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    • come
    • become
    • from
    • some
    • overcome
    • gum
    • cum
    • dumb
    • drum
    • numb
    • bum
    • thumb
    • when
    • then
    • him
    • again
    • mayhem
    • rum
    • mum
    • ten
    • men
    • scum
    • pen
    • been
    • everything
    • thing
    • amen
    • anything
    • sing
    • bring

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      • come
      • become
      • from
      • some
      • m
      • overcome
      • gum
      • em
      • cum
      • dumb
      • drum
      • thumb
      • bum
      • numb
      • mayhem
      • plum
      • sum
      • rum
      • mum
      • um
      • scum
      • stem
      • condemn
      • femme
      • income
      • dum
      • plumb
      • succumb
      • outcome
      • alum
      • gem
      • yum
      • hum
      • scrum
      • hem
      • diadem
      • phlegm
      • rem
      • thrum
      • scrim
      • crumb
      • slum
      • pm
      • glum
      • umm
      • chum
      • strum
      • chem
      • humdrum
      • lum
      • lem
      • rpm
      • exum
      • maam
      • jem
      • stum
      • fm
      • bethlehem
      • ppm
      • rule of thumb

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        • when
        • then
        • again
        • ten
        • men
        • pen
        • him
        • been
        • en
        • thing
        • everything
        • amen
        • anything
        • sing
        • bring
        • swim
        • skin
        • win
        • ring
        • king
        • begin
        • sin
        • den
        • within
        • spin
        • thin
        • swing
        • string
        • gym
        • gin
        • pin
        • sting
        • chin
        • spring
        • texting
        • dim
        • slim
        • bling
        • limb
        • grim
        • cling
        • grin
        • ping
        • ding
        • tin
        • wing
        • kin
        • fling

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          Word Pronunciation Score ?
        1 exempt egzem_t 2284 Definition
        2 ahem uhhem 2273 Definition
        3 hem hem 2273 Definition
        4 phlegm f_lem 2273 Definition
        5 hemp hem_p 2273 Definition
        6 stem s_tem 2273 Definition
        7 contemn kuhntem 2204 Definition
        8 contempt kuhntem_p_t 2204 Definition
        9 attempt uhtem_t 2204 Definition
        10 quem k_wem 2204 Definition
        11 kemp kem_p 2204 Definition
        12 tempt tem_p_t 2204 Definition
        13 clem k_lem 2204 Definition
        14 thames tem_z 2204 Definition
        15 unkempt ankem_p_t 2204 Definition
        16 thence dhen_s 2198 Definition
        17 then dhen 2198 Definition
        18 resent rizen_t 2189 Definition
        19 vent ven_t 2189 Definition
        20 revenge riven_j 2189 Definition
        21 represent reprizen_t 2189 Definition
        22 reinvent reeinven_t 2189 Definition
        23 invent inven_t 2189 Definition
        24 prevent p_riven_t 2189 Definition
        25 misrepresent misreprizen_t 2189 Definition
        26 zen zen 2189 Definition
        27 event iven_t 2189 Definition
        28 circumvent serrkuhmven_t 2189 Definition
        29 avenge uhven_j 2189 Definition
        30 suspend suhs_pen_d 2178 Definition
        31 offend uhfen_d 2178 Definition
        32 offense uhfen_s 2178 Definition
        33 suspense suhs_pen_s 2178 Definition
        34 strength s_t_reng_th 2178 Definition
        35 unspent ans_pen_t 2178 Definition
        36 overspend uh_uuvuhrs_pen_d 2178 Definition
        37 percent perrsen_t 2178 Definition
        38 sen sen 2178 Definition
        39 stench s_ten_ch 2178 Definition
        40 spent s_pen_t 2178 Definition
        41 spend s_pen_d 2178 Definition
        42 spence s_pen_s 2178 Definition
        43 french f_ren_ch 2178 Definition
        44 sense sen_s 2178 Definition
        45 send sen_d 2178 Definition
        46 sent sen_t 2178 Definition
        47 scent sen_t 2178 Definition
        48 forfend fawrfen_d 2178 Definition
        49 cent sen_t 2178 Definition
        50 expend eks_pen_d 2178 Definition
        51 cents sen_t_s 2178 Definition
        52 distend dis_ten_d 2178 Definition
        53 dissent disen_t 2178 Definition
        54 dispense dis_pen_s 2178 Definition
        55 descent disen_t 2178 Definition
        56 descend disen_d 2178 Definition
        57 defense difen_s 2178 Definition
        58 comprehend komp_rihen_d 2178 Definition
        59 defence difen_s 2178 Definition
        60 consent kuhnsen_t 2178 Definition
        61 concent kuhnsen_t 2178 Definition
        62 expense eks_pen_s 2178 Definition
        63 befriend bif_ren_d 2178 Definition
        64 extend eks_ten_d 2178 Definition
        65 apprehend aaprihen_d 2178 Definition
        66 hence hen_s 2178 Definition
        67 hen hen 2178 Definition
        68 friends f_ren_d_s 2178 Definition
        69 friend f_ren_d 2178 Definition
        70 defend difen_d 2178 Definition
        71 ascend uhsen_d 2178 Definition
        72 fend fen_d 2178 Definition
        73 fence fen_s 2178 Definition
        74 ascent uhsen_t 2178 Definition
        75 fen fen 2178 Definition
        76 assent uhsen_t 2178 Definition
        77 extent eks_ten_t 2178 Definition
        78 condescend kondisen_d 2178 Definition
        79 rpm arrpeeem 2159 Definition
        80 ibm ah_ibeeem 2159 Definition
        81 preempt p_reeem_p_t 2159 Definition
        82 m em 2159 Definition
        83 em em 2159 Definition
        84 trench t_ren_ch 2109 Definition
        85 trend t_ren_d 2109 Definition
        86 trent t_ren_t 2109 Definition
        87 unclench ank_len_ch 2109 Definition
        88 quenched k_wen_ch_d 2109 Definition
        89 repent ripen_t 2109 Definition
        90 retrench rit_ren_ch 2109 Definition
        91 superintend suupuhrinten_d 2109 Definition
        92 tenth ten_th 2109 Definition
        93 tense ten_s 2109 Definition
        94 tend ten_d 2109 Definition
        95 tench ten_ch 2109 Definition
        96 ten ten 2109 Definition
        97 tashkent taashken_t 2109 Definition
        98 subtend suhbten_d 2109 Definition
        99 tent ten_t 2109 Definition

