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


glêam

rêam

drêam

appear sêem = thread, coal sêam

stêam

scrêam

drêam

strêam

hám

BrE h silent, a as schwa, -əm; AmE -hám

h silent, g not sounded separately Búckingham

h silent, g not sounded separately Bïrmingham

-nəm Twíckenham

-nəm Chéltenham

*Tótnəm Tóttenham

*Méppəm Méopham

-səm Tópsham

-təm Stréatham

-təm Chátham

-təm Éltham

-təm Wåltham

unvoiced th sound Bôtham

unvoiced th sound Gótham

*Rûtəm Wrotham

Wést Hám

hard G: Gílliam

Quílliam

Wílliam

môdém

dêem

group têam = pour têem

hém

ahém

Béthlehém

sounding like -um thêorem

stém

-ám dîaphragm

.*flém phlégm

-îm páradigm

rhýthm

âim

mâim

dím

dénim rhymes with Blénheim

whím

Kím

skím

dénim

mínim

BrE and AmE -àm bàlm

BrE and AmE -àm càlm

BrE and AmE -àm quàlm

tálcum rhymes with *Málcum Málcolm

dwell hôme = oak, islet hôlm

frêedom

bŏredom

kíngdom

slàlom

Tóm

árm

fàrm

hàrm

cf. wörm, wårn - wårm

pák- páchydërm

j- gërm

spërm

tërm

fïrm

fŏrm

cûneifŏrm rhymes with ûnifŏrm

nŏrm

cf. heat wårm - animal wörm

ŏrgasm

*kázəm chásm

-zəm spásm

-ízəm; never stressed -ísm

âthêísm

Bùddhism

existéntialism

shôv- chauvinism

térrorism

mîcrocosm

tálcum

memorándum

referéndum

glúm

húm

válium

thállium

gerânium

aquãrium

delírium

drúm

húmdrúm

conúndrum

gymnâsium

fŏrum

-kyûm - vácûum

-ûəm contínûum

gým

name -ným

syû- pseûdonym

démonym

hómonym

sýnonym

ántonym

Î’m