English spellings/Catalogs/Retro G

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Common misspellings

This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in G. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case G) and continuing backwards through it.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.^[e]

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bág

fág

hág

Jaguar Jág = jág

lág

flág

nág

crág

drág

ság

tág

wág

swág

lég

boôtleg

pég

Reginald *Rédge Rég

Grégg = Gréig = Gregory Grég

vegetable *védge (rhyming with wédge) vég

rág = Wrágg

Éigg = égg

Clégg

ríg = Rígg

hóg = Hógg

díg

jíg

píg

ríg

wíg

báng

fáng

Láng

sáng

two syllables: Pyongyáng

manure dúng = Deng

Léng

or = Léng or Láng: Lâing

ríbbing

râcing

trâcing

héading

read rêading

person Rédding = England Réading

fâding

bídding

wédding

unhêeding

wînding

recŏrding

(ê) rewörding

*âjing âgeing

cf. sing sínging: *sínjing singe síngeing

cello bôwing = company Bôeíng

snooker, drama cûeing = line queûeing

rûeing

lódging

-jing rânging

brínging

cf. singe síngeing *sínjing: sing sínging

-jing lòunging

*âking âching

thíng

often mispronounced 'Beizhíng', correct is *Bèidjíng: Beijíng

kíng

pêaking

fâking

mâking

tâking

stócktâking

cf. tráffic: tráfficking

Pêe- Pekíng

floor cêiling = seal sêaling

blíng

síbling

AmE lâbeling

flédgeling

flíng

ëarthling

closing sêaling = high cêiling

fîling

wêakling

BrE lâbelling

fílling

pôlling

wêanling

dúmpling

Còwling

Dòwling

Bôlling = bôwling

rôlling = Rôwling

gâming

nâming

câning

êvening

mîning

exámining

cúnning

ëarning

discërning

cf. bôwing = Bôeíng: sound bŏing

*dûíng doing

gôing

tûí- toíng and frôíng

devéloping

bell, round ríng

cãring

bríng

interfêring

AmE maneûvering

refërring

cf. hêaring, adhêring: fish hérring

BrE manoeûvring

squeeze wríng

síng

cf. râcing: râising

bôating

côating

flôating

glôating

tàrgeting

excîting

éditing

éxiting

intërpreting

tôting

stíng

tôasting

bétting

gétting

forgétting

accrûing

flôwing

lápwing

léft-wíng

rîght-wíng

háving

pâving

râving

sâving

fóllowing

n- knôwing

rôwing

ròwing

kòw-tòwing

sâying

dŷing

lŷing

annǒying

crŷing

drŷing

trŷing

lóng

alóng

amòng

saróng

thróng

wróng

sóng

dúng

lúng

rúng

súng

tòngue *túng

bóg

dóg

hóg

lóg

BrE cátalógue: see British and American English for more examples: AmE cátalog

cf. Jôe Blóggs: blóg

flóg

gróg

tróg

Stríndbërg

îcebërg

*Hŷdlebërg Heîdelbërg

Nûremberg

Bŏrg

Mágdebürg

*Jəhánəzburg Johánnesburg

hard G: Géttysbürg

Lúxemböurg

*Shãrebŏrg Chérbourg

*Strázbërg, Strázbŏrg Strásbourg

búg

dúg

fúg

húg

thúg

lúg

glúg

plúg

slúg

múg

smúg

snúg

púg

rúg

drúg

trúg

túg