English spellings/Catalogs/Retro L
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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]
-cle = -cal
lógical
mýthical
puritánical
hystérical
histórical
theátrical
mûsical
práctical
scéptical
mýstical
nåutical
quízzical
fôcal
lôcal
vôcal
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 gôal
shôal
main, headteacher prínciple = basic, credo príncipal
quadriláteral
âmóral
immóral
wêasel *wêasal
-zəl apprâisal
cf. véssel: hássle rhymes with vással
ántênâtal
pôstnâtal
quality méttle = iron métal
*péttle pétal
AmE inståll: BrE instål
-zhəl cásual
-kchəl 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
môdal cf. módel
yôdel
êel
fêel
pêel
fálafel
air ãerial = person Ãriel
Mûriel
shékel
lôcal and vôcal rhyme with yokel
cf. përsonal: personnél
shrápnel
repél
compél
dispél
expél
appárel
scòundrel
cóckerel
bárrel
wâstrel
késtrel
mínstrel
cf. mêasles: êasel
wêasel
words in -éstle rhyme with véssel
mántle rhymes with 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
vèil
AmE fulfíll, BrE fulfíl
níl
fŏil
êvil
dévil
Brazíl
åll
båll
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
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
åwl
båwl
cråwl
all meanings bôwl
bird fòwl
hòwl
y as schwa: -yl
Síbyl
vînyl
Béryl
Chéryl