Pronunciation

Subcategories

• Homograph2
• Homographs New4 +4
• Homophone7
• Homophones New7 +7
• Miscellaneous New12 +12
• Rhyme New2 +2
• Syllables New7 +7

Puzzles

• autonymWhat is the longest word whose phonetic and normal spellings are the same?
• breakfastWhat is a word or phrase that starts with the name of each letter of the alphabet? Added material
• capitalWhat words change pronunciation when capitalized (e.g., polish -> Polish)? Restored
• ce.as.shThe letters "ce" at the end of a word are usually pronounced like an s, as in race and dance. New
• chaosWhat poem shows off the chaos of English spelling and pronunciation? New
• context.pronunciationWhat is the name for a word that is pronounced differently in two different contexts, even though neither... New
• different.mostWhat are the most ways that the same letter can be pronounced in a single word?
• echo.verseGive some jokes or riddles whose answers are homophones of part of the question ("ecobursts", "echobursts"... New
• ghostWhat words sound like they contain letters that they do not? Added material
• gramogram"XS" is pronounced like "excess." For each starting letter, what is the longest such sequence?
• ladle.rat.rotten.hutRetell the story "Little Red Riding Hood" with every word replaced by a similar-sounding English word, so... New
• malapropList some malapropisms (the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended). Added material
• no.shared.phonemesFind two words that differ in spelling by only one letter but share no sounds (phonemes) at all. New
• oronymList some oronyms (phrases or sentences that can be read in two ways with the same sound). Added material
• phonetic.lettersWhat does "FUNEX" mean?
• piglatinWhat words in pig latin also are words?
• punsWhere can I find a collection of puns? Added material
• rhymeWhat one and two syllable English words are hard to rhyme? Added material
• sch.pairsEach pair of clues is answered by a word or name starting with "sch" and a word that sounds like it with... New
• silent.letterFor each letter, what word contains that letter silent?
• silent.mostWhat word has the most silent letters in a row? Added material
• silent.to.soundedA silent letter is sounded by adding a suffix or changing or deleting a letter.
• spoonerismsList some exceptional spoonerisms.
• syllableWhat words have an exceptional number of letters per syllable? Added material
• telegramsSince telegrams cost by the word, phonetically similar messages can be cheaper.
• tweeze.denied"Tweeze Denied Beef Worker Isthmus", by Ron Hardin of AT&T Bell Labs, retells "'Twas the Night Before... New, unsolved