English spellings/Catalogs/Retro W

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Use in English
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Common misspellings

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

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guffåw

Shåw

jåw

låw

clåw

animal påw

dråw

see, wood såw

from Welsh, w as (English) schwa in Ébbw Vâle: Ébbw

vieŵ see, opinion makes a minimal pair with feŵ

little feŵ = relief pheŵ

vieŵ

show revûe = critic revieŵ

prêview

Jeŵ

neŵ

reneŵ

sínew

Dreŵ = dreŵ

therefore sô = needle sew

me yoû = sheep eŵe = tree yeŵ

London Bôw = ribbon bôw

incline bòw

élbôw

còw

(some say -òw) Móscôw

Dòw

méadôw

wíndôw

hòw

lôw

belôw

flôw

usually -llôw is unstressed as in the following – unlike *əlàù allòw

cállow

fállow

hállow

shállow

sállow

fóllow rhymes with ẁallow

sẁallow

béllow

féllow

méllow

yéllow

bíllow

píllow

wíllow

fóllow

hóllow

môw

nòw

negative nô = knowledge knôw

snôw

line rôw

argue ròw

bròw

grôw

thrôw

pròw

árrôw

bárrôw

fárrôw = Fárrow

hárrôw = Hárrow

Járrow

nárrôw

spárrôw

bórrow

tomórrow

sórrow

búrrow

fúrrow

needle sew = seeds sôw

pig sòw

foot tôe = pull tôw

stôw

bestôw

Brístôw

vòw

avòw

Concërtgebòuw