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Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list
Common misspellings

This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in Y. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case Y) 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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after a consonant, mostly -ỳ

bây

decây

as a suffix, may be pronounced -dỳ in days of the week such as Mònday, but normally: dây

bïrthday

hóliday

Frîday

wêekday

wörkday

Mònday

Súnday

todây

yésterday

Sáturday

doom doômsday = Book Domesday

Wédnesday

Tûesday

Thürsday

Mâyday

hèyday

elf fèy = person Fây

gây

hây

clây

delây

plây

displây

verb mây = month Mây

dismây

Múrry = Múrray

sây

*Línzy Líndsay

daresây

hêarsay

stây

cf. place names in -aî: *Páragwŷ Páraguaŷ

*Yûrəgwŷ Ûruguaŷ

lock kêy = harbour quaỳ

*Tor-kêe Torquaỳ

*Neŵkêe Neŵquaỳ

weight wèigh = how wây

awày

verb is two words: breâkaway

verb is two words: rúnaway

verb is two words: gétaway

Gålway

álleyway

cricket, farewell bŷe = 2 bî- = preposition bŷ

bâby

cábbie and words in -ábby rhyme with Gáby

lúllabŷ

abbot ábbey = persons Àbbey = Ábby

shábby

flábby

tábby

lóbby

Dígby

rúgby

Dólby

Fénby

Lâzenby

lâybŷ

sight sêe = -sỳ = -cỳ

Mâcy

râcy

*thê-ócracy, unvoiced th, cf. hypócrisy: theócracy

cf. hypócrisy: demócracy

*byurócracy bureaucracy

pîracy

conspíracy

áccuracy

cf. verb próphesŷ: noun próphecỳ

nŏrmalcy

fáncy

chāncy

sýcophancy

nécrománcy

person Náncy

France Nàncy

prégnancy

discrépancy

téndency

âgency

ürgency

cúrrency

constítuency

insôlvency

shâdy

lâdy

trágedy

cómedy

përfidy

súbsidy

bódy

embódy

thrénody

párody

stressed and most monosyllables -èy (= ây), unstressed -êy

persons Àbbêy = Ábbỳ = abbot ábbêy

obèy

person Fây = whimsy fèy

Hárringây = Háringèy

thèy

BrE wây = whèy

kêy

cf. lúcky, tácky: láckêy

hóckey

dónkêy

jóckêy

dónkêy

mònkêy

türkêy = Türkêy

lèy

állêy

válley

fólly rhymes with trólley

vólley

cf. etërnity: attörney

cart drây = nest, cart drèy

Jéffrêy

AmE all meanings stŏry = BrE floor stŏrey

ósprêy or ósprèy

-zy Jërsêy

ódyssey

cf. invèigh, final syllable rhymes: convèy

purvèy

Hàrvêy

íffy

jíffy

stúffy

símplifŷ

mágnifŷ

vérifŷ

goôfy

dódgy

pódgy

-jy strátegy

fóggy

éffigy

-njỳ -ngy

-jy mângy

-jy, cf. boat dínghy, shabby díngy

-ləjỳ -logy

jêó- geólogy

sôsh- sociólogy

-jy astrólogỳ

àrgy-bàrgy

-jy léthargy

-jy állergy

-jy énergy

-jy sýnergy

-jy líturgy

hard or silent g: *díng-gy or díng-y dínghy

*dôwy dôughy

jó- geógraphy

cf. catástrophê, apóstrophê: trôphy

átrophy

minimal pair but not as appears: thŷ (possessive of thou) has voiced th, thîgh (of leg), unvoiced, but same vowel sound: leg thîgh and your thŷ

