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cf. '''óf''' *óv: '''ôaf
'''lôaf


<nowiki>*</nowiki>shéf '''chéf
<nowiki>*</nowiki>shéf '''chéf
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'''cléf
'''cléf
'''náff'''


'''stāff
'''stāff


'''whíff
'''whíff
'''clíff
'''ríff


'''táriff
'''táriff
'''shériff
'''plâintiff'''
'''póntiff'''
'''stíff


'''óff
'''óff
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'''féoff
'''féoff


'''Géoff
'''Jéff''' = '''Géoff
 
'''búff'''
 
'''gúff'''


'''blúff
'''blúff
'''flúff'''
'''púff'''
'''dándruff


'''stúff
'''stúff
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'''sérif
'''sérif


cf. ''reason'' '''môtíve''' - *mô-têef ''pattern'' '''môtìf
cf. ''reason'' '''môtíve''': *mô-têef ''pattern'' '''motìf
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>lîght-mô-têef (also spelt '''leîtmotìv''') '''leîtmotìf


'''Álf  
'''Álf  
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>hāf '''hālf
<nowiki>*</nowiki>hāf '''hālf
'''élf


one word '''himsélf
one word '''himsélf
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one word '''mŷsélf
one word '''mŷsélf
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'''sýlph''' *sílf
 
'''Wílf
 
'''Ádólph''' = '''Ádólf
'''Ádólph''' = '''Ádólf
'''Rûdolph''' = '''Rûdolf


'''gôlf
'''gôlf
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'''Bêowùlf
'''Bêowùlf


No expressions with [[modal verbs]] followed by ‘of’ exist.  What may sound like ‘of’ is the weak form of '''háve''' and so this or apostrophes should be written instead: '''woùld have''', '''shoùld’ve''', '''cān’t have''', '''mîght’ve''' etc. - *óv '''óf
'''búmf
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>woùld of, etc.: no expressions with [[modal verbs]] followed by '''óf''' exist; what may sound like a weak '''of''' is really the weak form of '''háve''' and so this or apostrophes should be written instead: '''woùld have''', '''shoùld’ve''', '''cān’t have''', '''mîght’ve''' etc.: *óv '''óf


'''goôf
'''goôf


cf. ''plural'' '''hoôves''' - '''hoôf
cf. ''plural'' '''hoôves''': '''hoôf
 
cf. '''púff''': '''poòf
 
cf. ''plural'' '''roôfs''' *roôves: '''roôf


cf. ''plural'' '''roôfs''' *roôves '''roôf
'''proôf

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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 F. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case F) 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]


cf. óf *óv: ôaf

lôaf

*shéf chéf

chìêf

míschíef

thìêf

belìêf

relìêf

cléf

náff

stāff

whíff

clíff

ríff

táriff

shériff

plâintiff

póntiff

stíff

óff

féoff

Jéff = Géoff

búff

gúff

blúff

flúff

púff

dándruff

stúff

íf

sérif

cf. reason môtíve: *mô-têef pattern motìf

*lîght-mô-têef (also spelt leîtmotìv) leîtmotìf

Álf

*cāf cālf

*hāf hālf

élf

one word himsélf

one word hersélf

one word yoursélf

one word itsélf

one word mŷsélf

sýlph *sílf

Wílf

Ádólph = Ádólf

Rûdolph = Rûdolf

gôlf

Rôlph = Rôlf

*wùlf wolf

gúlf

Bêowùlf

búmf

*woùld of, etc.: no expressions with modal verbs followed by óf exist; what may sound like a weak of is really the weak form of háve and so this or apostrophes should be written instead: woùld have, shoùld’ve, cān’t have, mîght’ve etc.: *óv óf

goôf

cf. plural hoôves: hoôf

cf. púff: poòf

cf. plural roôfs *roôves: roôf

proôf