English spellings/Catalogs/Retro S

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list
Common misspellings

This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in S. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case S) and continuing backwards through it.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.^[e]

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*áz ás

-ráz whereás

*gáss gás

*ház hás

*Cánzus Kánsas

-såw Årkansås

*wóz ẁas

AmE *ërbs hërbs

-x -cs

theátrics

acrobátics

informátics

AmE esthétics, BrE aesthétics

athlétics

gymnástics

logístics

Nétherlands

-dz fŏrwards

words from Greek, etc: -êez -ês

Ándês

antípodês

-dz côdes

Rêece, etc. = Rêes

grab sêize = see sêes

-íz édges

-íz lódges

-íz Hódges

*ínchíz inches

*chürchíz chürches

-z hew heŵs = person Hûghes

since around the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a tendency for younger BrE speakers to sound this ending as -êez instead of -íz: -íes

plural of lúllaby: -îz lúllabîes

-íz, -êez râbíes

*síəríz, *síərêez sêríes

-íz, -êez AmE wörríes, BrE wòrríes

enâbles

Vénables

míracles

îcicles

-êez Périclês

tésticles

-êez Sóphoclês

Lós = lóss lose; -íz Lós Ángeles

distance mîles = person Mîles

minimal pair: cf. shékels: sháckles

-lz Chàrles

minimal pair: êasels rhymes with mêasles

-lz mólecûles

-z Hërculês

*Témz Thames

*Wídníss Wídnes

-nz Bàrnes

*Tótníss or *Totnéss Tótnes

Jóhn Mâynard Kèynes

Mílton Kêynes

*dúzz dòes

*gôze gôes

hêroes

*tôze tôes

-tôze potâtoes

plural of -sís in Greek-derived words (see English irregular nouns) -sês

cf. singular -síss parénthesís: plural -sêez parénthesês

cf. prîces *prîsíz: *crîsêez crîsês

*loôziz loses

-síz glāsses

-síz búses

verb -zíz abûses

noun -síz abûses

plúses

mînuses

-zíz hòuses

-zíz ròuses

-zíz blòuses

-ssíz spòuses

-zíz espòuses

homographs: -zíz analyse ánalŷses, -sêez analysis análysês

Sócratês

prompts cûes = lines queûes

âgûes

-gz lêagues

-sks mósques

hêaves

leave, leaf lêaves

have-nots háves

shâves

wâves

thief thìêves

Îves

gíves

-k- àrchîves

plural noun lîves

singular verb líves

knife knîves

arrîves

môtíves

wife wîves

calf càlves

half hālves

valve válves

elf élves

delve délves

shelf shélves

self sélves

one word, as with following: *òursélvz oursélves

*yŏrsélvz yoursélves

*dhəmsélvz themsélves

*wùlvz wolves

cf. dòves: drôves

hoof hoôves

scarf scàrves

*yéss yés

hoôves rhymes with roôfs

Hâstings

hústings

-gz dógs

parîahs

big sîze = sigh sîghs

-āffs lāughs

-óffs cóughs

-dhz: unvoiced -th becomes voiced -ths

brêathes rhymes with wrêaths

-òudhz mòuths

-ûdhz yoûths

-ûdhz trûths

-íss unless noted -ís

*íz ís

*híz hís

plurals, no apostrophes, -íz: -ís

-íz Bangladéshis

-íz Bengålis

-íz Nepålis

-íz Isrâelis

-iz semifinals sémis

Dénnís = Dénís

-əss pênis

ténnís

-íz Sùnnis

-nŏy Íllinois

-kwà Iroquois

Párís

hûbris

cf. críss-cróss: Krís = Christopher Chrís

(ǒ in AmE) Hórace and Mórris (= BrE Maurice) all rhyme with Bóris, Dóris and lóris

Hárris

térrace rhymes with Férris

rhyming with Hórace, BrE Maurice = Mórris

Nórris

thêsis

cf. paréntheses: whether between parentheses (AmE; BrE brackets), square brackets (BrE; AmE brackets), commas or dashes, the words themselves constitute a parénthesis

