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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]


lógical

mýthical

puritánical

histórical

hystérical

thê- 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

concêal

repêal

squêal

vêal

revêal

lêgal

illêgal

rêgal

Bengål

*commërshal commërcial

denîal

mênial

*pàrshal pàrtial

ânal

AmE bânal, BrE banàl

canál

phenómenal

diágonal

hexágonal

-shənəl -tional

nátional

rátional

nôtional

hôle rhymes with gôal

shôal

cf. main, headteacher prínciple - basic, credo príncipal

quadriláteral

âmóral

immóral

-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 - *medêvəl or medìêval

*Mŷcle Mîchael

Ráphâél

a common mistake is to write 'Isreal' - Ísrâel

= capable âble, cf. tâble, stâble - person Âbel

cf. bábble - Bâbel

lâbel

Mâbel

noun rébel

verb rebél

excél

módel

yôdel

êel

fêel

pêel

fálafel

air ãerial = person Ãriel

Mûriel

shékel

cf. lôcal, vôcal - yokel

cf. përsonal - personnél

repél

compél

dispél

expél

appárel

scòundrel

cóckerel

bárrel

wâstrel

késtrel

mínstrel

cf. mêasles - êasel

wêasel

words in -éstle rhyme with véssel

- hotél

cf. módel - - 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

bòwel

tròwel

tòwel

vòwel

píxel

TÉFL

fâil

avâil

prevâil

vèil

AmE fulfíll, BrE fulfíl

níl

fŏil

êvil

dévil

Brazíl

åll

båll

cåll

fåll

tåll

wåll

béll

déll

féll

héll

nútshell

péll-méll

O'Cónnell

O'Dónnell

Terréll

Burréll

séll

téll

quéll

wéll

fíll

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 - Síbyl

y as schwa - Béryl