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'''antípodês
'''antípodês


'''côdes
~dz '''côdes


-íz '''édges
-íz '''édges
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-íz '''Hódges
-íz '''Hódges


''hew'' '''heŵs''' = ''person'' '''Hûghes
-z ''hew'' '''heŵs''' = ''person'' '''Hûghes


'''lúllabîes
-îz '''lúllabîes


-íz '''râbíes
-íz '''râbíes

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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]


.*áz ás

.*(h)w(é)əráz whereás

.*ház hás

.*Cánzus Kánsas

-såw Årkansås

.*wóz ẁas

AmE *ërbs hërbs

thê- theátrics

-x athlétics

-x gymnástics

-x logístics

Nétherlands

-dz fŏrwards

words from Greek, etc: -êz -ês

Ándês

antípodês

~dz côdes

-íz édges

-íz lódges

-íz Hódges

-z hew heŵs = person Hûghes

-îz lúllabîes

-íz râbíes

.*síəríz sêríes

-íz AmE wörríes, BrE wòrríes

Lós = lóss lose; -íz Lós Ángeles

distance mîles = person Mîles

minimal pair: cf. shékels - sháckles

minimal pair: êasels rhymes with mêasles

-z Hërculês

-nz Bàrnes

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

parénthesês

cf. prîces *prîsíz - *crŷsêez crîsês

.*loôziz loses

glāsses

-zíz hòuses

-ssíz spòuses

Sócratês

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

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

-gz dógs

parîahs

big sîze = sigh sîghs

-āffs lāughs

-óffs cóughs

.*íz ís

.*híz hís

plurals, no apostrophes, -íz Bangladéshis

-íz Bengålis

-íz Nepålis

-íz Isrâelis

-iz semifinals sémis

-əss pênis

-íz Sùnnis

-nŏy Íllinois

-íss Páris

Hórace and Mórris = BrE Maurice rhyme with Bóris and Dóris

Hárris

térrace rhymes with Férris

rhyming with Hórace, BrE Maurice = Mórris

Nórris

thêsis

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

némesis

-íss Dâvis

-íss Mâvis

-íss Trávis

Élvis

pélvis

-íss áxis

léxis

.*nóx knócks

loòks

spoôks

-z sélls

-z húms

words from Greek: -óss -ós

.*kâyós châos

insect lòuse = nation Làos

-dôz tornâdos

rhinóceros

-pss hélps

schnápps

heart cŏre = army cŏrps

-z stàrs

lîars, trîers and buŷers rhyme with plîers

bôres, BrE påuse, and påws rhyme with dŏors

mostly -íss -ess

.*áxéss áccéss

góddéss

cãreless

ûseless

hápless

hélpless

t can be silent in lístless

t can be silent in réstless

méss

goòdness

lîonéss

cf. clêan - cléanliness

clúmsiness

nāstiness

shŷness

dréss

áctress

stréss

headmístress

cf. áccess *áxéss - asséss

silent u - guéss

kíss

míss

lóss

grôss

cúss

-tss cáts

Kêats

Yâtes = Yeâts

it is ít’s = of it íts

mostly -əss -us

-ss bús

ábacus

fôcus

-oôz Híndûs

-kəss Bácchus

Sibèlius

Dêlius

Jûlius

j-; cf. adjective ingênious - noun gênius

ignorâmus

hippopótamus

j- gênus

-yoôz ménûs

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

cåucus rhymes with råucous

-dəss - only found in the following five words -dous

treméndous

stûpendous

horréndous

jép- jéopardous

házardous

-jəss outrâgeous

-jəss gŏrgeous

simultâneous

pugnâcious

-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

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

glûtinous

glúttonous

scábrous

wòndrous

slānderous

thúnderous

mürderous

nûmerous

from BrE -our (AmE -or) - -orous

rígorous

vígorous

glámorous

hûmorous

díz- disàstrous

mónstrous

can also be -terous: déxtrous and ámbidextrous

vácûous

fátûous

nërvous

.*Bélla-Roôse Belarûs

cf. prósperous - phósphorus

rhêsus

cénsus

consénsus

sánctus

ríctus

-z jåws

irregular: *séz says

regular: *stâze stâys

-âze sîdeways

never used to form plurals: either a singular possessive or an abbreviation of ís - 's

w-, plural ònes = possessive òne’s

or *híz hê’s

or *shíz shê’s

chíldren’s

of it íts = it is ít’s