English spellings/Catalogs/Retro L

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list
Common misspellings

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

lógical

mýthical

puritánical

hystérical

histórical

theátrical

mûsical

práctical

scéptical

mýstical

nåutical

quízzical

fôcal

lôcal

vôcal

rāscal

interfere méddle = coin médal

sell péddle = bicycle pédal

rhyming with cándle, hándle: scándal

rhyming with above sándal

módel cf. môdal

concêal

repêal

sidêreal

ethêreal

squêal

vêal

revêal

lêgal

illêgal

rêgal

Bengål

*commërshal commërcial

denîal

mênial

matêrial

*cóntrovërshal controvërsial

persons Màrshall = Màrshal = officer màrshal = poet Màrtial = war màrtial

*pàrshal pàrtial

ânal

AmE bânal, BrE banàl

canál

phenómenal

oríginal

diágonal

hexágonal

rêgional

-zhənəl -sional

-shənəl -ssional and -tional

nátional

rátional

nôtional

hôle rhymes with côal

fôal

gôal

shôal

main, headteacher prínciple = basic, credo príncipal

quadriláteral

âmóral

immóral

neûtral

rûral

wêasel *wêasal

-zəl apprâisal

cf. véssel: hássle rhymes with vással

ántênâtal

pôstnâtal

quality méttle = iron métal

*péttle pétal

AmE inståll, BrE instål

(cf. -shəl -cial) -zh(u)əl -sual

cásual

vísual

ûsual

-ch(u)əl -tual

ákch- áctual

evéntual

belly-button nâvel = ship nâval

cf. êvil: *medì-yêvəl or *medêvəl mediêval

*Mŷcle Mîchael

Ráphâél

a common mistake is to write 'Isreal': Ísrâel

cf. tâble, stâble: capable âble = person Âbel

cf. bábble: Bâbel

tâble rhymes with lâbel

Mâbel

noun rébel

verb rebél

excél

move sîdle = beer seîdel

môdal cf. módel

yôdel

êel

fêel

pêel

gentêel

fálafel

air ãerial = person Ãriel

Mûriel

shékel

lôcal and vôcal rhyme with yokel

pánel rhymes with flánnel

cf. përsonal: personnél

shrápnel

repél

compél

dispél

expél

appárel

scòundrel

cóckerel

bárrel

wâstrel

késtrel

mínstrel

-zəl -sel

cf. mêasles: êasel

wêasel rhymes with diêsel

words in -éstle rhyme with véssel

mántle or, more commonly, mántel

líntel

hô- hotél

cf. módel: mô- motél

cartél

-ûle rhymes with -ûel

two dûal = fight dûel

fûel

crûel

grûel

navy nâval = stomach nâvel

Ravél

unrável

trável

cf. drízzle: drível

swível

hóvel

shòvel

nóvel

gróvel

bòwel

tròwel

tòwel

vòwel

píxel

TÉFL

fâil

tâil

dòvetâil

cócktâil

pônytâil

avâil

prevâil

péncil

sténcil

vèil

AmE fulfíll, BrE fulfíl

níl

fŏil

léntil

êvil

dévil

wêevil

Brazíl

rhyming with words ending in -åwl: -åll

tool åwl = total åll

cry båwl = round båll

hándball

pínball

bàsketball

foòtball

cåll

fåll

thråll

tåll

ståll

foreståll

wåll

béll

déll

féll

héll

nútshell

péll-méll

O'Cónnell

O'Dónnell

Terréll

Burréll

séll

téll

quéll

wéll

fíll

híll

t and h sounded separately: -thíll

ánthill

foòthill

píll

tíll

quíll

dóll

cf. parrot póll, elect pôll

part rôle = along rôll

drôll

strôll

tôll

bùll

cúll

dúll

but the suffix is -fùl: fùll

city Húll = boat húll

lúll

island Múll = over múll

and void núll

anúll

pùll

hê’ll

shê’ll

wê’ll

Î’ll

ít’ll

yoû’ll or yoù’ll or yŏu’ll

thèy’ll

prôtocol

álcohol

coôl

foôl

*skoôl schoôl

poôl

spoôl

rûle rhymes with droôl

toôl

woòl

AmE enróll, BrE enrôl

patrôl

pétrol

cf. rôll: contrôl

párasól

-təl pístol

gïrl

whïrl

twïrl

whŏrl

fürl

Gåul

måul

Påul

Såul cáterwåul

cf. word fùll suffix -fùl

hôpeful

cãreful

beaûtiful

dûtiful

noun spoônful

wònderful

stréssful

àrtful

jŏyful

bird fòwl = bad fòul

ghoûl

only sôle = Korea Seôul = spirit sôul

rhyming with words ending in -åll: -åwl

total åll = tool åwl

round båll = cry båwl

cråwl

scråwl

dråwl

all meanings bôwl

bird fòwl

hòwl

y as schwa: -yl

Síbyl

vînyl

Béryl

Chéryl