English spellings/Catalogs/Retro N

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list
Common misspellings

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

Cáliban

Tálebán or, more commonly, Tálibán

ürban

türban

cán

Gŏrdon rhymes with Jŏrdan

-tion crustâcean

lôtion rhymes with ôcean

dêan

clêan

mêan

-ìən epicûrêan

fán

Ìan

-íshən -ícian

technícian

patrícian

*Óstrâlìən in rapid speech ends like míllion etc., -lyən: Austrâlian

-íshən abstract -ítion = person -ícian

magícian

logícian

patrícian

politícian

mathematícian

reptílian

civílian

Brazílian

Gíllian

nonagenãrian

quinquagenãrian

septuagenãrian

sexagenãrian

octogenãrian

lîbrãrian

sectãrian

vegetãrian

libertãrian

histŏrian

from -sia + n, = -sion, mostly -zh- -sian

-zh- Âsian

-zh- Caucâsian

-zh- Frêsian

Artêsian

Cartêsian

AmE -izh-, BrE -ízì- Parísian

-shən = -tion -tian

Dalmâtian

nâtion rhymes with Crôâtian

Alsâtian

Títian

-bîzh- Azerbaijàn

mán

*Îləv-Mán Îsle of Mán

mostly -mən -man

pâcemán

polìceman

hénchman

Omàn

Sûpermán

gásmán

ómbùdsman

Cóngressman

bátman

Bátmán

táxmán

Nŷman

-ən Kôfi Ànnan

môan

alone lône = lend lôan

grôan

god Pán = food pán

tán

Tîtan

Spàrtan

tàrtan

can be stressed in any word depending on speaker; below are probably the most common pronunciations: -stān

