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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in H. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case H) 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]
silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -h
can be several à’s: àh
mostly schwa -ah
Jéddah
*yé yéah
cf. Marìa: Marîah
parîah
blàh
ayatóllah
Beûlah
-ôə Gôa rhymes with Nôah
hurràh
Ûtàh
Jehôvah
*Sàìv Sàdhbh
-tch unless otherwise indicated below: -ch
êach
blêach
pêach
impêach
rêach
*stúmməc stòmach
AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge spínach
*Wizzbêach Wísbêch
sand bêach = tree bêech
besêech
*ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch: téch
-tch whích
*Meŵnick Mûnich
óstrich
-k Zûrich
-tch, cf. same sound in Åldwých: -wích
and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge sándwich
*Woòlidge Woòlwich
*Dúllidge Dúlwich
*Brómmidge Brómwich
*Grénnidge Gréenwich
*Hárrídge Hárwich
*Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge: Nórwich
-wítch Ípswich
-wítch Drŏitwich
-wítch Nántwich
squélch
Wales Wélsh = person Wélch
fílch
zílch
bénch
drénch
sténch
wénch
ínch
wínch
cónch
ståunch
búnch
húnch
lúnch
púnch
lýnch
cf. easy sínch, ch sound; down, wash sínk = together sýnch
-dóck Mürdoch
smoôch
àrch
sëarch
làrch
Màrch = màrch
-k pâtriàrch
BrE -ək mónarch
stàrch
chürch
lürch
kítsch
pùtsch
bátch
cátch
hátch
nátch
ẁatch
étch
fétch
kétch
skétch
rétch
ítch
dítch
hítch
glítch
pítch
éldrítch
stítch
cf. Åldwých: what whích BrE = wizard wítch
twítch
bótch
nótch
hótchpotch
bùtch
Dútch
hútch
clútch
múch
-k eûnuch
òuch
còuch
cròuch
gròuch
*tútch toúch
vòuch
Sútch = súch
Yanukôvých
cf. place names in -wích: Åldwých
-d: Rìyadh
ð éth or édh
*ây èh
mostly silent -gh
*Clôdə Clôdagh
*Ômə Ômagh
no nây = horse nèigh
kill slây = ride slèigh
cf. convèy, purvèy: invèigh
how wây = heavy wèigh
greeting hî = up hîgh
cf. voiced th in thŷ, vowel sound identical: unvoiced th in thîgh
person Nŷe = near nîgh
*sŷe sîgh
*Éddinbrə Édinburgh
*Frâzerbrə Frâserburgh
*Pítsbürg Píttsburgh
BrE *làf AmE *láf lāugh
-òw bòugh
-óff Bóugh
-úff choúgh
-ô thôugh
AmE also plòw = BrE plòugh
-ôw fûrlôugh
*slòu: England Slòugh = swamp slòugh
*slúff skin sloúgh
frill, bird, fish, card rúff = tumble, approximate roúgh
*Brúff Bròugh
cf. Kentucky Míddlesborough or -boro: *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough
-û: throw threŵ = preposition throûgh
AmE = búrrow ground, BrE *búrrə bòrough
*Lúfbrə Loúghborough
Bàrbara could be rendered in BrE as *Bàrborough
*Scàrbrə Scàrborough
cf. *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough; Kentucky (or -boro) Míddlesborough
*Hílzbrə Híllsborough
BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw thòrough
-óff tróugh
-úff toúgh
-úff enoúgh
*sóff, *sûkh or = pig sòw: sough
hide sêek = religion Sìkh
P(ə)n- Phnóm Pénh
letter Ô = exclamation ôh
oôh
-f -ph
épitaph
Rálph
oòmph
Húmph
trîumph
lýmph
nýmph
mŏrph
glýph
AmE pronounced -r, BrE silent -rh
Chándigarh
Chháttisgarh
catàrrh
mÿrrh
ásh
básh
cásh
dásh
gásh
hásh
flásh
slásh
smásh
rásh
crásh
thrásh
stásh
qùash
ẁash
Bangladésh
mésh
frésh
thrésh
dísh
réddish
chîldish
Cávendish
sélfish
shéllfish
håwkish
måwkish
estáblish
públish
Bêamish
squêamish
Hâmish
bánish
Dânish
Spánish
vánish
dimínish
end fínish = Finland Fínnish
admónish
astónish
gàrnish
tàrnish
vàrnish
Cŏrnish
bürnish
fürnish
púnish
fóppish
párish
chérish
pérish
cf. flòur dough (= flòwer bloom): floúrish
fétish
Brítish
-gwísh ánguish
distínguish
relínquish
pêevish
wísh
fíftyish
person Wålsh
-sh: person Wélch = Wales Wélsh
cósh
dósh
nósh
whoòsh
pósh
tósh
bùsh
lúsh
blúsh
flúsh
plúsh
pùsh
rúsh
thrúsh
following are unvoiced (i.e. not -dh) unless otherwise stated: -th
déath
hêath
bréath
wrêath
ôath
pāth
swâthe (area, many) is now more commonly, and irregularly, spelt swâth
...which still leaves, for ridge, the regular sẁath
-drət-th húndredth
-zənth thòusandth
voiced th: éth
Elísabeth = Queen Elízabeth
-ìəth fíftìeth
twéntìeth
shibbóleth
Názareth
fífth
twélfth
*âyt-th èighth
-êath Kêith
blácksmith
lócksmith
zénith
voiced th: wíth
héalth
stéalth
wéalth
fílth
thirtêenth
ténth
eléventh
séventh
hŷacinth
plínth
nînth
bôth
dòth
lôth
slôth
-dh: boôth
calm soôthe -dh, cf. -dh smoôth
soôthe cf. truth -th soôth
forsoôth
toôth
ëarth
dëarth
heàrth
cabin bërth
Përth
born bïrth
fïrth
gïrth
mïrth
héncefŏrth
Fïrth of Fŏrth
gô fŏrth
nŏrth
wörth
4th fŏurth
sleûth
uncoûth
cf. verbs in -the: noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced: mòuth
ou as schwa: -mouth
-məth Bŏurnemouth
or -məth Cóckermòuth
-məth Pŏrtsmouth
-məth Plýmouth
sòuth
yoûth
Rûth
trûth
streŵth
síxth
voiced th: casual blîthe = persons Blŷthe = Blŷth
voiced th: persons Smŷthe = Smŷth
Aberýstwyth
schwa: BrE er = AmE uh