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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in E. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case E) 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]
final e is mostly silent; for words often italicised and ending in written -é see French words in English: e
from Latin, from Greek -αι (though in most cases AmE has only -ê) aê
(some Korean names also have -âe finally) *réggay réggâe
nébulaê
fŏrmulaê
anténnaê
nôvaê
scrîbe
descrîbe
medicine prescrîbe ≈ illegal proscrîbe
zé- xénophobe
lôbe
fâce
*préffis préface
*ménnis ménace
Ẁallis = Ẁallace
*Hórris, rhyming with words in -óris - Hórace
*térris térrace
îce
sácrifîce
órifíce BrE; AmE ǒrifíce
sürplíce
nîce
Véníce
cŏrníce
chŏice
vŏice
hóspíce
thrîce
caprìce
trîce
pôultíce
láttíce
BrE verb práctíse = noun, AmE verb práctíce
nôtíce
devîce
crévíce
véngeance
sometimes written as in French séance - sèànce
chānce
lānce
survèillance
vígilance
románce
perfŏrmance
noun = verb either stressed fînánce
híndrance
forbéarance
enter éntrance
beguile entrānce
cf. exístence - stānce
cf. exístence - resístance
AmE lîcense, cf. BrE and AmE suspénse - lîcence
*ákwêeyéssənss; cf. présence, -zənss - acquiéscence
câdence
décadence
transcéndence
subsîdence
évidence
próvidence
correspóndence
cf. dénse - fénce
AmE defénse - defénce
AmE offénse - offénce
hénce
scîence
-shənss cónscience
åudience
-âshence impâtience
cf. prevâil - prévalence
vîolence
përmanence
adhêrence
occúrrence
rêcúrrence
ábsence
présence
cómpetence
séntence
insístence
cf. stānce - exístence
ínfluence
mint mínts ≈ meat mínce
print prínts ≈ royal prínce
fìêrce
pìêrce
coërce
enfŏrce
-êí- reinfŏrce
divŏrce
verbs -ésce
-éss acquiésce
*côwaléss coalésce
-éss effervésce
BrE -dyoôss or -joôss, AmE doôss -dûce
redûce
indûce
verb prodûce
noun próduce
Jŏyce
fâde
shâde
jâde
glâde
woman mâid = make mâde
grenâde
sh-; AmE charâde, BrE charàde
parâde
concêde
intercêde
supersêde
stressed in verbs, unstressed in nouns, but always pronounced -îde
régicide
sûicide
cŷanide
derîde
asîde
besîde
*rizîde resîde
one word úpside
one word dòwnside
provîde
óxide
in some names -forde
íl- elûde
əl- allûde
lóngitude
látitude
áttitude
insect bêe
divorcêe
fêe
cóffee
banóffee
tóffee
Yánkee
glêe
detainêe
referêe
as a suffix meaning without, -frêe should be at least hyphenated, never a separate word: cãrefrêe and commítment-frêe
degrêe
pédigree
sêe
*lîcencêe licensêe
cf. députy - devotêe
payêe
-êe has main stress when in contrast to emplŏyer - emplŏyêe
gáffe
lîfe
*nîfe knîfe
wîfe
âge
mostly -íj -age
-íj cábbage
-íj bándage
*hémərij haémorrhage
*fôlìíj fôlìage
*cárríj cárriage
*márríj márriage
-àzh fûselage
-àzh cámouflage
-íj víllage
-àzh cóllage
-íj dámage
-íj mánage
-àzh bádinage
BrE *gáràj; *gáríj is regarded by many as uneducated; AmE *gəràzh gáràge
-íj áverage
person Béveridge = -íj drink béverage
-íj lêverage
-àzh míràge
-íj stŏrage
BrE *báràj, AmE *bəràzh bárràge
sâge
