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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in H. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case H) 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]
silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -h
can be several à’s: àh
mostly schwa -ah
Jéddah
cf. Marìa: Marîah
parîah
blàh
ayatóllah
Beûlah
Gôa rhymes with Nôah
hurràh
Ûtàh
Jehôvah
-tch unless otherwise indicated below: -ch
êach
blêach
pêach
impêach
rêach
AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge spínach
sand bêach = tree bêech
besêech
*ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch: téch
-tch whích
-k Zûrich
-tch, cf. same sound in Åldwých: -wích
and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge sándwich
*Woòlidge Woòlwich
*Dúllidge Dúlwich
*Brómmidge Brómwich
*Grénnidge Gréenwich
*Hárrídge Hárwich
*Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge: Nórwich
-wítch Ípswich
-wítch Drŏitwich
-wítch Nántwich
squélch
Wales Wélsh = person Wélch
fílch
zílch
drénch
sténch
wénch
ínch
wínch
cónch
búnch
húnch
púnch
lýnch
cf. easy sínch, ch sound; down, wash sínk = together sýnch
-dóck Mürdoch
smoôch
àrch
sëarch
làrch
Màrch = màrch
-k pâtriàrch
BrE -ək mónarch
stàrch
kítsch
pùtsch
bátch
cátch
hátch
nátch
ẁatch
étch
fétch
kétch
skétch
rétch
ítch
dítch
hítch
glítch
pítch
stítch
cf. Åldwých: what whích BrE = wizard wítch
twítch
bótch
nótch
hótchpotch
Dútch
múch
-k eûnuch
còuch
gròuch
toúch
vòuch
súch
cf. place names in -wích: Åldwých
-d: Rìyadh
ð éth or édh
*ây èh
mostly silent -gh
*Clôdə Clôdagh
*Ômə Ômagh
no nây = horse nèigh
kill slây = ride slèigh
cf. convèy, purvèy: invèigh
how wây = heavy wèigh
greeting hî = up hîgh
cf. voiced th in thŷ, vowel sound identical: unvoiced th in thîgh
person Nŷe = near nîgh
*sŷe sîgh
*Éddinbrə Édinburgh
*Frâzerbrə Frâserburgh
*Pítsbürg Píttsburgh
BrE *làf AmE *láf lāugh
-òw bòugh
-ô thôugh
AmE also plòw = BrE plòugh
-ôw fûrlôugh
*slòu: England Slòugh = swamp slòugh
*slúff skin sloúgh
frill, bird, fish, card rúff = tumble, approximate roúgh
*Brúff Bròugh
cf. Kentucky Míddlesborough or -boro; *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough
-û: throw threŵ = preposition throûgh
AmE = búrrow ground, BrE *búrrə bòrough
*Lúfbrə Loúghborough
*Scàrbrə Scàrborough
cf. *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough; Kentucky (or -boro) Míddlesborough
BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw thòrough
-óff trôugh
-úff toúgh
-úff enoúgh
letter Ô = exclamation ôh
-f -ph
épitaph
Rálph
oòmph
trîumph
lýmph
nýmph
mŏrph
glýph
AmE pronounced -r, BrE silent -rrh
catàrrh
mÿrrh
ásh
básh
cásh
dásh
gásh
hásh
flásh
slásh
smásh
rásh
crásh
thrásh
stásh
qùash
ẁash
Bangladésh
mésh
frésh
thrésh
dísh
réddish
chîldish
Cávendish
Bêamish
squêamish
Hâmish
bánish
Dânish
Spánish
vánish
end fínish = Finland Fínnish
astónish
gàrnish
tàrnish
vàrnish
Cŏrnish
bürnish
fürnish
púnish
fóppish
fétish
-gwísh ánguish
pêevish
wísh
fíftyish
person Wålsh
-sh: person Wélch = Wales Wélsh
cósh
dósh
nósh
whoòsh
pósh
tósh
bùsh
lúsh
blúsh
flúsh
plúsh
pùsh
rúsh
thrúsh
mostly unvoiced -th
déath
hêath
bréath
wrêath
ôath
pāth
-drət-th húndredth
-zənth thòusandth
Elísabeth
Elízabeth
-ìəth twéntìeth
shibbóleth
Názareth
fífth
twélfth
*âyt-th èighth
-êath Kêith
blácksmith
lócksmith
zénith
voiced th: wíth
héalth
stéalth
wéalth
thirtêenth
ténth
eléventh
séventh
plínth
nînth
bôth
dòth
lôth
slôth
ëarth
dëarth
heàrth
bïrth
fïrth
gïrth
mïrth
héncefŏrth
Fïrth of Fŏrth
gô fŏrth
nŏrth
wörth
4th fŏurth
sleûth
cf. verbs in -the: noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced: mòuth
ou as schwa, th unvoiced -mouth
-məth Bŏurnemouth
-məth Pŏrtsmouth
-məth Plýmouth
Rûth
trûth
streŵth
síxth
voiced th: casual blîthe = persons Blŷthe = Blŷth
voiced th: persons Smŷthe = Smŷth
Aberýstwyth
schwa: BrE er = AmE uh