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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
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Common misspellings

n is pronounced in the position of t (as in tén) and d (as in dòes), tongue behind upper teeth, hummed: nòne, noôn, nåughty, nîce, nô, nót, Nétherlands, níl, nought, nòthing, any (pronounced *énny), sâne, pâne window = pâin hurt, nāsty.

The accents show stress and pronunciation (see English spellings): A: sát, mâde, pàrk, cāst (cást/càst), åll, ãir; E: ére, êar, vèin, fërn; I: sít, mîne, skì, bïrd; O: sóng, môde, lòve, wörd, ŏr; OO: moôn, foòt; U: sún, mûse, fùll, pürr; W: neŵ, ẁant; Y: gým, mŷ, keỳ, mÿrrh.

It may be preceded by a silent k at the beginning of a word: knôw, knót, knéll, knóll, knîfe, knêad dough (= nêed require) or, initially or towards the end, by a silent g: gnát, gnôme, gnû, rèign, sîgn, desîgn, colôgne, dèign.

It is doubled in the middle of words to keep the preceding vowel short: fúnny (from fún), ínner, wínning, dínner, Ánnie, Kénnedy, mánned, bánned. Where an n follows the prefix un-, both n’s must be pronounced, that is to say, the sound is lengthened: unnátural, unnécessary, unnêeded; and with a silent k in unknôwn.

n begins consonant clusters: áncestor (-ns-), cóncrête (-ngk-), lúnch, ánchor (-nk-), úncle, énd, hándle, Ándrew, infŏrm, ínflâte, ínfra-réd, éngine, engâge, inhérent, thínk, ánkle, insîde, mónster, ínstrúct, bént, mántle, éntry, énvelope, jínx (-ks), ánxious (-nksh), anxîety (-ngz-), énzyme.

Silent n comes after m at the end of åutumn, hýmn, cólumn, dámn, condémn, sólemn.

ng

ng has its own sound, IPA [ŋ], a hum in the back of the throat: síng, wíng, sínging, sóng, ríng, wróng, díng-dóng, báng.

In this final position, the g is never pronounced separately (outside some regional pronunciations) and this is true before a vowel in the middle of some words: sínger, wínger, wrónged, bánging, Bíngham, Búckingham; and in dínghy boat (díng- + silent h, + -ŷ, with or without hard g) it is followed by an h to distinguish it from díngy dirty, which has the j sound, *dínjy, as does dúngeon, *dúnjən. But the g is pronounced (not as a j) separately in the middle of other words: fínger (*fíng-gər), English (*Íng-glish), ánger (*áng-gər), ángry (*áng-gry).

This ng sound is also heard where n is followed by c, k, or x: úncle, ánkle, ánchor (*ángkər, cf. ánchovy, -nch- as -ntch-), ánxious, sínk, thínk, tánk, wínkle, ínkling, tínkle, ráncour.

