English spellings/Catalogs/Retro D
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in D. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case D) 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]
bád
dád
book Bêde = string bêad
déad
héad
verb, past léd = metal léad
verb, present lêad
plêad
knêad
water rêed = present rêad
colour réd = past réad
bréad
dréad
spréad
cf. stâyed: instéad
ea as schwa: Hámpstead
ea as schwa: Hémel Hémpstead
fád
hád
Ílìád
Jeremîád
trîád
lád
mád
gôad
ore lôde = carry lôad
ride rôde = street rôad
brŏad
abrŏad
tôad
sád
qùad rhymes with ẁad
ádd
ódd
after d and t -íd (ẁanted), after a voiced consonant -d (bánned ban = bánd music), after an unvoiced consonant -t (āsked): verb ending -ed
ae as schwa: *səbpênəd subpoênaed
-díd -ded
hyphens: rîght- and léft-hánded
énded
aménded
befriénded
woûnded
låuded
before precêde ≈ begin procêed
dêed
fêed
hêed
nêed
grêed
wêed
fùlly-flédged
plédged
alléged
adjective -gíd (hard g) rágged
-ngd hánged
-njd chânged
*rétcht puke rétched
*rétchid poor wrétched
vílifîed
belie belîed
belly pót-béllíed
*fâyct fâked
*nâykíd nâked
áct = -ácked
góbsmacked
tactful táct = tack tácked
stácked
*clíct clícked
Píct = pícked
*tríct trícked
*wíckíd wícked
AmE cánceled, tráveled
-ld fîled
-ld smîled
-ld pîled
l doubled after stressed syllable: BrE and AmE rebélled
BrE cáncelled, trávelled
tîtled
entîtled
nameless *ûn-tîtled untîtled
*hâyssənd hâstened
*châyssənd châstened
abándoned
torpêdoed
boôed
bîpéd
-pt thúmped
-pt trúmped
slépt rhymes with stépped
quadrûpled cf. qùadrupéd
book réad = hue réd
bare bãred
cf. scàrred: scãred
*sâycríd sâcred
-drid, -drəd Míldred
cf. kînd: -dríd, -drəd kíndred
-drəd húndred
cf. transférred: AmE -êrd, BrE -êəd interfêred
hámpered
cf. compãred: cómpéred
céntred BrE = AmE céntered
two syllables neûtered
revêred
sévered
mîred
wood, office bŏard = boredom bŏred
còloured BrE = AmE còlored
bar bàrred
cf. scãred: scàrred
cf. interfêred: refërred
cf. interfêred: prefërred
cf. interfêred: transfërred
cf. cûred: occürred
recürred
cf. hâte: *hâtríd hâtred
cf. occürred: cûred
food bâste = base bâsed
êast rhymes and makes a minimal pair with cêased
decêased
*bîast bîased
*cürst, but can be *cürsid before a noun: cürsed
*əcürst, but usually *əcürsid before a noun: accürsed
-éssed mostly rhymes with -ést: conféssed
*blést, but can be *bléssid before a noun: bléssed
asséssed
obséssed
*cúst, but can be *cússid before a noun: cússed
-tíd -ted
celbrated fèted = destined fâted
cf. hâte: *hâtíd hâted
influenced affécted
much less common than the preceding: did effécted
tàrgeted
*rícoshâid rícochèted
intërpreted
excîted
éxited
ẁanted
bígoted
hālf-heàrted
lîght-heàrted
làsted
tâsted
arrésted
-vd shôved
-vd lòved
wéd
reneŵed
allòwed
hállowed
néxt rhymes with séxed
stare stãry-eŷed
star stàrry-eŷed
Bŏyd = buoy buŏyed
âid
lâid
cf. play plâyed: cloth *plád pláid
make mâde = woman mâid
*pâyed pâid
bray brâyed = hair brâid
*séd said
stay stâyed = sedate stâid
bíd
plácid
ráncid
lûcid
díd
*apàrtîte apàrtheîd
-jíd rígid
