The 10 Most Mispronounced Words in America

Big shout out to the folks at Unscrambled Words who used Google data to round up the Top 10 Most Mispronounced Words in America. I’m confident on 6 out of 10 personally – I’m sure I’m slaughtering at least 2 of the 10 pronunciations though I obviously don’t know which two. LOL

Check the list out and see how you do. For fun at work put the list in front of a co-worker and let the giggles begin!

• #10 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Pho

• #9 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Dogecoin

• #8 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Worcestershire 

• #7 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  GIF

• #6 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Gnocci

• #5 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Nguyen

• #4 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Charcuterie

• #3 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Omicron

• #2 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Gyro

• #1 Most Mispronounced Word in America:

  Acai

• Correct Pronunciations

  1) Acai – “aa·saa·ee”

  2) Gyro – “yee-roh” or “zhihr-oh”

  3) Omicron – “aa·muh·kraan”

  4) Charcuterie – “shaar·koo·tr·ee”

  5) Nguyen – click to hear

  6) Gnocci – “nyow·kee”

  7) GIF – “JIF”

  8) Worcestershire – “wu·stuh·shr”

  9) Dogecoin – “dohj coin”

  10) Pho – “fuh”

   

• Congrats! You can now pronounce the most mispronounced words in the country!

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