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'''strêak
'''strêak
''smell'' '''rêek''' = ''make'' '''wrêak


'''têak
'''têak
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''liquid'' '''lêak''' = ''vegetable'' '''lêek
''liquid'' '''lêak''' = ''vegetable'' '''lêek


''chìc''' rhymes with '''slêek
'''chìc''' rhymes with '''slêek


'''mêek
'''mêek
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''high'' '''pêak''' = ''look'' '''pêek
''high'' '''pêak''' = ''look'' '''pêek


'''rêek
''work'' '''wrêak''' = ''stink'' '''rêek


''water'' '''crêek
''water'' '''crêek

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


-que = -k

vegetable lêek = liquid lêak

blêak

pêak

spêak

doúblespeak

neŵspeak

car brâke = pieces breâk

noise crêak

strêak

smell rêek = make wrêak

têak

money, wood stâke = meat steâk

days wêek = feeble wêak

twêak

Fláck = flák

ôak

ánorák

talk yáck = animal yák

háck

sáck

déck

líck

gímmick

hŏik or hŏick

ríck

bríck

trick

cf. Éric: Pátrick

hát tríck or háttrick

síck

tíck

Pàrtick

Bûíck

quíck

wíck

*Wórrick Ẁarwick

*Bérrick Bérwick

w sounded in Lërwick

*Kézzíck Késwick

*Smédhík (voiced th sound) Sméthwick

cf. Bangkók: cóck

dóck

lóck

déadlock rhymes with wédlock

flóck

hémlock

wårlock

*nóck knóck

sóck

dúck

lúck

out êke = exclamation êek

gêek

liquid lêak = vegetable lêek

chìc rhymes with slêek

mêek

high pêak = look pêek

work wrêak = stink rêek

water crêek

Grêek

sêek

feeble wêak = days wêek

trék

cf. sqwåwk: -åwk -ålk

or båulk: -åwk bålk

-åwk chålk

cf. talcum powder tálc, l sounded: -åwk speak tålk

-åwk bird stŏrk BrE = plant, follow stålk

-åwk wålk

whélk

*fôk fôlk

-fək Nŏrfolk

-fək Súffolk

ox yôke = egg yôlk

búlk

húlk

bánk

sánk

shránk

tánk

thánk

dránk

person Fránk = honest fránk

ínk

thínk

blínk

rínk

drínk

shrínk

sínk

wínk

hónk

plónk

mònk

hónky-tónk

dúnk

fúnk

júnk

shrúnk

Bángkók

noòk

spoôk

roòk

broòk

wók

dàrk

pàrk

bùlwark

jërk

bersërk

ïrk

shïrk

kïrk

smïrk

quïrk

wörk

nêedlework

hômework

hòusework

hándiwork

guésswork

frétwork

lürk

Türk

āsk

bāsk

flāsk

tāsk

désk

record dísc = computer dísk

whísk

óbelisk

rísk

ásterisk

dúsk

músk

túsk

åuk

håwk

squåwk