COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED ENGLISH WORDS 1. athlete 2. cloth x clothes 3. without 4. anchor 5. ran x rang 6. finger 7. very well 8. girl 9. heart 10. heir 11. hour 12. bomb 13. lamb 14. doubt 15. debt 16. Wednesday 17. knock 18. knee 19. gnome 20. answer 21. wrong 22. psychology 23. damn 24. calm 25. buzz 26. beard 27. proof x prove 28. advice x advise 29. juice 30. chew 31. manoeuvre 32. neutral 33. queue 34. even x event. 35. eventually 36. able x ability 37. object (v/n) 38. permit (v/n) 39. present (v/n) 40. door out 41. your eyes 42. for all 43. chaos 44. chorus 45. chore 46. conscientious 47. excuse (v/n) 48. leaver 49. gear 50. gesture 51. gist 52. occur 53. government 54. naive 55. plumber 56. relate 57. relative 58. schedule 59. subtle 60. suite 61. technology 62. xylophone 63. almond 64. salmon 65. bury 66. desert x dessert 67. genre 68. library 69. vowel 70. hierarchy 71. island x Iceland 72. receipt 73. debris 74. infamous 75. possess 76. muscle x muscular 77. whistle 78. castle 79. chemical 80. ache 81. curtain 82. hotel 83. museum 84. nature x natural 85. loose x lose 86. alien 87. glove 88. major 89. mayor 90. measure 91. stomach 92. evil 93. extraordinary 94. bargain 95. tongue 96. curious 97. bear x beer 98. chef 99. pint 100. rural 101. scissors 102. sufrace 103. ton (tonne) 104. measles 105. acoustic 106. biscuit 107. boutique 108. burial 109. disguise 110. preface 111. crisps 112. ultimate 113. awkward 114. comfortable 115. advertise x advertisement 116. crucial 117. crooked 118. ginger 119. gigle 120. naughty 121. lunch x launch 122. knuckle 123. weigh 124. strength 125. theory 126. theme 127. thermometer 128. earthworm 129. wonder x wander 130. vague 131. though 132. threaten 133. interviewee 134. award 135. price x prize 136. vowel 137. faithfully 138. fortunate 139. breathable 140. bow 141. quiet x quite 142. tour 143. sure 144. knowledge 145. wound 146. feather 147. hyphen 148. ultra- 149. pseudo- 150. minute (adj) GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 1. Argentina 2. Asia 3. Australia 4. Barbados 5. Brazil 6. Chile 7. Cyprus 8. Egypt 9. Europe 10. Guinea 11. Indonesia 12. Israel 13. Japan 14. Malta 15. Nigeria 16. Portugal 17. Ukraine 18. Zimbabwe 19. Derby 20. Durham 21. Eton 22. Glouster 23. Leicester 24. Norwich 25. Plymouth 26. Reading 27. Salisbury 28. Warwick 29. Worcester 30. Aberdeen 31. Greenwich 32. Norfolk 33. Plymouth 34. Birmingham 35. Carlisle 36. Edinburgh 37. Hereford 38. Swansea 39. Chicago 40. Brisbane 41. Melbourne 42. Berkeley 43. Las Vegas 44. Lincoln 45. Norfolk 46. Montreal 47. Vancouver 48. Princeton 49. Stratford-upon-Avon 50. Limerick COMMON FIRST NAMES Female names Audrey Beatrice Bridget, Bridgit, Brigid Carol, Carole Catherine, Katherine, Katharine, Kathryn Chloe Clare, Claire Diana Elaine Elizabeth, Elisabeth Edith Frances Freda Hannah Helen Irene Isabel, Isabelle, Isobel Janet Jodie Laura Lauren Louise Margaret Maria Mary Patricia Phoebe Sarah, Sara Zoe Male names Albert Alexander Andrew Cecil Daniel Ernest Ethan Hubert Ian Jacob Jerome Leonard Lewis Matthew Nathan Nigel Sean Theodore