50 English Words Nigerians Commonly Mispronounce (and the Correct Pronunciation)

🔊 1. Vegetable

  • Wrong: vej‑e‑TA‑ble
  • Correct: VEJ‑tuh‑buhl

🔊 2. Suite

  • Wrong: su‑IT
  • Correct: sweet

🔊 3. Debt

  • Wrong: deb‑t
  • Correct: det

🔊 4. Wednesday

  • Wrong: wens‑DAY
  • Correct: WENZ‑day

🔊 5. Vehicle

  • Wrong: vee‑HI‑kul
  • Correct: VEE‑uh‑kul

🔊 6. Cucumber

  • Wrong: ku‑KUM‑ba
  • Correct: KYOO‑kum‑ber

🔊 7. Breakfast

  • Wrong: break‑FAST
  • Correct: BREK‑fuhst

🔊 8. Choir

  • Wrong: choir
  • Correct: KWAI‑uh

🔊 9. Iron

  • Wrong: eye‑RON
  • Correct: EYE‑un

🔊 10. Salmon

  • Wrong: sal‑mon
  • Correct: SAM‑un

🔊 11. Genre

  • Wrong: gen‑ree
  • Correct: ZHAHN‑ruh

🔊 12. Colonel

  • Wrong: co‑lo‑nel
  • Correct: KER‑nul

🔊 13. Cupboard

  • Wrong: cup‑BOARD
  • Correct: KUB‑erd

🔊 14. Plumber

  • Wrong: plum‑BER
  • Correct: PLUH‑mer

🔊 15. Bowl

  • Wrong: bol
  • Correct: bohl

🔊 16. Chaos

  • Wrong: cha‑os
  • Correct: KAY‑oss

🔊 17. Suitcase

  • Wrong: su‑it‑case
  • Correct: SOOT‑case

🔊 18. Cache

  • Wrong: cash‑ay
  • Correct: cash

🔊 19. Data

  • Wrong: da‑ta
  • Correct: DAY‑ta or DAH‑ta

🔊 20. Entrepreneur

  • Wrong: en‑tre‑PRE‑nor
  • Correct: ahn‑truh‑pruh‑NUR

🔊 21. Leopard

  • Wrong: lee‑o‑pard
  • Correct: LEP‑erd

🔊 22. Bouquet

  • Wrong: boo‑kwet
  • Correct: boh‑KAY

🔊 23. Pizza

  • Wrong: pi‑za
  • Correct: PEET‑suh

🔊 24. Almond

  • Wrong: al‑mond
  • Correct: AH‑mund (The “l” is silent.)

🔊 25. Mortgage

  • Wrong: mort‑gaj
  • Correct: MOR‑gij

🔊 26. Island

  • Wrong: is‑land
  • Correct: EYE‑land

🔊 27. Subtle

  • Wrong: sub‑tle
  • Correct: SUH‑tuhl

🔊 28. Buffet

  • Wrong: boo‑fet
  • Correct: boo‑FAY

🔊 29. Quay

  • Wrong: kway
  • Correct: key

🔊 30. Rendezvous

  • Wrong: ren‑dez‑vus
  • Correct: RON‑day‑voo

🔊 31. Debris

  • Wrong: deb‑ris
  • Correct: day‑BREE

🔊 32. Resume (CV)

  • Wrong: re‑zoom
  • Correct: REZ‑oo‑may

🔊 33. Mischievous

  • Wrong: mis‑CHEE‑vee‑ous
  • Correct: MIS‑chuh‑vus

🔊 34. Pronunciation

  • Wrong: pro‑NOUN‑ciation
  • Correct: pro‑NUN‑see‑AY‑shun

🔊 35. Clothes

  • Wrong: close
  • Correct: klohdz

🔊 36. Comfortable

  • Wrong: com‑FOR‑ta‑ble
  • Correct: KUMF‑tuh‑buhl

🔊 37. Jewelry

  • Wrong: jew‑ler‑ree
  • Correct: JOO‑uhl‑ree

🔊 38. Restaurant

  • Wrong: res‑tau‑rant
  • Correct: RES‑truhnt

🔊 39. Receipt

  • Wrong: re‑sept
  • Correct: ri‑SEET

🔊 40. Cachet

  • Wrong: cash‑et
  • Correct: cash‑AY

🔊 41. Hyperbole

  • Wrong: hyper‑bowl
  • Correct: hy‑PER‑buh‑lee

🔊 42. Epitome

  • Wrong: epi‑tome
  • Correct: eh‑PIT‑uh‑mee

🔊 43. Asthma

  • Wrong: az‑ma
  • Correct: AZ‑muh (The “th” is silent.)

🔊 44. Status

  • Wrong: sta‑TUS
  • Correct: STAY‑tus or STAT‑us

🔊 45. Candidate

  • Wrong: can‑di‑DATE
  • Correct: KAN‑duh‑det

🔊 46. Often

  • Wrong: off‑ten
  • Correct: OFF‑en (The “t” is silent in most regions.)

🔊 47. Genre

  • Wrong: jen‑ree
  • Correct: ZHAHN‑ruh

🔊 48. Suite (hotel)

  • Wrong: su‑it
  • Correct: sweet

🔊 49. Entrepreneur

  • Wrong: en‑tre‑pre‑nor
  • Correct: ahn‑truh‑pruh‑NUR

🔊 50. Cache (computer)

  • Wrong: cash‑ay
  • Correct: cash

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