English spellings/Catalogs/Retro Y
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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
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
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
cf. hypócrisy; ê: 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
shâdy
lâdy
trágedy
cómedy
përfidy
súbsidy
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 has voiced th, thîgh, unvoiced, but same vowel sound: 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
lîkely
two ls pronounced: sôlely
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
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
îrony
pôny
Tôny
misógyny
bŏy
jŏy
tŏy
álloy
annŏy
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
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
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
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
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
stupídity
reálity
cf. spécialty: speciálity
mentálity
relîabílity
câ- capabílity
flexibílity
facílity
cf. attörney: etërnity
celébrity
iníquity
antíquity
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
fóxy
slêazy
dâzy
hâzy
lâzy
crâzy
whêezy
dízzy