English spellings/Catalogs/R

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R

R = àre be

rábbî

raccoôn or racoôn

râcehorse one word

râcism *râyssizm, cf. fáscism *fáshizm

ráck frame, stretch = wráck pain

rácket corruption, noise = rácquet sport

râdàr

râdìî

râdius

râid

râin water = rèign monarch = rèin horse = Râyne person

râiny rain = Râney person

râise up = râze ground

râisin -zən

râison d’étre may have French accent: raison d´être

Ráleigh person = rálly meeting, though officially Sir Wålter Råleigh sounds like Råwley

Rálph mostly, but some are Râlph, *Râfe

rámpâge noun

rampâge verb

Rámsey Isle of Man = Rámsay MacDonald

ráncour *rángkə BrE; AmE ráncor *rángkər

Rangoôn *Ráng-gûne

ránkle cf. wrínkle

ránsom money = Ránsome person

rappróchement *rápróshmón

rápt entranced = wrápped parcel

rárebit Welsh

rāspberry -spb- or -zb-

Rastafãrian

râtio *râyshôw

rátion makes a rhyming minimal pair with fáshion

rátional adjective -sh-

rationâle noun -sh-

ráttlesnake one word

råucous rhymes with cåucus

Råwalpíndi

rây light = Rây = Râe = Wrây persons

râzor rhymes with lâser

rê concerning = rê- again prefix - in more common words, rê- sounds like rí-: compare revêal (rí-) and rêdêal

rêad writing = rêed plant = Rêed = Rêid = Rêad persons

réad past, past participle = réd colour; cf. lêad present, léd past, past participle

Réading England = Rédding person, cf. rêading read

Reâgan Ronald cf. Rêgan Lear, Mégan

reáct - rê-

rêal genuine = rêel rotate

Reál Madríd *Rèy-ál Mədríd

reálpolitìk

rêalty

rêálity

réalm

rêam

rêbate

rébel noun *rébble, cf. pébble

rebél verb

réccê *récky

recêde back *rísêed ≈ resêed plant, rê-

recêipt money -cêet, cf. concêit, decêit

recêive

rêcent lately cf. resént disapprove *rizént

rêcess

récipê food

recíprocal

réckon

récognise - g can be silent

recónnaíssance *recónissənss

récrêâtion fun, sport

rê-crêâtion forensics

recrûit redundant i

recür

recürred, recúrrence, recúrrent, recúrring - rr

réd colour = réad book

rédolent

rêed water = rêad book = Rêed = Rêad = Rêid persons

rêek smell = wrêak havoc

rêel round = rêal genuine

rê-énergise - rê- hyphenated before é

rê-éntry - rê- hyphenated before é

Rêes = Rhỳs = Rêece = Rêese

refër

réference

refléct

refléction in BrE can be refléxion

rêflex

refŏrm

refûse no! -z

réfuse rubbish -ss

Rég *Rédge, rhyming with hédge

Rêgan Lear cf. Reâgan Ronald, Mégan

regìme *râizhìme

régister

rehëarse

Rêid person = rêad write = rêed water = Rêed person

rèign monarch = râin wet = rèin horse

rêígnîte

Reîlly' Tommy = Rîley' Terry

rêímbürse

rêínfŏrce cf. enfŏrce

rêíterate - not -tt-

rêjéct noun

rejéct verb

rejûvenate

rêmatch

relêase cf. rêalîse

rélevant

relìêf

relìêve

rêlíve

relŷ

Rémbrandt

remémber

remémbrance

reminíscent -ssənt

Rénault ™ *Rénô

rendezvous *róndâyvoô

Renèe = Renây

Rênêe from Îrênê

renège or renègue *rənâyg

Rêno

renòunce

réntal rent = Réntoul

renunciâtion -nún-

repéllent

rêpercússions

repétitive

rêplay noun

replây verb

replŷ

represént

represéntative

reprîsal

reprìse

repúblic

réputable

repûte

resëarch BrE; AmE rêsëarch

resémble *rizémble

resént *rizént dislike cf. rê-sént re-send, rêcent lately

réservoir *rézə(r)vwàr

rêshuffle noun

reshúffle verb

resîgn leave *rizîne, cf. rê-sîgn again *rê-sîne

resignâtion rézíg-

resíst -zí-

resístance -zí-

resôlve *rízólve

resŏurce BrE; AmE rêsource

réspiratory or respíratory

réspîte BrE; AmE réspíte

respónsible *respónsable (which is the French spelling)

réstaurant *réstrónt

resúlt *rizúlt

resûme again *ríz-yoôm

résumè CV - may be written résumé or resumé to distinguish it from resûme

resurréction réz-

resúscitate

retàrd verb

rêtard person

rétch vomit = wrétch poor

rethínk

rétina

reveillê *reválly

rével cf. revêal

revêre

réverence

revieŵ re-examine, newspaper = revûe show

revísit

revôke cf. irrévocable

rewård

rêwrite noun, rewrîte verb (no hyphen)

Rèykjavik *Râykyavik or Rék-

Réynolds

rhápsody -ədy

rhêa bird = Rhêa Saturn

rhétoric

rhetórical

rhîno, abbreviation of rhinóceros

Rhôde Island = rôad street = rôwed boat

rhodedéndron rô-

rhŷme

rhýthm *rídhəm

rhýthmic *rídhmic

ríbald *ríbbled, *ríbəld

ríbbon -bən

Ríchard BrE *Ríchə(r)d

rídicule

ridículous *ridíkyələss

rîght side, correct = wrîte read = rîte ritual = wrîght artesan = Wrîght person

Rîley = Reîlly

rîme frost; also rare alternative, more regular, spelling of rhŷme

ríng round, noise = wríng neck

rísquè can have French accent: risqué *rískè

rîte ritual = wrîte read = rîght side, correct = wrîght artesan

ríven

ríver

Rìyadh - the only word with dh as the voiced sound of th as in thís, and the only word with iy

rôad street = rôde ride

rôam wander = Rôme city

rób steal = Rób Robert

róbber

róbbery

róbin bird = Róbin = Róbyn persons

rôbót

rôe fish = rôw line, in a, cf. ròw argue

Rôland cf. Rónald

rôle model rôle = rôll bread, rolling, call

Rôman

România

roôfs roof *roôves, cf. hoôves hoof

roôm

Rôosevelt - first syllable rhymes with rôse

roôt plant = BrE roûte journey

rôse flower, rise = rôws boat, line

rôsè wine can have French accent: rosé

Rôsemary - a as schwa, cf. Mãry, = rôsemary shrub

rôse-tínted

rôte learning = wrôte write

rótten

roûè can have French accent: roué

roúgh violent = rúff cards, neck, bird, fish

ròughage *rúffage, *rúffij

ròund

ròut victory

roûte journey BrE = roôt plant; AmE ròute = ròut victory. Thus in BrE ròuting and roûting are homographs with different pronunciations

rôw boat, line = rôe fish

ròw argument

rúbble wreck cf. AmE rûble BrE roûble money

rûbric

rúcksack

Ruîslip *Rŷslip

rúmpus

rúnaway person cf. rún awây action

rúng ladder, ring = wrúng wring

Rûpert

rústle noise = Rússell person

Rwánda Ruá-