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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

Gôa rhymes with Nôah

hurràh

Ûtàh

êach

blêach

pêach

impêach

rêach

AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge spínach

sand bêach = tree bêech

besêech

*ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch - téch

whích

-k Zûrich

cf. same sound in Åldwých -wích

and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge sándwich

*Woòlidge Woòlwich

*Brómmidge Brómwich

*Grénnidge Gréenwich

*Hárrídge Hárwich

*Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge - though some say -rích Nórwich

-wích Ípswich

-wích Drŏitwich

-wích Nántwich

squélch

Wales Wélsh = person Wélch

fílch

zílch

drénch

sténch

wénch

ínch

wínch

cónch

búnch

húnch

púnch

lýnch -ch

cf. easy sínch, ch sound; down, wash sínk = together sýnch

-dóck Mürdoch

smoôch

àrch

sëarch

làrch

-k pâtriàrch

BrE -ək mónarch

kítsch

pùtsch

bátch

cátch

hátch

nátch

ẁatch

étch

fétch

kétch

ítch

dítch

hítch

glítch

pítch

stítch

cf. Åldwých - what whích BrE = wizard wítch

twítch

bótch

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

no nây = horse nèigh

kill slây = ride slèigh

cf. convèy, purvèy - invèigh

how wây = heavy wèigh

greeting = 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

thôugh

-ôw fûrlôugh

*slòu - England Slòugh = swamp slòugh

*slúff skin sloúgh

frill, bird, fish, card rúff = tumble, approximate roúgh

*Brúff Bròugh

-û - throw threŵ = preposition throûgh

AmE = búrrow ground - BrE *búrrə bòrough

*Lúfbrə Loúghborough

*Scàrbrə Scàrborough

*Míddlzbrə Míddlesborough

BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw thòrough

-óff trôugh

-úff toúgh

-úff enoúgh

letter Ô = exclamation ôh

-f -ph

Rálph

oòmph

trîumph

lýmph

nýmph

mŏrph

glýph

AmE -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

réddish

chîldish

bánish

Dânish

Spánish

vánish

end fínish = Finland Fínnish

astónish

gàrnish

tàrnish

vàrnish

Cŏrnish

bürnish

fürnish

púnish

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 + unvoiced th - húndredth

shibbóleth

voiced th - wíth

héalth

stéalth

wéalth

plínth

nînth

bôth

dòth

lôth

slôth

ëarth

dëarth

heàrth

bïrth

gïrth

héncefŏrth

Fïrth of Fŏrth

gô fŏrth

nŏrth

wörth

4th fŏurth

sleûth

noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced mòuth

ou as schwa, th unvoiced -mouth

-məth Bŏurnemouth

-məth Pŏrtsmouth

-məth Plýmouth

trûth

síxth

voiced th - casual blîthe = persons Blŷthe = Blŷth

voiced th - persons Smŷthe = Smŷth

schwa: BrE er = AmE uh