BrE *məssàj, AmE *məssàzh mássàge
-íj méssage
-àzh dréssàge
-íj ûsage
-àzh sábotàge
-íj cóttage
-íj wâstage
-íj hóstage
-íj lánguage
-íj sávage
bádge
édge
plédge
slédge
-íj knówledge
mídge
rídge
brídge
pórridge
dódge
stódge
fúdge
sácrilege
prívilege
cf. édge - allége
oblîge
-êezh prestìge
-íj véstíge
chânge
whínge
lòunge
scròunge
Dôge
bàrge
làrge
dïrge
fŏrge
ürge
scöurge
pürge
sürge
*âke âche
BrE *məstàsh, AmE *mústásh moustāche
-kê synécdochê
cf. trôphy, átrophy - catástrophê
apóstrophê
*dhə before consonants, *dhê before vowels: thê
cf. noun bréath, unvoiced th - verb brêathe
cf. noun wrêath, unvoiced th - verb wrêathe
cf. noun clóth - lôathe rhymes with clôthe
colour dŷe = death dîe
bïrdìê
Chàrly = Chàrlie
surname Wílley = Wílly = Wíllie
Cónnie
Lónnie
Rónnie
pîe
soft g - menágerìê
côterìê
cálorìê
éyrìê
bâke
câke
Jâke
cf. bláck, Bláck - Blâke
mâke
snâke
sâke
tâke
eat steâk = hold stâke
mistâke
lîke
chîldlîke
gódlîke
wårlîke
cátlîke
pîke
chôke
brôke
broòk rhymes with Ládbroke
broòk rhymes with Bólingbroke
evôke
provôke
wôke
rebûke
dûke
cf. noun, adjective fînal - noun finàlê
cf. adjective rátional - noun rationàle
cf. Âbel, Bâbel, 'lâbel, Mâbel - âble
impertürbable
applícable
dis- despícable
an e may be retained before -able to show either the pronunciation of the preceding consonant or the long sound of the preceding vowel -eable
-nsəble pronòunceable
-jəble mánageable
-jəble chângeable
-kəble unshâkable or unshâkeable
-ləble sâlable or sâleable
gâble
cf. lâbel - avâilable
unwínnable
ádmirable
desîrable
sâble
respónsible is English; French is "responsable"
advîsable
tâble
debâtable
insurmòuntable
stâble
cònstable
forgívable
dábble
rábble
cf. rébel - pébble
dríbble
cóbble
góbble
hóbble
nóbble
wóbble
Húbble
rúbble
stúbble
édible
tánj- tángible
fállible
térrible
hórrible
comprehénsible
apprehénsible
sénsible
"responsable" is French - respónsible
əxé- accéssible
colléctible
suscéptible
contémptible
irresístible
ámble
prê- preámble
gámble
rámble
scrámble
assémble
dissémble
*rizémble resémble
*onsómble ensemble
nímble
thímble
búmble
fúmble
húmble
júmble
múmble
rúmble
crúmble
grúmble
túmble
stúmble
nôble
doúble
AmE rûble = BrE roûble
troúble
pínnacle
bàrnacle
téntacle
óbstacle
*vêícle vêhicle
véntricle
pàrticle
*úngkəl úncle
càrbuncle
Chêadle
tréadle
crâdle
páddle
stráddle
ẁaddle
tẁaddle
medallion médal = interfere méddle
bicycle pédal = sell péddle
díddle
fíddle
míddle
píddle
ríddle
códdle
cúddle
fúddle
befúddle
húddle
múddle
cándle
dándle
hándle
spíndle
noôdle
poôdle
gïrdle
cürdle
hürdle
kerfúffle
trúffle
strúggle
invêigle
g sounded separately from ng: -ngle
ángle
bángle
dángle
spángle
wrángle
wángle
bürgle
bûgle
bîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl môbile
åutomobìle
fîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl frágile
Ánglophîle
mîle
símilê
*fáx-ímməly facsímilê
smîle
pîle
rîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl stérile
BrE -île, AmE -əl prayers míssal = war míssile
tîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl vólatile
mërcantîle
ínfantîle
BrE -île, AmE -əl hóstile
*gîle, hard g - guîle
revîle
táckle
héckle
fréckle
píckle
tíckle
cóckle
búckle
ánkle
tínkle
wrínkle
wínkle
food gríll = screen grílle
fire côal = person Côle
dôle
hôle
môle
ballot pôll = Poland Pôle = wood pôle
over, eat rôll = play rôle
partíciple
adjective, person príncipal = belief prínciple
discîple
sāmple
exāmple
dímple
símple
rúmple
crúmple
stêeple rhymes with pêople
nípple
rípple
típple
coúple
scrûple
vással and in AmE words in -āstle rhyme with hássle
-zle tòusle
person Súttle = obvious súbtle
chŏrtle
-səl -stle
cāstle
véssel rhymes with -éstle
néstle
tréstle
wréstle
whístle
grístle
Rússell rhymes with -ústle
bústle
hústle
rústle
líttle
cáttle
kéttle
gold métal = courage méttle
bóttle
súbtle rhymes with shúttle
-ûel rhymes with -ûle
módule
mûle
rûle
cápsule
dázzle
fízzle
cf. drível - drízzle
sízzle
púzzle
person Mêe = you mê
cf. âim - câme
gâme
lâme
sâme
frâme
tâme
extrême
dîme
*rèzhìme regìme
lîme
verse rhŷme = frost rîme
tîme
íncòme
òutcòme
dôme
hôme
gênome
Alaska Nôme = garden gnôme
sòme
-səm -some
troúblesome
hándsome
thrêesome
h- whôlesome
wínsome
cf. hysteréctomy - epítomê
*rizyûme resûme
*rézumây, written with French accents avoids confusion with resûme: résumé
*prizyûme presûme
-syû- consûme
-syû- assûme
frost rîme = verse rhŷme
fruit lîme = England Lŷme
énzŷme
bâne
persons Câin = Câine = stick câne
urbâne
Dâne
mêthane
cf. Joánne - Diáne
Jâne
lâne
cf. remâin - relevant germâne
scêne
obscêne
gángrêne
-ône colôgne
-îgn rhymes with -îne
person Germâine
mìgrâine
Ukrâine
*Mádlin or *Mádlən - Mádeleíne
refîne
confîne
éngíne
cf. hérôín drug, hérôíne hero - méscalíne
declîne
reclîne
mîne
vërmín rhymes with ërmíne
detërmíne
sërpentîne
türpentîne
intéstíne
K- Chrístìne
prístìne
magazìne
win wòn = number òne
cône
cf. Stône of Scone, *Scoôn - scóne
dòne
condône
góne
shóne
alône
anémonê
nòne
atône
stône
cf. Kíngston, both have o as schwa - Mâidstone
zône
ãirbŏrne
o as schwa in best Aus pronunciation: Mélbourne
Êastbŏurne
*dí-mâin demèsne
immûne
noun cómmune
verb commûne
= -ô, -ôw - -ôe
ôboe
dôe
fôe
-oô shoe
Jôe
rhyming with Zôê: *Klôwêe: Chlôê
-oô canoe
rôe
tôe
wôe
rhyming with Chlôê: Zôê
grâpe
grîpe
strîpe
wîpe
Penélopê
ántelôpe
or ón- énvelôpe
hŷpe
tŷpe
shãre
awãre
bewãre
prepãre
îronwãre
sóftwãre
-re as schwa: *âkər âcre
-re as schwa: -kər mássacre
ear hêar = this hêre
them théir = that thére
clothes wéãr = place whère
mêre
was wëre
sevêre
*ôker *AmE ôcher BrE ôchre
shîre
in England, schwa, -shə -shire
*Glóstersher Glóucestershire
*Léstersher Léicestershire
*Wùstersher Worcestershire
-shîre in Scotland – though non-Scots may not comply Âyrshîre
hîre
mîre
cf. fŏr - befŏre
to the fŏre
thérefore
(and, for some, toûr guide) rock tŏr = téar tŏre
bizàrre
AmE thêater BrE thêatre
length AmE mêter BrE mêtre
AmE cénter BrE céntre
AmE scépter BrE scéptre
cûre
cf. grándeûr - endûre
abjûre
-jər ínjure
-jər cònjure
