English spellings/Catalogs/Retro U

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


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


*táblô tábleau

*byoôrô bûreau

trûe sô = troûsseau

*pláttô pláteau

Nássåu

silent u in Guinea; rhyming with hòw: Guínea Bíssàù

chimney flûe = illness flû

*êemyoô êmû

*noô, although perhaps more famous as 'gənû' in the Flanders and Swann song: gnû

cáriboû

Perû

Uhûru

gùrû