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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]
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
downplây
overplây
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
-shəncy effíciency
cúrrency
constítuency
insôlvency
shâdy
lâdy
golf cáddie = tea cáddy
Dáddy
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
phôney
hòney
mòney
cf. etërnity: attörney
cart drây = nest, cart drèy
Jéffrêy
AmE all meanings stŏry = BrE floor stŏrey
ósprêy or ósprèy
Rámsay = Rámsey
-zy Jërsêy
ódyssey
cf. invèigh, final syllable rhymes: convèy
purvèy
Hàrvêy
íffy
jíffy
stúffy
vílify
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
wíki rhymes with trícky
stícky
Rócky = rócky
stócky
cf. jóckey: lúcky
plúcky
pôky
âbly
próbably
regréttably
*nóbbly, cf. nôbly: knóbbly
fêebly
vísibly
respónsibly
*dúmly dumb dúmbly
crumble crúmbly
búbbly
nôbly
doúbly
cf. bâsically, etc.: públicly
admíttedly
belîe, cf. relŷ: *bely
Cícely
nîcely
lîkely
as with 'whôlly, both ls pronounced: sôlely
relŷ
loôsely
définitely *definately
séparately
delíberately
complêtely
*définately définitely
*rúffly roúghly
prîmãrily
necessãrily
temporãrily
militãrily
momentãrily
drŷly or drîly
-z- êasily
quíckly
cf. állêy: állŷ
cf. públicly, which is an exception: económically
tópically
bâsically
mûsically
pedántically
neurótically
illêgally
víscerally
incidéntally
tôtally
mostly female Bíllie = either Bílly
two l’s pronounced: shrílly
sílly
minimal pair: vólley rhymes with fólly
sôlely rhymes with whôlly
two l’s pronounced: whôlly, coôlly, dúlly
fùlly
hôly
replŷ
ëarly
dêarly
nêarly
pëarly
underlîe *underly
nŏrtherly, soútherly, êasterly, wésterly
cléverly
fãirly
bürly
vígorously
*nîtely nîghtly
*rîtely rîghtly
*sprîtely sprîghtly
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
scrûtíny
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
bîndery
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
pürgatory
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
AmE cürry, BrE cúrry
cf. für: fürry
AmE hürry, BrE 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 fántasy
-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
dròwsy rhymes with lòusy
*jélləsêe jéalousy
-zêe Sûzy = Sûsie = Sûzie = Sûsy
pîety
sobrîety
improprîety
-rity entîrety
nîghtie rhymes with flîghty
*mîty mîghty
*almîty almîghty
*drāfty drāughty
*nåwty nåughty
*dòuty dòughty
cíty
tenácity
felícity
can be: -zíty electrícity
quíddity
stupídity
reálity
cf. spécialty: speciálity
mentálity
relîabílity
câ- capabílity
flexibílity
facílity
incredûlity
anonýmity
masculínity
feminínity
cf. attörney: etërnity
singulárity
celébrity
temérity
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
shôwy
wáxy
séxy
fóxy
Róxy
próxy
dâzy
slêazy
hâzy
lâzy
crâzy
whêezy
dízzy