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AmE *ërbs '''hërbs
AmE *ërbs '''hërbs
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


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


*áz ás

-rázz, as if two words: whereás

*ház hás

*Cánzus Kánsas

-såw Årkansås

*wóz ẁas

AmE *ërbs hërbs

acrobátics

-êá- theátrics

-x athlétics

-x gymnástics

-x logístics

Nétherlands

-dz fŏrwards

words from Greek, etc: -êez -ês

Ándês

antípodês

-dz côdes

Rêece, etc. = Rêes

grab sêize = see sêes

-íz édges

-íz lódges

-íz Hódges

*ínchíz inches

*chürchíz chürches

-z hew heŵs = person Hûghes

-îz lúllabîes

-íz râbíes

*síəríz sêríes

-íz AmE wörríes, BrE wòrríes

míracles

îcicles

-êez Périclês

tésticles

-êez Sóphoclês

Lós = lóss lose; -íz Lós Ángeles

distance mîles = person Mîles

minimal pair: cf. shékels: sháckles

-lz Chàrles

minimal pair: êasels rhymes with mêasles

-z Hërculês

-nz Bàrnes

Jóhn Mâynard Kèynes

Mílton Kêynes

*dúzz dòes

*gôze gôes

hêroes

*tôze tôes

-tôze potâtoes

plural of -sís in Greek-derived words (see English irregular nouns) -sês

parénthesês

cf. prîces *prîsíz: *crîsêez crîsês

*loôziz loses

glāsses

-zíz hòuses

-ssíz spòuses

Sócratês

-sks mósques

hêaves

leave, leaf lêaves

have-nots háves

shâves

wâves

thief thìêves

Îves

gíves

-k- àrchîves

plural noun lîves

singular verb líves

knife knîves

arrîves

môtíves

wife wîves

calf càlves

valve válves

elf élves

delve délves

shelf shélves

self sélves

one word, as with following: *òursélvz oursélves

*yŏrsélvz yoursélves

*dhəmsélvz themsélves

*wùlvz wolves

cf. dòves: drôves

hoof hoôves

scarf scàrves

*yéss yés

hoôves rhymes with roôfs

-gz dógs

parîahs

big sîze = sigh sîghs

-āffs lāughs

-óffs cóughs

-dhz: unvoiced -th becomes voiced -ths

-òudhz mòuths

-ûdhz yoûths

-ûdhz trûths

-íss unless noted -ís

*íz ís

*híz hís

plurals, no apostrophes, -íz: -ís

-íz Bangladéshis

-íz Bengålis

-íz Nepålis

-íz Isrâelis

-iz semifinals sémis

-əss pênis

-íz Sùnnis

-nŏy Íllinois

-kwà Iroquois

Párís

cf. críss-cróss: Chrís = Krís

(ǒ in AmE) Hórace and Mórris (= BrE Maurice) all rhyme with Bóris, Dóris and lóris

Hárris

térrace rhymes with Férris

rhyming with Hórace, BrE Maurice = Mórris

Nórris

thêsis

Greek-derived words in -sís, *síss, have -sês, *sêez, to mark their plurals (see English irregular nouns) sýnthesis

némesis

Îsis

crîsis

Dâvis

Mâvis

Trávis

Élvis

pélvis

áxis

léxis

*nóx Knóx = knócks

loòks

spoôks

àsks

désks

rísks

túsks

-z sélls

-z húms

sáns

léns

words from Greek: -óss -ós

*kâyós châos

insect lòuse = nation Làos

-dôz tornâdos

rhinóceros

-pss hélps

schnápps

úp and dòwn stãirs

dòwnstãirs

úpstãirs

heart cŏre = army cŏrps

-z stàrs

-z, no apostrophe: hërs

-z; lîars, trîers and buŷers rhyme with plîers

-z; bôres, BrE påuse, and påws rhyme with dŏors

mostly -íss -ess

*áxéss áccéss

góddéss

cãreless

ûseless

hápless

hélpless

t can be silent in lístless

t can be silent in réstless

méss

suffix forming nouns, e as í or schwa: -ness

Lóch Néss

goòdness

*Dúnjənéss Dungenéss

cf. clêan: cléanliness

clúmsiness

nāstiness

lîonéss

Sheernéss

shŷness

dréss

áctress

stréss

headmístress

cf. áccess *áxéss: asséss

silent u: guéss

kíss

míss

bóss

lóss

flóss

dróss

grôss

cúss

-tss cáts

Kêats

Yâtes = Yeâts

it is ít’s = of it íts

mostly -əss -us

-ss bús

súccubus

ábacus

fôcus

oôze rhymes with Híndûs

-kəss Bácchus

Sibèlius

Dêlius

Jûlius

both j-: cf. adjective ingênious: noun gênius

ignorâmus

hippopótamus

j- gênus

-yoôz ménûs

for adjectives = -us mostly for nouns: -əss –ous

cåucus rhymes with råucous

-dəss: only in the following five words -dous

treméndous

stûpendous

horréndous

jép- jéopardous

házardous

-jəss outrâgeous

-jəss gŏrgeous

simultâneous

pugnâcious

-êsh- spêcious

-ésh- précious

-ísh- vícious

uncónscious

relígious rhymes with sacrilegious

cf. noun gênius: adjective ingênious

pîous

censŏrious

kyù- cùrious

-ísh- fictítious

óbvious

prêvious

*ánkshus ánxious

jéalous

zéalous

màrvellous

ridículous

fâmous

ínfə- ínfamous

ánimus cf. ûnánimous

anónymous

epónymous

cf. vërtigo, hard g: g as j in vertíginous

glûtinous

glúttonous

scábrous

wòndrous

slānderous

thúnderous

mürderous

nûmerous

rígorous

vígorous

glámorous

hûmorous

pǒrous

vâporous

díz- disàstrous

mónstrous

can also be -terous: déxtrous and ámbidextrous

AmE súlfurous, BrE súlphurous

see -orous: no words end in -ourous

vácûous

disingénuous

fátûous

nërvous

*Bélla-Roôse Belarûs

cf. prósperous: phósphorus

rhêsus

cénsus

consénsus

sánctus

ríctus

-z jåws

irregular: *séz says

regular: *stâze stâys

-âze sîdeways

only in exceptional cases (such as the pop group The La's) used to form plurals; normally either a singular possessive or an abbreviation of ís: 's

w-, plural ònes = possessive òne’s

or *híz hê’s

or *shíz shê’s

chíldren’s

of it íts = it is ít’s

-íes = -ý's