Top 60+ words pronounced wrong

Top pronunciation mistakes in English language. These most frequently used words are mistakenly pronounced, wrong in English language. Speaking words with wrong pronounciation is by both, by those English is their mother tongue (first langauge) or foreing language speaker.

addidas

AH-di-dus (✘)

UH-di-dus (✔)

Adobe

Ah-DOB (✘)

Ah-doh-BEE (✔)

Almond

Aal-mund (✘)

Ah-mund (✔)

Asthma

as-thmaaa (✘)

az-maa (✔)

Audi

aw-dee (✘)

ow-dee (✔)

Bird

berd (✘)

burd (✔)

Budapest (Hungarian city)

Boo-daa-PEST (✘)

Boo-daa-PESHT

Cannes (French city)

kaans (✘)

can (✔)

Caramel

Car-mel (✘)

Kar-ah-mehl

cliché

kli-chey (✘)

klee-shey (✔)

Comfortable

konf-orta-buh l (✘)

khuhmf-tuh-buh l (✔)

Data

daa-taa (✘)

day-ta (✔)

Diligent

dil-i-je nt (✘)

dil-i-juh nt (✔)

Divorce

die-vawrs (✘)

dih-vawrs (✔)

Dubai

Doo-bye (✘)

Du-bay (✔)

Epitome

ih-pi-toe-m (✘)

ih-pit-uh-mee (✔)

Faux pas

fohx-pas (✘)

foh-pah (✔)

Feng shui

ffeng sui (✘)

fuhng shwey (✔)

Fiction

fik-sho-n (✘)

fik-shuh n (✔)

Film

fill-um (✘)

film (✔)

Flour

fl-ahr (✘)

flou-er (✔)

Gauge

gauj (✘)

geyj (✔)

Genre

jen-re (✘)

zhahn-ruh (✔)

Hippopotamus

hip-o-pot-ah-muh s (✘)

bip-uh-pot-uh-muh s (✔)

Hyperbole

hy-per-bowl (✘)

hy-per-ba-lee (✔)

Ingenuity

in-jen-wee-tee (✘)

in-juh-noo-i-tee (✔)

Itinerary

ahy-tin-ary (✘)

ahy-tin-uh-rar-ee (✔)

Jewellry

jew-ler-ree (✘)

jew-ell-ree (✔)

Legit

leh jit (✘)

luh-jit (✔)

Lettuce

leti-us (✘)

let-is (✔)

Lingerie

lihn-geh-ree (✘)

lin-guh-ree (✘)

lahn-zhuh-reh (✔)

lawn-zhuh-ree (✔)

Linc-sync

lip-sing (✘)

lip-sink (✘)

lip-syngk (✔)

Maniac

mahn-yuhk (✘)

mey-nee-ak (✔)

Melbourne (Australian city)

Mel-BOURN (✘)

Mehl-B'N (✔)

Meme

May-may (✘)

Meem (✔)

Mojito

Mo-ji-to (✘)

Mo-hi-to (✔)

Neither

nay-th er (✘)

nee-th er (✔)

Paradigm

par-uh-dig-m (✘)

par-uh-dahym (✔)

Pomegranate

po-meg-ran-eit (✘)

pom-gran-it (✔)

Porsche

PORSH (✘)

Por-SHaa (✔)

Pronunciation

Pro-noun-cee-a-shun (✘)

Pra-num-cee-a-shun (✔)

Promotion

pro-motion (✘)

pr-motion (✔)

Pseudonym

syoo-duh-nim (✘)

sood-n-im (✔)

Pseudocode

seedo-kod (✘)

dejo-kod (✘)

soodo-kod (✔)

Queue

que (✘)

kyoo (✔)

Quote

coat (✘)

coot (✘)

kwoht (✔)

Receipt

Ree-sipt (✘)

Ree-seet (✔)

Restaurant

res-tuh-raunt (✘)

res-traunt (✔)

Sandwich

san-wits (✘)

sand-wich (✔)

Schedule

sked-yu-ol (✘)

skej-ool (✔)

Subtract

Subs-tract (✘)

Sub-tract (✔)

Sure

sho-ur (✘)

shoor (✔)

Science

say-ah ns (✘)

sahy-uh ns (✔)

Status

sta-tuh s (✘)

stey-tuh s (✔)

Thursday

te-rs-dei (✘)

thruz-dey (✔)

Versace

ver-sa-chi (✘)

ver-sah-chee

Vinyl

viyn-l (✘)

vahn-l (✔)

W

doo-buh l-yoo (✘)

duhb-uh l-yoo (✔)

Wednesday

Wed-nes-day (✘)

Wenz-day (✔)

Women

wo-men (✘)

Wi-min (✔)

Youtube

yuh-chob (✘)

yoo-toob (✔)

Zoology

zoo-lo-iy (✘)

zo-ah-leh-ji (✔)

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