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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
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]


guffåw

Shåw

jåw

låw

clåw

animal påw

dråw

see, wood såw

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

little feŵ = relief pheŵ

show revûe = critic revieŵ

prêview

Jeŵ

neŵ

reneŵ

sínew

therefore = needle sew

dreŵ

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

ẁallow

sẁallow

béllow

féllow

méllow

yéllow

bíllow

píllow

wíllow

fóllow

hóllow

môw

nòw

negative = knowledge knôw

snôw

line rôw

argue ròw

bròw

grôw

thrôw

pròw

árrôw

bárrôw

fárrôw = Fárrow

hárrôw

nárrôw

spárrôw

bórrow

tomórrow

sórrow

búrrow

fúrrow

needle sew = seeds sôw

pig sòw

foot tôe = pull tôw

stôw

bestôw

vòw

avòw

Concërtgebòuw