-jíd frígid
líd
sqùalid
válid
ándroid
stéroid
ásteroid
thŷroid
vŏid
rápid
vápid
flûíd
Réginald
Rónald
géld
héld
fìêld
wìêld
yìêld
mèld
wéld
chîld
mîld
silent u: buíld
gold gíld = society guíld
wîld
50 yêars ôld as a plural, but hyphens around the singular form when it's an adjective or noun: a 500-yêar-ôld hòuse, fîve-yêar-ôlds: ôld
bôld
fôld
thrêefôld
gôld
hôld
frêehold
lêasehold
sôld
tôld
unfürled rhymes with wörld
goòd rhymes with coùld
cf. gôld; foôled rhymes with Goûld
goòd rhymes with shoùld
tree woòd = if woùld
ánd
bánd
disbánd
hánd
lánd
-lənd: mostly schwa in (place or people’s) names, where it conveys familiarity: -lánd used for countries suggests alienness, even lack of sovereignty (not to mention Bóngo Bóngo Lánd [1]): -land
blánd = Blánd
Grâcelánd
Icelándic cf. Îceland
Díxielánd
Matabêlêlánd
hômelánd
g not sounded separately: gánglánd
*Íngland, g sounded: England
màrshlánd
Thâi = tîe, cf. (traditionally final schwa, but some broadcasters say 'Thaîlánd', perhaps to avoid possible confusion with Chîna) Tŷ- Thaîland
Ôakland
Åuckland
Hólland
fàrmlánd
a as schwa before nouns, e.g. Ínland Révenue, otherwise á: ínlánd
mâinlánd, mâinland
Fínn, Fínnish, cf. Fínland
Pôle, Pôlish, cf. Pôland
Lápp = láp, cf. Láplánd
Greenlándic cf. Grêenland
gàrland
Cúmberland
wònderlánd
Súnderland
mòtherlánd and fàtherlánd
hínterlánd
ôverlánd
Swíss, cf. Swítzerland
Quêensland
Scótland
heàrtland or -lánd
Rútland
Mãryland
demānd
Hélmand, Helmánd
expánd
ránd
sánd
ámpersánd
grándstánd
withstánd
énd
fìênd
friénd
blénd
ménd
also mâke aménds: ə- aménd
ə- or í-, same meaning as above: eménd
pénd
cf. friénd: rénd
trénd
sénd
ténd
wénd
bînd
crime fîned = discover fînd
hînd
one word hûmankînd
blînd
mînd
rînd
grînd
támarínd
blow wínd
round wînd
beyónd
bòund
abòund
verb rebòund, noun rêbòund
fòund
pòund
impòund
cómpound
expòund
ròund
surròund
sòund
-z- resòund
wind wòund, hurt woûnd
religion Gód = idol gód
pêriod
clód
nód
pód
foôd
goòd
hoòd
no 'y' before -hoòd
lîkelihoòd
lîvelihoòd
blòod
flòod
moôd
broôd
stoòd
if woùld = tree woòd
apart from monosyllables, mostly -ərd: -ard
càrd
bêard
hëard
mostly schwa: -ard
bláckguard rhymes with lággard
Bállàrd
mállàrd
dúllard
bāstard
hàrd
*Ríchərd Ríchard
shàrd
làrd
bóllàrd
Póllàrd
dúllard
AmE Bernàrd, BrE Bërnard
Mâynard
cf. wide brŏad: boring bŏred = wood, company bŏard
*cúbbərd cúpboard
flŏorbŏard
*lépərd, and pronounced the same in Déf Léppard: léopard
lêotàrd
bāstard
bústard
cústard
mústard
*gàrd guàrd
wård
rewård
báckward
åwkward
ínward
except for Fránkie Hòwerd: Hòward
towård
òutward
yàrd
házard
lízard
wízard
blízzard
búzzard
hear hëard = animals hërd
nërd
bïrd
wêird
tie chŏrd = vocal cörd
verb recŏrd, noun récord
Fŏrd = water fŏrd
name suffix, BrE -fəd -ford
Brádford
Rédford
Blándford
affŏrd
Rétford
Óxford
rope cŏrd = music chörd
wörd
absürd
türd
brŏad and abrŏad rhyme with applåud
Måud
fråud
Flǒyd rhymes with Freud
lòud
shròud
pròud
Bǒyd
Flǒyd
Llǒyd
Clŵýd
listen hêed = he hê’d
shê’d
plant wêed = we wê’d
Î’d
*prâycêed prècis’d
*ítəd ít’d
yoû’d
thèy’d