Greek-derived words in -sís, *síss, have -sês, *sêez, to mark their plurals (see English irregular nouns): sýnthesis

némesis

Îsis

crîsis

thrombôsis

cirrhôsis

fibrôsis

-k- bronchîtis

nephrîtis

cystîtis

Dâvis

Mâvis

Trávis

Élvis

pélvis

áxis

prophyláxis

léxis

*nóx Knóx = knócks

loòks

spoôks

àsks

désks

rísks

túsks

-z sélls

-z húms

sáns

léns

words from Greek: -óss -ós

*kâyós châos

insect lòuse = nation Làos

-dôz tornâdos

rhinóceros

Monóceros

-pss hélps

oòps

whoòps

loôps

stoôps

schnápps

arrêars

úp and dòwn stãirs

dòwnstãirs

úpstãirs

heart cŏre = army cŏrps

-z stàrs

-z, no apostrophe: hërs

-z; lîars, trîers and buŷers rhyme with plîers

-z; bôres, BrE påuse, and påws rhyme with dŏors

gás rhymes with láss

máss

pāss

cráss

grāss

mostly -íss -ess

*áxéss áccéss

góddéss

cãreless

ûseless

hápless

hélpless

t can be silent in lístless

t can be silent in réstless

méss

suffix forming nouns, e as í or schwa: -ness

Lóch Néss

goòdness

*Dúnjənéss Dungenéss

cf. clêan: cléanliness

clúmsiness

nāstiness

lîonéss

Sheernéss

shŷness

dréss

tréss

mátress

áctress

wâitress

stréss

headmístress

cf. áccess *áxéss: asséss

silent u: guéss

kíss

míss

bóss

lóss

flóss

dróss

grôss

cúss

-tss cáts

Kêats

Yâtes = Yeâts

it is ít’s = of it íts

*úss, but usually weak: *əss ús

mostly -əss -us

-ss bús

súccubus

ábacus

fôcus

Damáscus

díscus

oôze rhymes with Híndûs

Zeûs

-kəss Bácchus

Sibèlius

Dêlius

Jûlius

both j-: cf. adjective ingênious: noun gênius

ignorâmus

hippopótamus

Hierónymus

j- gênus

-yoôz ménûs

for adjectives = -us mostly for nouns: -əss –ous

cåucus rhymes with råucous

-dəss: only in the following five words -dous

treméndous

stûpendous

horréndous

jép- jéopardous

házardous

-jəss outrâgeous

-jəss gŏrgeous

simultâneous

gênius rhymes with heterogêneous and homogêneous

pugnâcious

loquâcious

-êsh- spêcious

-ésh- précious

-ísh- vícious

uncónscious

relígious rhymes with sacrilegious

cf. noun gênius: adjective ingênious

pîous

censŏrious

kyù- cùrious

-ísh- fictítious

óbvious

prêvious

*ánkshus ánxious

jéalous

zéalous

màrvellous

ridículous

fâmous

ínfə- ínfamous

ánimus cf. ûnánimous

anónymous

epónymous

cf. vërtigo, hard g: g as j in vertíginous

glûtinous

glúttonous

scábrous

wòndrous

slānderous

thúnderous

mürderous

nûmerous

rígorous

vígorous

glámorous

bone hûmerus = funny hûmorous

pǒrous

vâporous

díz- disàstrous

mónstrous

can also be -terous: déxtrous and ámbidextrous

AmE súlfurous, BrE súlphurous

see -orous: no words end in -ourous

vácûous

disingénuous

fátûous

nërvous

pùss cf. pús

*Bélla-Roôse Belarûs

funny hûmorous (British as well as American) = bone hûmerus

cf. prósperous: phósphorus

rhêsus

cénsus

consénsus

sánctus

ríctus

néxus

-z jåws

irregular: *séz says

regular: *stâze stâys

-âze sîdeways

Gládýs

Sánds = Sandys

Cárýs

only in some unusual cases (e.g. the pop group The La's) used to form plurals: normally either a singular possessive or an abbreviation of ís; many company names have dropped the apostrophe, leaving just a plural-looking -s: -'s

w-, plural ònes = possessive òne's

or *híz hê's

or *shíz shê's

chíldren’s

possessive of final-s monosyllables: -s's

St. Jâmes's

Kêats's

Yâtes's = Yeâts's

of it íts = it is ít’s

-íes = -ý's