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Commonly Mispronounced Words
1. athlete ath•lete 26. almond al·mond
2. bracelet brace•let 27. reel reel
3. business busi·ness 28. Illinois Il·li·nois
4. ticklish tick·lish 29. mathematics math·e·mat·ics
5. rigmarole rig·ma·role 30. sophomore soph·o·more
6. mischievous mis·chie·vous 31. oil oil
7. luncheon lunch·eon 32. theatre the·a·tre
8. disastrous dis·as·trous 33. architect the·a·tre
9. evening eve·ning 34. hosiery ho·sier·y
10. fibrous fi·brous 35. rouge rouge
11. realtor re·al·tor 36. sword sword
12. film film 37. asphyxiate as·phyx·i·ate
13. foundry found·ry 38. February Feb·ru·ar·y
14. lightning light·ning 39. picture pic·ture
15. hindrance hin·drance 40. anesthetist an·es·the·tist
16. gorgeous gor·geous 41. anesthetic an·es·thet·ic
17. laundry laun·dry 42. anesthesia an·es·the·sia
18. column col·umn 43. statistics sta·tis·tics
19. facade fa·cade 44. diphthong diph·thong
20. Worcestershire Worces·ter·shire 45. larynx lar·ynx
21. worsted wor·sted 46. children chil·dren
22. beige beige 47. comparable com·pa·ra·ble
23. length length 48. irreparable ir·rep·a·ra·ble
24. strength strength 49. pianist pi·an·ist
25. salmon salm·on 50. hundred hun·dred
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