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Difficult words
English words that often trip learners and native speakers—unusual spellings, silent letters, and stress surprises.
54 existing pronunciation pages · /words/difficult/ · All directories
- acai/food/acai/
- almond/food/almond/
- anemone/everyday/anemone/
- asterisk/everyday/asterisk/
- beijing/places/beijing/
- bourgeois/everyday/bourgeois/
- bruschetta/food/bruschetta/
- charcuterie/food/charcuterie/
- chimera/mythology/chimera/
- choir/everyday/choir/
- cliche/everyday/cliche/
- colonel/everyday/colonel/
- croissant/food/croissant/
- dachshund/animals/dachshund/
- debt/everyday/debt/
- edinburgh/places/edinburgh/
- entrepreneur/everyday/entrepreneur/
- epitome/everyday/epitome/
- espresso/food/espresso/
- facade/everyday/facade/
- genre/everyday/genre/
- gloucester/places/gloucester/
- gnocchi/food/gnocchi/
- gyro/food/gyro/
- hyperbole/everyday/hyperbole/
- island/everyday/island/
- leicester/places/leicester/
- liaison/business/liaison/
- library/everyday/library/
- mischievous/everyday/mischievous/
- naive/everyday/naive/
- niche/everyday/niche/
- nuclear/everyday/nuclear/
- often/everyday/often/
- pheasant/animals/pheasant/
- pneumatic/everyday/pneumatic/
- pneumonia/medical/pneumonia/
- porsche/brands/porsche/
- probably/everyday/probably/
- prosciutto/food/prosciutto/
- psychology/medical/psychology/
- qatar/places/qatar/
- quinoa/food/quinoa/
- receipt/business/receipt/
- rendezvous/everyday/rendezvous/
- salmon/food/salmon/
- schedule/everyday/schedule/
- specific/everyday/specific/
- subtle/everyday/subtle/
- sword/everyday/sword/
- synecdoche/everyday/synecdoche/
- tsunami/science/tsunami/
- worcester/places/worcester/
- worcestershire/food/worcestershire/