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'''Ádólph''' = '''Ádólf
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in F. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case F) 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]


cf. óf *óv: ôaf

lôaf

*shéf chéf

chìêf

míschíef

thìêf

belìêf

relìêf

cléf

stāff

whíff

táriff

clíff

ríff

stíff

óff

féoff

Géoff

blúff

stúff

íf

sérif

cf. reason môtíve - *mô-têef pattern môtìf

Álf

*cāf cālf

*hāf hālf

one word himsélf

one word hersélf

one word yoursélf

one word itsélf

one word mŷsélf

Ádólph = Ádólf

gôlf

Rôlph = Rôlf

*wùlf wolf

gúlf

Bêowùlf

no expressions with modal verbs followed by óf exist; what may sound like óf is the weak form of háve and so this or apostrophes should be written instead: woùld have, shoùld’ve, cān’t have, mîght’ve etc.: *óv óf

goôf

cf. plural hoôves - hoôf

cf. plural roôfs *roôves roôf