përjure
lûre
-lyər fâilure
BrE əlyûə allûre
BrE Shåw = AmE sûre
-zhər -sure
pléasure
méasure
tréasure
léisure
clôsure
-sh- préssure
-sh- físsure
-chər -ture
matûre
nâture
státure
pāstûre
fûture
sûture
AmE maneûver BrE manoeûvre
wê’re
of you yŏur = days yŏre = you are yŏu’re
here thére = them théir = they thèy’re
chêese, slêaze and frêeze rhyme with êase
-ss lêase
êase rhymes with plea plêas = request plêase
-ss crêase
verb, noun -ss decrêase
verb, noun -ss incrêase
-z têase
âce rhymes with châse
confuse fâze = temporary phâse
-êez (no nationalities end in -ise); usually stressed but can become unstressed before a noun as in Jápanese: -êse
chêese
jöurnalêse
Nepalêse
Cóngolêse
Jápanêse
Chînêse
In all words apart from those specified below, -îse can be spelt -îze, for example críticize, and this is how -îse is pronounced in most verbs: -îse
críticîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: noun, verb éxercîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: mërchandîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: fránchîse
vërbalîse
rêalise
êqualîse
-êez valìse
fërtilîse
never spelt -ize because it is a noun and pronounced -íss: prémíse
never spelt -ize because pronounced -íss: noun, verb prómíse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: cómpromîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: surmîse
*pŏrpus pŏrpoise
*tŏrtus tŏrtoise
pronounced but never spelt -ize: despîse
glámorise
-êez reprìse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: comprîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: surprîse
presh- pressurîse
émphasîse
práctíce = BrE verb práctíse
áppetîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: ádvertîse
*éxpertêez expertìse
silent u; pronounced but never spelt -ize: disguîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: advîse
cf. noun devîce - -z verb devîse
pronounced but never spelt *wîze: wîse
pronounced but never spelt -wize: -wîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: lîkewîse
pronounced but never spelt -ize: clóckwîse
-ss, as also hénce, fénce: dénse
sénse
nónsense
cf. defénce, lîcence, offénce where AmE has -ense, all -ss: suspénse
cf. dôze -ss dôse
-z chôse
grandiôse
*loôze lose
noun, adjective -s, verb -z clôse
-z nôse
-z choôse
*lûce loôse
-z expôse
can have French accent: exposé *expôzây expôsè
-z rôse
ápse
lápse
noun rêlapse
verb relápse
collápse
trâipse
eclípse
cop cóps = wood cópse
hëarse
cf. revërse - rehëarse
tërse
vërse
avërse
ádverse
cf. rehëarse - revërse
gŏrse
voice hŏarse = animal hŏrse
wörse
cürse
nürse
bŏurse
vulgar cŏarse = run cŏurse
animal moôse = eat moûsse
t can be silent; or ê: tsétse
-z ûse
no! -z refûse
rubbish -ss réfuse
-z mûse
liquid oôze = River Oûse
-ss dòuse
noun -ss, verb -z hòuse
-ss lòuse
-ss mòuse
-ss spòuse
cf. -ss Ròuse = Ròwse persons: -z ròuse
cf. Drûze: -z rûse
-îze ánalyse
-îze páralyse
lure bâit = anger, breath bâte
debâte
rêbâte
-âte verb, -ət noun prédicate