telépathy

sýmpathy

lêaky

tácky

cf. jóckey: lúcky

plúcky

pôky

âbly

próbably

regréttably

*nóbbly, cf. nôbly: knóbbly

fêebly

vísibly

respónsibly

*dúmly dumb dúmbly

crumble crúmbly

nôbly

cf. bâsically: públicly

admíttedly

belîe, cf. relŷ: *bely

lîkely

two ls pronounced: sôlely

relŷ

loôsely

delíberately

complêtely

prîmãrily

necessãrily

temporãrily

militãrily

momentãrily

drŷly or drîly

-z- êasily

quíckly

cf. állêy: állŷ

cf. públicly: económically

tópically

bâsically

mûsically

illêgally

víscerally

incidéntally

tôtally

mostly female Bíllie = either Bílly

two l’s pronounced: shrílly

sílly

minimal pair: vólley rhymes with fólly

two l’s pronounced: whôlly

two l’s pronounced: coôlly

two l’s pronounced: dúlly

fùlly

hôly

replŷ

ëarly

dêarly

nêarly

pëarly

underlîe *underly

cléverly

fãirly

bürly

vígorously

cf. Béntley: AmE evidéntly, BrE évidently

áptly

trûly

lôwly

slôwly

slŷly

drîly or drŷly

Âmy

astrónomy

gá- gastrónomy

autónomy

cf. epítomê: hysteréctomy

*énny any

*ménny many

zâny

prógeny

shîny

Plíny

cf. tin tínny: small tîny

whîny

Jénnie = Jénny

Kénny

Lénnie = Lénny

Pénny = pénny

Jóhnnie = Jóhnny

Dónny

fúnny

súnny

BrE o as schwa, AmE -môny

BrE *higémony (hard or soft g), AmE *héjəmôny (soft g) or *həgémony: hegemony

-nkr- sýnchrony

îrony

pôny

Tôny

misógyny

bŏy

jŏy

álloy

annŏy

tŏy

háppy AmE, when stressed syllable does not come immediately before it, -ãry or -éry, cf. -ery; BrE a as AmE or as schwa or silent; see also -ory: -ary

(but Cáry Grānt) Cãry

Gáry

chãry

-shəry judíciary

âviary

vocábulary

canãry

gránary

paper stâtionery = stop stâtionary

díctionary

see Spelling pronunciation: BrE *lîbry, *lîbəry, though some pronounce both rs; AmE lîbrãry

nécessary

líterary

suppleméntary

documéntary

nôtary

rôtary

vôtary

BrE *Jányəry, AmE *Jányûãry, Jánuary

see Spelling pronunciation: BrE *Fébry, *Fébyəry, AmE *Fébyûãry, though some pronounce both rs: Fébruary

vãry

wãry

crŷ

gímmickry rhymes with mímicry

drŷ

tåwdry

mostly e as schwa: can sound like -ry in BrE: -ery

cf. mídwîfe: midwífery

menágerie *menágery

físhery

fîery

bâkery

coòkery

sh- chicânery

stop stâtionary = paper stâtionery

conféctionery

míz- mísery

cürsory rhymes with nürsery

cémetery

quêry

véry

brâvery

recòvery

discòvery

quêry

frŷ

bélfry

ángry

húngry

mímicry rhymes with gímmickry

gŏry

glŏry

compúlsory

nürsery rhymes with cürsory

Tŏry

usually pronounced -trỳ in BrE, ŏ pronounced in AmE: -tory

oblígatory

óratory

AmE láboratŏry, BrE labóratory

satisfáctory

réctory

diréctory

trajéctory

dŏrmitory

stŏry

hístory

prŷ

Bárry

person Cárrie = fetch cárry

Hárry

márry

earth burỳ = fruit bérry

AmE -bérry, BrE -brêe bláckberry

blûeberry

AmE rázb-, BrE ràzb- rāspberry

stråwberry

lórry

sórry

AmE wörry, BrE wòrry

cúrry

fürry

húrry

trŷ

påltry

gántry

pántry

pléasantry

péasantry

éntry

géntry

séntry

bígotry

áncestry

véstry

sóphistry

ké- chémistry

fruit bérrỳ = earth bury

Âylesbury

*Sålzbry Sålisbury

Sâinsbury

Dûry

Drûry

céntury

lúxury

mostly = -cỳ -sỳ

-zêe êasy

-sêe grêasy

-zêe quêasy

like demócracy, thêócracy all -ssy idiosýncrasy

-sêe écstasy

-zêe chêesy

cf. noun próphecỳ -sêe: verb próphesŷ

-sêe héresy

demócracy and thêócracy rhyme with hypócrisy

léprosy

-sêe émbassy

-sêe fússy

dízzy rhymes with *bízzy busy

-sêe jéalousy

-zêe Sûzy = Sûsie = Sûzie = Sûsy

-rity entîrety

cíty

felícity

can be: -zíty electrícity

stupídity

reálity

cf. spécialty: speciálity

mentálity

relîabílity

câ- capabílity

flexibílity

facílity

masculínity

feminínity

cf. attörney: etërnity

celébrity

univërsity

iníquity

antíquity

relatívity

festívity

fêalty

cf. speciálity: spécialty

lŏyalty

rŏyalty

crûelty

silent h: hónesty

feîsty

thïrsty

Kïrsty

cf. boôty: *bûty beaûty

dûty

goodbye, cricket bŷe = preposition bŷ = money buŷ

Guŷ = guŷ

nâvy

wâvy

bévy

cf. lévêe, Lêvî: Lêvy

îvy

prívy

ánchovy

scürvy

sávvy

cívvy

skívvy

deŵy

wáxy

séxy

fóxy

Róxy

próxy

slêazy

dâzy

hâzy

lâzy

crâzy

whêezy

dízzy