Pronunciation dictionary
Words starting with W
107 published words, grouped by how many beats they take to say. Every entry shows its American IPA; open one for the British form, the stress, the usual slips and a recorder.
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Every W word we have published
1 syllable · 58 words
- wait/weɪt/
- walk/wɔk/
- wall/wɔl/
- want/wɑnt/
- wants/wɑnts/
- war/wɔɹ/
- waste/weɪst/
- watch/wɑtʃ/
- way/weɪ/
- ways/weɪz/
- wear/wɛɹ/
- week/wik/
- weeks/wiks/
- weigh/weɪ/
- weight/weɪt/
- weird/wɪɹd/
- well/wɛl/
- went/wɛnt/
- were/wɝ/
- west/wɛst/
- whale/weɪl/
- what/wʌt/
- when/wɛn/
- where/wɛɹ/
- while/waɪl/
- white/waɪt/
- whole/hoʊl/
- why/waɪ/
- wide/waɪd/
- width/wɪdθ/
- wife/waɪf/
- wild/waɪld/
- win/wɪn/
- wind/wɪnd/
- wish/wɪʃ/
- womb/wum/
- won/wʌn/
- wood/wʊd/
- word/wɝd/
- words/wɝdz/
- work/wɝk/
- worked/wɝkt/
- works/wɝks/
- world/wɝld/
- worse/wɝs/
- worst/wɝst/
- worth/wɝθ/
- would/wʊd/
- wound/wund/
- wow/waʊ/
- wrap/ɹæp/
- wreck/ɹɛk/
- wrench/ɹɛntʃ/
- wring/ɹɪŋ/
- wrist/ɹɪst/
- write/ɹaɪt/
- wrong/ɹɔŋ/
- wrote/ɹoʊt/
2 syllables · 39 words
- waiting/ˈweɪtɪŋ/
- walking/ˈwɔkɪŋ/
- wanted/ˈwɔntɪd/
- warehouse/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/
- watching/ˈwɑtʃɪŋ/
- water/ˈwɔtɚ/
- weakness/ˈwiknəs/
- wearing/ˈwɛɹɪŋ/
- weather/ˈwɛðɚ/
- website/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
- wedding/ˈwɛdɪŋ/
- wednesday/ˈwɛnzdi/
- weekend/ˈwiˌkɛnd/
- welcome/ˈwɛlkəm/
- welfare/ˈwɛlˌfɛɹ/
- western/ˈwɛstɚn/
- whereas/wɛɹˈæz/
- whereby/wɛɹˈbaɪ/
- whether/ˈwɛðɚ/
- whistle/ˈwɪsəl/
- wholesale/ˈhoʊlˌseɪl/
- widespread/ˈwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
- wildlife/ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf/
- window/ˈwɪndoʊ/
- winner/ˈwɪnɚ/
- winning/ˈwɪnɪŋ/
- winter/ˈwɪntɚ/
- within/wɪˈðɪn/
- woman/ˈwʊmən/
- women/ˈwɪmən/
- wonder/ˈwʌndɚ/
- workers/ˈwɝkɚz/
- workforce/ˈwɝkˌfɔɹs/
- working/ˈwɝkɪŋ/
- workload/ˈwɝˌkloʊd/
- workplace/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/
- wrestle/ˈɹɛsəl/
- wrinkle/ˈɹɪŋkəl/
- writing/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/
3 syllables · 9 words
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