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