Scientific uses

N: newton, unit of force
n: neutron
N: nucleon
N: Avogadro's number

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-''For other uses, see [[N (disambiguation)]].''
+{{subpages}}
+'''N, n''' is a letter of the [[Latin alphabet]]. It is the fourteenth letter of most variants, being placed after [[M (letter)|M]] and before [[O (letter)|O]], as is the case for instance in the [[English alphabet]]. Its English name is pronounced [ˈen], ''en'', as in ''en dash''.
+'''''[[Ñ]]''''' is used in some languages, e.g. [[Spanish language|Spanish]], where it is pronounced [ɲ], as in ''mañana''.
-'''N''' is the fourteenth letter of the [[English alphabet]].  Its name can be written ''en'', as in ''en dash''.
 ==Use in English==
-N is pronounced in the position of t (as in tén) and d (as in dòes) tongue behind upper teeth, hummed. Examples (the accents show pronunciation: see [[English phonemes]]): nòne, noôn, nåughty, nîce, nô, nót, Nétherlands, níl, nought, nòthing, any, sâne, pâne ''window'' = pâin ''hurt, nāsty''.
+{{:English_spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist}}
+'''n''' is pronounced in the position of '''t''' (as in '''tén''') and '''d''' (as in '''dòes'''), tongue behind upper teeth, hummed: '''nòne, noôn, nåughty, nîce, nô, nót, Nétherlands, níl, nought, nòthing, any''' (pronounced *énny), '''sâne, pâne''' ''window'' = '''pâin''' ''hurt'', '''nāsty'''.
+{{:English spellings/Accents}}
+It may be preceded by a silent '''k''' at the beginning of a word: '''knôw, knót, knéll, knóll, knîfe, knêad''' ''dough'' (= '''nêed''' ''require'') or, initially or towards the end, by a silent '''g''': '''gnát, gnôme, gnû, rèign, sîgn, desîgn, colôgne, dèign'''.
+It is doubled in the middle of words to keep the preceding vowel short: '''fúnny''' (from '''fún'''), '''ínner, wínning, dínner, Ánnie, Kénnedy, mánned, bánned'''.
+Where an '''n''' follows the prefix '''un'''-, both '''n'''’s must be pronounced, that is to say, the  sound is lengthened: '''unnátural, unnécessary, unnêeded'''; and with a silent '''k''' in '''unknôwn'''.
+'''n''' begins consonant clusters: '''áncestor''' (-ns-), '''cóncrête''' (-ngk-), '''lúnch, ánchor''' (-nk-), '''úncle, énd, hándle, Ándrew, infŏrm, ínflâte, ínfra-réd, éngine, engâge, inhérent, thínk, ánkle, insîde, mónster, ínstrúct, bént, mántle, éntry, énvelope, jínx''' (-ks), '''ánxious''' (-nksh), '''anxîety''' (-ngz-), '''énzyme'''.
-It may be preceded by a silent k at the beginning of a word: knôw, knót, knéll, knóll, knîfe, knêad dough (= nêed ''require'') or, initially or towards the end, by a silent g: gnát, gnôme, gnû, rèign, sîgn, desîgn, colôgne, dèign.
+Silent '''n''' comes after '''m''' at the end of '''åutumn, hýmn, cólumn, dámn, condémn, sólemn'''.
-It is doubled in the middle of words to keep the preceding vowel short: fúnny (cf. fún) ínner, wínning, dínner, Ánnie, Kénnedy, mánned, bánned.
+==='''ng'''===
-And also after the prefix un- - and here both n’s must be pronounced, that is to say, the n sound is lengthened: unnátural, unnécessary, unnêeded; and with a silent k in unknôwn.
+'''ng''' has its own sound, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ŋ], a hum in the back of the throat: '''síng, wíng, sínging, sóng, ríng, wróng, díng-dóng, báng'''.
-n begins consonant clusters: áncestor (-ns-), cóncrête (-ngk-), lúnch, ánchor (-nk-), úncle, énd, hándle, Ándrew, infŏrm, ínflâte, ínfra-réd, éngine, engâge, inhérent, thínk, ánkle, insîde, mónster, ínstrúct, bént, mántle, éntry, énvelope, jínx (-ks), ánxious (-nksh), anxîety (-ngz-), énzyme.
+In this final position, the '''g''' is never pronounced separately (outside some regional pronunciations) and this is true before a vowel in the middle of some words: '''sínger, wínger, wrónged, bánging, Bíngham, Búckingham'''; and in '''dínghy''' ''boat'' ('''díng'''- + silent '''h''', + -'''ŷ''', with or without hard '''g''') it is followed by an '''h''' to distinguish it from '''díngy''' ''dirty'', which has the '''j''' sound, *dínjy, as does '''dúngeon''', *dúnjən.
+But the '''g''' is pronounced (not as a '''j''') separately in the middle of other words: '''fínger''' (*fíng-gər), '''English''' (*Íng-glish), '''ánger''' (*áng-gər), '''ángry''' (*áng-gry).
-Silent n comes at the end of åutumn, hýmn, cólumn, dámn, condémn, sólemn.
+This '''ng''' sound is also heard where '''n''' is followed by '''c, k''', or '''x''': '''úncle, ánkle, ánchor''' (*ángkər, cf. '''ánchovy''', -'''nch'''- as -ntch-), '''ánxious, sínk, thínk, tánk, wínkle, ínkling, tínkle, ráncour'''.
-Ng has its own sound, a hum in the back of the throat: síng, wíng, sínging, sóng, ríng, wróng, díng-dóng, báng.
+==Scientific uses==
-In this final position, the g is never pronounced separately (apart from in some English regional pronunciations) and this is true before a vowel in the middle of some words: sínger, wínger, wrónged, bánging, and in dínghy boat (díng- + silent h, + -ŷ, with or without hard g) it is followed by an h to distinguish it from díngy dirty, which has the j sound, as does dúngeon, *dúnjən.
-But the g is pronounced (not as a j) separately in the middle of other words: fínger (*fíng-gə), English (*Íng-glish), ánger (BrE *áng-gə), ángry (*áng-gry).
-This ng sound is also heard where n is followed by c, k, or x: úncle, ánkle, ánchor (*ángkə, cf. ánchovy, nch as -ntch-), ánxious, sínk, thínk, tánk, wínkle, ínkling, tínkle, ráncour.
+*N: newton, unit of force
+*n: neutron
+*N: nucleon
+*''N'': Avogadro's number[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

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