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100 Commonly Mispronounced English Words

May 14, 2026

100 Commonly Mispronounced English Words

No. Item Definition
1. acai a tropical berry
2. address location details
3. adult fully grown person
4. almond an edible nut
5. applicable relevant; suitable
6. arctic relating to the far north
7. athlete person skilled in sports
8. aunt parent’s sister
9. boisterous noisy and energetic
10. bridal relating to a wedding
11. broccoli green flowering vegetable
12. bruschetta toasted bread with toppings
13. business commercial activity or company
14. cache hidden storage place
15. candidate person seeking a position
16. caramel cooked sugar candy
17. chaos complete disorder
18. choir group of singers
19. clothes things worn on the body
20. colonel army officer rank
21. comfortable physically at ease
22. coupon voucher for a discount
23. cupboard cabinet for storage
24. debris scattered broken remains
25. debt money owed
26. either one or the other
27. epitome perfect example
28. err make a mistake
29. especially particularly; above all
30. etcetera and other similar things
31. facade front of a building
32. faux artificial; fake
33. February the second month
34. flaccid soft and limp
35. forte a person’s strong point
36. garage building for a car
37. gauge measure or measuring device
38. genre a type of art
39. gif image file format
40. government system that rules a country
41. harass trouble or annoy repeatedly
42. height measurement from base to top
43. heir person who inherits
44. herb plant used for flavoring
45. homage special honor or respect
46. hors d’oeuvre small appetizer
47. hyperbole deliberate exaggeration
48. indict formally charge with crime
49. interesting holding attention
50. island land surrounded by water
51. jewelry decorative personal ornaments
52. leisure free time
53. liaison communication or connection
54. library place where books are kept
55. lingerie women’s undergarments
56. margarine butter substitute spread
57. mature fully developed
58. mayonnaise thick creamy sauce
59. medicine drug for treatment
60. miniature very small version
61. mischievous playfully troublesome
62. neither not one nor the other
63. niche specialized position or role
64. nuclear relating to an atom’s nucleus
65. often frequently; many times
66. omission something left out
67. onion pungent layered vegetable
68. palm inner surface of the hand
69. parmesan hard Italian cheese
70. pecan a smooth brown nut
71. penguin flightless seabird
72. picture image or drawing
73. prescription doctor’s written medicine order
74. probably almost certainly
75. pronunciation way a word is spoken
76. quinoa small edible seed
77. raspberry small red berry
78. realtor licensed property agent
79. receipt proof of purchase
80. refrigerator appliance that keeps food cold
81. rendezvous meeting at arranged place
82. restaurant place where meals are served
83. route path from one place
84. rural relating to the countryside
85. salmon a pink-fleshed fish
86. schedule planned timetable
87. sherbet a sweet frozen dessert
88. strength physical or mental power
89. subtle delicate or not obvious
90. suite set of connected rooms
91. supposedly according to what is claimed
92. syrup thick sweet liquid
93. temperature degree of heat or cold
94. vegetable an edible plant
95. vehicle machine for transportation
96. victuals food provisions
97. Wednesday the fourth weekday
98. worcestershire savory fermented sauce
99. yosemite national park in California
100. zoology study of animals

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