Pakistàn

Uzbékistan

Tajíkistan

Afghánistan

Wazíristan

Manháttan

ván

ẁan

Tŷ- Taiwàn

ón = French en

N én

dén

-dən -den

wîden

cf. Lòndon, both -dən: Cámden

Hámpden

Màrsden

Shêen = shêen

splêen

cf. gángrêne: grêen

sêen

fén

hén

dh- thén

léngthen

stréngthen

âlien

tâken

wêaken

brôken

tôken

wôken

dàrken

heàrken

woòllen

póllen

swôllen

mén

-mən in most words -men

Yémen

spŏrtsmen

spécimen

chíldren

bréthren

wörsen

léssen

delicatéssen

bêaten

*sóffən sóften

*fāssən fāsten

*hâyssən hâsten

*líssən lísten

*glíssən glísten

bird bíttërn ≈ bite bítten

íll-gótten

héaven

hâven

êven

eléven

séven

gíven

ríven

shríven

òven

còven

or prû- prôven

wôven

Ôwen

óxen

yén

Zén

-n -gn

campâign

vèin rhymes with dèign

would fâin = pretend fèign

wet râin = monarch rèign

*sóvrin sóvereign

-lîne malîgn

-nîne benîgn

mathematics sîne = signal sîgn

-zîne desîgn

-zîne resîgn

-sîne énsîgn

-pyûne impûgn

Jóhn

Kôhn

pub ínn = out ín

Câin

disdâin

gâin

*əgén; some regularise it to agâin: again

slâin

explâin

mâin

cf. germâne' relevant = Germâine person': remâin

brâin

Bahrâin

trâin

retâin

person Brítten = native Bríton = country Brítain

-tín cáptain

Scriábín

Dóbbin

person Róbin = bird róbin

Tôbin

dín

Bórodín

skèin

prôtêin

Elmer Bërnstêin

Leonard Bërnsteîn

thín

adrénalíne or adrénalín

Stàlín

kâolin

violín

Berlín

Mërlin

Lénín

detërmine rhymes with vërmin

pín

sín

-ss- bâsin

-z- résin

tín

Pûtín

Gávín

Kévín

Álvin

-m -mn

water dám = condemn dámn

condémn

sólemn

cólumn

åutumn

man hím = church hýmn

out ín = pub ínn

ón

mostly schwa, as are Cámden, Màrsden, Hámpden, Hámpton: -on

càrbon

university, clothing dón

Héndon

Lòndon

mástodón

cŏrdon

cf. gàrden – Gŏrdon

curmúdgeon

pígeon

-njən dúngeon

-jən sürgeon

-jən stürgeon

-nchən trúncheon

bandôneon

Lêón

*kəmêlêən; AmE -mê-; in fast speech -lyən, like míllion, Austrâlian: chamaêlêon

Napôleon

nêón

péntagon

bándwagon

àrgón

BrE *pólygən, AmE pólygón

îón

-yən -ion

most words spelt thus in Spanish are -tion in English -cion

-sh- suspícion

Asunción

-sh- côërcion

rêgion

lêgion

relígion

fáshion

cf. percússion, also -sh-: cùshion

vermílion

gálleon rhymes with stállion

bíllion

míllion

tríllion

búllion

ònion

ûnion

Orîon

centûrion

-zhən after vowels; -shən after consonants, including after another s and, in BrE, after another r: -sion

lêsion

vísion

télevision

revísion

scánsion

expánsion

-énshən -éntion = -énsion

comprehénsion

pénsion

suspénsion

ténsion

preténsion

exténsion

-shən in BrE, -zhən in AmE -rsion

avërsion

dîvërsion

convërsion

excürsion

dîgréssion

séssion

míssion

ím- emíssion

əm- omíssion

-sh- percússion

fûsion

delûsion

illûsion

intrûsion

mostly -shən –tion

inundâtion

foundâtion

creâtion

renunciâtion

pronunciâtion

installátion

constellátion

confirmâtion

formâtion

nâtion

rátion

vî- vibrâtion

mî- migrâtion

abberâtion

orâtion

elaborâtion

collaborâtion

-kshən -ction

áction

afféction

conféction

BrE can be -éxion: refléction

colléction

BrE can be -éxion: connéction

eréction

diréction

contradíction

*sángktchən sánction

*úngktchən únction

*fúngktchən fúnction

*júngktchən júnction

*cəmpúngkshən compúnction

complêtion

discrétion

ignítion

definítion

preposítion

proposítion

opposítion

competítion

frûítion

-énshən -éntion = -énsion

méntion

deténtion

inténtion

atténtion

prevéntion

excéption

óption

absŏrption

erúption

abŏrtion

contŏrtion

contribûtion

distribûtion

pollûtion

solûtion

ré- resolûtion

BrE ê-, AmE ê- evolûtion

ré- revolûtion

-éxion is, except for compléxion, BrE only: other words end in -éction: éxion

so AmE, BrE refléction = BrE only refléxion

cf. conféction: *compléction compléxion

cf. convíction: crucifíxion

Yûkón

nŷlón

dêmon

lémon

Sólomon

Lébanon

cánnon

Shánnon

Lénnon

moôn

buffoôn

balloôn

lampoôn

harpoôn

cf. càrton: cartoôn

upón

person Bárron = lord báron

person Sháron

person AmE Sharôn, BrE Sharón

sáffron

eléctrón

neûtrón

sh- chévrón

boy sòn

bîson

pŏison

príson

Ánderson

Hénderson

Áshton

Élton

Lýttelton

prôtón

Clápton

Hámpton

Úpton

càrton

Nŏrton

east êastern BrE = person Êaston

west wéstern BrE = person Wéston

cf. Féatherstone, etc. Ålston

Màrston

Rŏyston

bútton

mútton

Sútton

wòn

cf. Jáckson, Híckson, etc. Díxon

Níxon

Ríxon

Éxxón

bàrn

dàrn

ëarn

lëarn

cf. wårm, wörm: wear wŏrn = person Wårne = warning wårn

yàrn

direction türn = bird tërn

lántern

stërn

astërn

persons Pátten = Pátton = BrE arrange páttern

bŏrn

cŏrn

cf. wriggly wörm - warning wårn = wear wŏrn

ürn

bürn

chürn

round türn

do dòne = colour dún

fún

gún

nòun

shine sún

Whítsun

dåwn

påwn

spåwn

pråwn

heŵn

*sône seed sewn

gòwn

blôwn

môwn

renòwn

*nôan knôwn

bròwn

cròwn

grôwn

tòwn