English spellings/Catalogs/R
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R
R = àre be
rábbî
raccoôn or racoôn
râcehorse one word
râcism *râyssizm, cf. fáscism *fáshizm
ráck frame, stretch = wráck pain
rácket corruption, noise = rácquet sport
râdàr
râdìî
râdius
râid
râin water = rèign monarch = rèin horse = Râyne person
râiny rain = Râney person
râise up = râze ground
râisin -zən
râison d’étre may have French accent: raison d´être
Ráleigh person = rálly meeting, though officially Sir Wålter Råleigh sounds like Råwley
Rálph mostly, but some are Râlph, *Râfe
rámpâge noun
rampâge verb
Rámsey Isle of Man = Rámsay MacDonald
ráncour *rángkə BrE; AmE ráncor *rángkər
Rangoôn *Ráng-gûne
ránkle cf. wrínkle
ránsom money = Ránsome person
rappróchement *rápróshmón
rápt entranced = wrápped parcel
rárebit Welsh
rāspberry -spb- or -zb-
Rastafãrian
râtio *râyshôw
rátion -sh-
rátional -sh-
rationâle -sh-
ráttlesnake one word
råucous rhymes with cåucus
Råwalpíndi
rây light = Rây = Râe = Wrây persons
râzor rhymes with lâser
rê concerning = rê- again prefix - in more common words, rê- sounds like rí-: compare revêal (rí-) and rêdêal
rêad writing = rêed plant = Rêed = Rêid = Rêad persons
réad past, past participle = réd colour; cf. lêad present, léd past, past participle
Réading England = Rédding person, cf. rêading read
Reâgan Ronald cf. Rêgan Lear, Mégan
reáct - rê-
rêal genuine = rêel rotate
Reál Madríd *Rèy-ál Mədríd
reálpolitìk
rêalty
rêálity
réalm
rêam
rébel noun *rébble, cf. pébble
rebél verb
réccê *récky
recêde back *rísêed ≈ resêed plant, rê-
recêipt money -cêet, cf. concêit, decêit
recêive
rêcent lately cf. resént disapprove *rizént
rêcess
récipê food
recíprocal
réckon
récognise - g can be silent
recónnaíssance *recónissənss
récrêâtion fun, sport
rê-crêâtion forensics
recrûit redundant i
recür
recürred, recúrrence, recúrrent, recúrring - rr
réd colour = réad book
rédolent
rêed water = rêad book = Rêed = Rêad = Rêid persons
rêek smell = wrêak havoc
rêel round = rêal genuine
rê-énergise - rê- hyphenated before é
rê-éntry - rê- hyphenated before é
Rêes = Rhỳs = Rêece = Rêese
refër
réference
refléct
refléction in BrE can be refléxion
rêflex
refŏrm
refûse no! -z
réfuse rubbish -ss
Rég *Rédge, rhyming with hédge
Rêgan Lear cf. Reâgan Ronald, Mégan
regìme *râizhìme
régister
rehëarse
Rêid person = rêad write = rêed water = Rêed person
rèign monarch = râin wet = rèin horse
rêígnîte
rêímbürse
rêínfŏrce cf. enfŏrce
rêíterate - not -tt-
rêjéct noun
rejéct verb
rejûvenate
relêase cf. rêalîse
rélevant
relìêf
relìêve
rêlíve
relŷ
Rémbrandt
remémber
remémbrance
reminíscent -ssənt
Rénault ™ *Rénô
rendezvous *róndâyvoô
Renèe = Renây
Rênêe from Îrênê
renège or renègue *rənâyg
Rêno
renòunce
renunciâtion -nún-
repéllent
rêpercússions
repétitive
rêplay noun
replây verb
replŷ
represént
represéntative
reprîsal
reprìse
repúblic
réputable
repûte
resëarch BrE; AmE rêsëarch
resémble *rizémble
resént *rizént dislike cf. rê-sént re-send, rêcent lately
réservoir *rézə(r)vwàr
rêshuffle noun
reshúffle verb
resîgn leave *rizîne, cf. rê-sîgn again *rê-sîne
resignâtion - g sounded
resíst -zí-
resístance -zí-
resôlve *rízólve
resŏurce BrE; AmE rêsource
réspiratory or respíratory
réspîte BrE; AmE réspíte
respónsible *respónsable (which is the French spelling)
réstaurant *réstrónt
resúlt *rizúlt
resûme again *ríz-yoôm
résumè CV - may be written résumé or resumé to distinguish it from resûme
resurréction réz-
resúscitate
retàrd verb
rêtard person
rétch vomit = wrétch poor
rethínk
rétina
reveillê *reválly
rével cf. revêal
revêre
réverence
revieŵ re-examine, newspaper = revûe show
revísit
revôke cf. irrévocable
rewård
Rèykjavik *Râykyavik or Rék-
Réynolds
rhápsody -ədy
rhêa bird = Rhêa Saturn
rhétoric
rhetórical
Rhôde Island = rôad street = rôwed boat
rhodedéndron rô-
rhŷme
rhýthm *rídhəm
rhýthmic *rídhmic
ríbald *ríbbled, *ríbəld
ríbbon -bən
Ríchard BrE *Ríchə(r)d
rídicule
ridículous *ridíkyələss
rîght side, correct = wrîte read = rîte ritual = wrîght artesan = Wrîght person
Rîley = Reîlly
rîme frost; also rare alternative, more regular, spelling of rhŷme
ríng round, noise = wríng neck
rísquè can have French accent: risqué *rískè
rîte ritual = wrîte read = rîght side, correct = wrîght artesan
ríven
ríver
Rìyadh - the only word with dh as the voiced sound of th in thís, and the only word with iy
rôad street = rôde ride
rôam wander = Rôme city
rób steal = Rób Robert
róbber
róbbery
róbin bird = Róbin = Róbyn persons
rôe fish = rôw line, in a, cf. ròw argue
Rôland cf. Rónald
rôle model rôle = rôll bread, rolling, call
Rôman
România
roôfs roof *roôves, cf. hoôves hoof
roôm
Rôosevelt - first syllable rhymes with rôse
roôt plant = BrE roûte journey
rôse flower, rise = rôws boat, line
rôsè can have French accent: rosé wine
rôse-tínted
rôte learning = wrôte write
rótten
roûè can have French accent: roué
roúgh violent = rúff cards, neck, bird, fish
ròughage *rúffage, *rúffij
ròund
ròut victory
roûte journey BrE = roôt plant; AmE ròute = ròut victory. Thus in BrE ròuting and roûting are homographs with different pronunciations
rôw boat, line = rôe fish
ròw argument
rúbble wreck cf. AmE rûble BrE roûble money
rûbric
rúcksack
Ruîslip *Rŷslip
rúmpus
rúnaway person cf. rún awây action
rúng ladder, ring = wrúng wring
Rûpert
rústle noise = Rússell person
Rŵánda Ruá-