índicâte
víndicâte
-ət certíficate
BrE -ət, AmE -âte - cándidate
fâte
hâte
lâte
-âte verb, -ət adjective artículate
régulâte
mâte
-ít or -ət clîmate
-âte verb, -ət adjective éstimate
guésstimate
person Spèight = rush spâte
séparate
-rət dísparate
-âte verb, -ət adjective delíberate
cf. ônerous - exónerâte
-rət désperate
émigrate
ímmigrate
-âte verb, -ət adjective eláborate
máj- mágistrâte
démonstrâte
rémonstrâte
-âte verb, -ət adjective precípitate
áctivâte
effête
complête
*sôshalîte sôcialîte
elìte
polîte
gráníte
fînîte
*définət définite
*ínfinət ínfinite
unîte
despîte
AmE réspíte, BrE réspîte
hýpocríte
AmE -or-; BrE fâvouríte
Trótskyîte
can be written 'Brontë' - Bróntê
ánecdote
ántidote
môte
nôte
vôte
fŏrtè
càste
hâste
châste
usually stressed -ét -étte
oô- oubliétte
serviétte
matress pállet = paint pálette
cf. hámlet - *ómlet ómelette
kitchenétte
tríbûte
cóntríbûte
dístríbûte
noun áttribûte
verb attríbute
*mínít time mínute
*mŷ-neŵt small minûte
repûte
compûte
cf. ínput - impûte
bŷte
nêophŷte
mostly silent -ue
not -que: bàrbecûe
not -que: Fŏrtescûe
âgûe
*lêag lêague
persons Hãig = Hâigh = city, person Hâgue
*plâig plâgue
*Pràg Pràgue
*sâygwây sèguè
-êeg noun íntrigue
-êeg verb intrìgue
-êeg fatìgue
*meráng meringue
*túng tòngue
-góg: all these words may, and in most cases must lose the final -ue in American English -gógue
-óg sýnagogue
-óg dîalogue
àrgûe
blow bleŵ = colour blûe
clûe
influenza flû = chimney flûe
glûe
cf. síneŵ - ávenûe
révenûe
final que is -k: many words end like this, but not bàrbecûe - que
-àk pláque
-âik opâque
*Môzám-bêek Mozambìque
cf. reálpolitìk - critìque
-ésk burlésque
-ésk Pinterésque
-ésk picturésque
-ósk mósque
cf. brísk -oòsk brùsque
Susan Sûe = law sûe
*insyû ensûe
-syû pursûe
*íshû íssue
*tíshû tíssue
câve
Dâve
gâve
háve
cónclâve
pâve
râve
crâve
serious, dead grâve
accent gràve
sw- suàve
êve
slêeve
belìêve
relìêve
grìêve
síeve
sémibrêve
côërcíve
dîve
éndíve
recêive
concêive
fîve
cf. jîve dance - hard g in take gíve
hîve
líve
alîve
derîve
arrîve
contrîve
persuâsíve
adhêsíve
defénsíve
offénsíve
crêâtíve
tålkatíve
nâtive
words which have secondary stressed AmE -âtive, two syllables after the main stress: AmE imáginâtive, BrE a as schwa: imáginatíve
objéctíve
ádjectíve
invéctíve
sénsitíve
repétitíve
môtíve
revîve
abòve
bird dòve
(BrE is regular dîved) AmE dive dôve
England Hôve = heave hôve
shòve
lòve
glòve
*moôve move
groôve
rôve
grôve
stôve
trôve
strôve
nërve
sërve
*prizërv presërve
Î’ve
wê’ve
yoû’ve
thèy’ve
Zimbàbwè
me yoû = sheep eŵe
Lërner and Lôewe
Lilóngwè
AmE áx - BrE áxe
yê
me Î = sight eŷe
pig, eye stŷ = eye stŷe
plêase and frêeze rhyme with slêaze
period phâse = confuse fâze
gâze
ádze
free frêes = cold frêeze
trapêze
most words in -îse can also be spelt -îze; all exceptions are listed under -îse: -îze
never -ise sêize
apart prîse = present prîze
never -ise sîze
dôze
búlldoze
Drûze
both pronounced -îze BrE ánalŷse, AmE ánalŷze
both pronounced -îze BrE páralŷse, AmE páralŷze