 74. issue 113. prepare
36. earn 75. journal 114. pressure
37. educator 76. journey 115. prioritize
38. elaborate (adj.) 77. juice 116. privacy
39. elaborate (verb) 78. labour 117. prove
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118. public 139. scheme 160. threat

119. pull 140. secret 161. threatening
120. push 141. secretary 162. tough
121. radar 142. series 163. tour
122. realization 143. serve 164. towards
123. realize 144. sigh 165. treasure
124. rear 145. sighed 166. urban
125. recognize 146. sir 167. urbanize
126. regular 147. soldier 168. urgent
127. rejection 148. son 169. utterance
128. rely 149. spatial 170. vacant
129. remove 150. speculation 171. valuable
130. replicate 151. spiral 172. value
131. reward 152. status 173. variation
132. ridicule 153. steak 174. various
133. ridiculous 154. stimulation 175. vary - varied
134. rough 155. strengthen 176. vegetable
135. routine 156. supervisor 177. version
136. satisfying 157. symbolize 178. weight
137. scene 158. temperature 179. weird
138. sceptical 159. there 180. whole