50 Words You're Pronouncing WRONGLY Right Now! "Common Mistakes"
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Learn the TOP 50 MISPRONOUNCED English words. These words are common mistakes made by many English learners. I will show you how to avoid these incorrect pronunciations and say all of these words correctly in this pronunciation lesson.
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Transcript:
Hello, and welcome back. In
this lesson, I will show you
fifty words that you are
probably pronouncing
incorrectly right now. And I’ll
also teach you how to say them
correctly.
Let’s start with this word –
how do you say it? Well, we say
/prə-’nauns/, /prə-’naunst/ and
/prə-’nauns-iŋ/, but /prə-nən-
si-’eɪ-shən/. There’s no ‘noun’
in this word. It’s
‘pronunciation.’
Word number two is ‘says’. This
word is commonly mispronounced
by people learning English as
/s eɪs/. But remember: I say,
you say, but he or she /sez/.
Number three is ‘et cetera’. A
very common incorrect
pronunciation is to say ‘ek’ –
‘ek setra’ instead of ‘et’.
Don’t say that. And also
remember that the stress is on
‘ce’. So the word is /et-’se-
tə-rə/. You will also hear
/et-’se-trə/ – that is less
common but it’s OK too.
Next up is ‘often’. Some
pronounce this as /’äf-tən/.
Now, strictly speaking, /’äf-
tən/ is not wrong, but the more
common pronunciation is with
the ‘t’ silent, so I recommend
that you always say /’ä-fən/.
One word that is often
mispronounced by learners of
English is ‘women’. This is, of
course, because of the English
language’s crazy spelling
system. But remember that we
say /’wu-mən/ for one woman and
/’wi-min/ for the plural –
/’wi-min/.
Word number six is ‘police’.
This isn’t /po-lees/ or /po-
lis/. It’s /pə/ and /lees/ with
the stress on /lees/. So
/pə-’lees/.
The next word is ‘vehicle’.
It’s often pronounced wrongly
as /ve-hi-kl/. But the ‘e’ is a
long vowel and the ‘h’ is
silent. So /’vee-ə-kl/.
Number eight is this word. How
would you say it? The correct
pronunciation is /’zhän-rə/. Pay
attention to the first sound,
it’s like ‘sh’ but you put your
voice into it - /’zhän-rə/.
/’zhän-rə/
Next up is actually what you’re
watching right now – ‘video’.
The important thing is that
both the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ are
pronounced as short ‘i’ sounds.
It’s not /vee-di-o/, it’s
/’vi-di-o/.
If you watch a video on YouTube
or Facebook, you might leave a
‘comment’. I have heard many
speakers say /’kə-ment/. Now
whether you use this word as a
noun or a verb, the first
syllable is always /’kä /. So
it’s never a /’kə-ment/, it’s a
/’kä-ment/.
Word number eleven is
‘interesting’. This is
mispronounced sometimes as
/’in-tə-rə-stiŋ/. But there are
only three syllables – /in / –
/trə / – /stiŋ/ and the stress
is on ‘IN’. So the word is
/’in-trə-stiŋ/.
Number twelve is ‘hotel’. There
are two syllables – /ho/ and /
tel/ like the English word
‘tell’ as in ‘tell me’. The
stress is on the second
syllable, so /ho-’tel/.
A related word is ‘suite’.
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Transcript:
Hello, and welcome back. In
this lesson, I will show you
fifty words that you are
probably pronouncing
incorrectly right now. And I’ll
also teach you how to say them
correctly.
Let’s start with this word –
how do you say it? Well, we say
/prə-’nauns/, /prə-’naunst/ and
/prə-’nauns-iŋ/, but /prə-nən-
si-’eɪ-shən/. There’s no ‘noun’
in this word. It’s
‘pronunciation.’
Word number two is ‘says’. This
word is commonly mispronounced
by people learning English as
/s eɪs/. But remember: I say,
you say, but he or she /sez/.
Number three is ‘et cetera’. A
very common incorrect
pronunciation is to say ‘ek’ –
‘ek setra’ instead of ‘et’.
Don’t say that. And also
remember that the stress is on
‘ce’. So the word is /et-’se-
tə-rə/. You will also hear
/et-’se-trə/ – that is less
common but it’s OK too.
Next up is ‘often’. Some
pronounce this as /’äf-tən/.
Now, strictly speaking, /’äf-
tən/ is not wrong, but the more
common pronunciation is with
the ‘t’ silent, so I recommend
that you always say /’ä-fən/.
One word that is often
mispronounced by learners of
English is ‘women’. This is, of
course, because of the English
language’s crazy spelling
system. But remember that we
say /’wu-mən/ for one woman and
/’wi-min/ for the plural –
/’wi-min/.
Word number six is ‘police’.
This isn’t /po-lees/ or /po-
lis/. It’s /pə/ and /lees/ with
the stress on /lees/. So
/pə-’lees/.
The next word is ‘vehicle’.
It’s often pronounced wrongly
as /ve-hi-kl/. But the ‘e’ is a
long vowel and the ‘h’ is
silent. So /’vee-ə-kl/.
Number eight is this word. How
would you say it? The correct
pronunciation is /’zhän-rə/. Pay
attention to the first sound,
it’s like ‘sh’ but you put your
voice into it - /’zhän-rə/.
/’zhän-rə/
Next up is actually what you’re
watching right now – ‘video’.
The important thing is that
both the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ are
pronounced as short ‘i’ sounds.
It’s not /vee-di-o/, it’s
/’vi-di-o/.
If you watch a video on YouTube
or Facebook, you might leave a
‘comment’. I have heard many
speakers say /’kə-ment/. Now
whether you use this word as a
noun or a verb, the first
syllable is always /’kä /. So
it’s never a /’kə-ment/, it’s a
/’kä-ment/.
Word number eleven is
‘interesting’. This is
mispronounced sometimes as
/’in-tə-rə-stiŋ/. But there are
only three syllables – /in / –
/trə / – /stiŋ/ and the stress
is on ‘IN’. So the word is
/’in-trə-stiŋ/.
Number twelve is ‘hotel’. There
are two syllables – /ho/ and /
tel/ like the English word
‘tell’ as in ‘tell me’. The
stress is on the second
syllable, so /ho-’tel/.
A related word is ‘suite’.