English spellings/Catalogs/Retro W
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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]
guffåw
Shåw
jåw
låw
clåw
animal påw
dråw
see, wood såw
jígsaw
sêesaw
from Welsh, w as schwa in Ébbw Vâle *Ébba: 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