        What is B-Rhymes?

        B-Rhymes is a rhyming dictionary that's not stuck up about what does and doesn't rhyme. As well as regular rhymes, it gives you words that sound good together even though they don't technically rhyme.

        Mirage rhymes and work with them

        Wrote for a master class in the poetic community VKontakte such a text on the types of rhymes that I call "mirage". I'm posting it here in case anyone is interested.


        Each of us has a good idea of ​​what classical rhyme is. However, sometimes an artistic task requires - or the soul asks - non-standard techniques. As one of them, there may be a non-standard type of rhyme. I know four of them: semi-rhymes, visual rhymes, consonant rhymes close to them and close relatives of classical rhymes - assonance.

        It is technically very easy to build a semi-rhyme: the end of one rhyming line should be exactly one syllable longer than the other, and everything should rhyme as usual, except for this “tail”. The saturation of a semi-rhyme is a common subject of controversy among gourmets: some claim that it is tastier in a depleted form, while others, on the contrary, advocate the sharpness of the rhyming parts.
        In examples and samples it looks like this:

        glove - seal, rubbish - gingerbread, lasso - sleepless, sun - sleep

        By the nature of a semi-rhyme, it is obvious that a poem written on it will alternate between feminine and masculine or dactylic and feminine rhymes, and that the most convenient way to rhyme with it is in pairs.
        Here's how it might look like (my study, specially for this MK):

        Old moon, pale as a corpse,
        smoking a pipe in a gypsy way;
        lowering a white ladder to the sea,
        beckoning an Arab woman up to her to escape,
        a maiden with the face of a bronze moon -
        does she really suit a sad hijab
        mortal life? Sleep Wave
        is ready and just waiting for a signal.

        However, whole poems are written in semi-rhyme very rarely, preferring to insert it as an accent.

        The visual rhyme is believed to have been invented by the British. This is a rhyme based on the visual coincidence of the endings of words (usually only the last syllable) and the absence of a real rich consonance (but invariably the presence of a depleted one, since the letters still denote sounds). In addition to British poets, rappers of all countries use this strange rhyme. I have not seen a single poem created entirely on visual rhyme, but rappers add it as a kind of seasoning to texts rhymed in the most common way.
        An example of such a rhyme:

        full - moon, ore - true, chairs - crooks, hiding place - tonic, charms - weaving

        Such a rhyme can sound very interesting if it is supported by alliteration or assonance of rhyming words.
        Especially for the master class, I went to great lengths to experiment and composed an etude already on a visual rhyme.

        Do not ask how I got here,
        do not be afraid, I am your devoted supporter!
        Look at my hand, how joyfully my ring burns
        - let it incite you,
        after all, he is a gift from your father,
        a worthy and glorious Gascon
        and my uncle - oh, orphan,
        now you are under the protection of Lancelot!

        Yes, looking at this exercise, you understand why visual rhyme is used just as a seasoning, and not the main ingredient :)

        Visual rhyme's sister is consonant rhyme, based on the coincidence of consonants around stressed vowels and the difference between stressed vowels themselves. Like a regular rhyme, it can be of varying degrees of saturation. Here is a rich consonant rhyme:

        frost - reprise, hat - mistake, mountains - Uyghurs, doors - creatures poetic ways.
        An unsaturated consonantal rhyme cannot be masculine, because in this case all interestingness disappears in it. Here are examples of female unsaturated consonant rhymes:

        grief - megera, creature - believes, bast - magnifier

        Obviously, in order for a poem to "sound" on an unsaturated consonant rhyme, this rhyme must be supported by another play of sounds, for example, alliteration.
        If you look again at my study of the moon and the Arab woman, you will notice that, while adjacent lines of the poem are connected by a semi-rhyme, there is also a cross-rhyme with a consonant rhyme:

        0005 moon - wave, dull - signal - unsaturated consonant rhyme, the first is supported by alliteration

        Both types of rhymes are rather unstable, mirage, but when combined, they begin to reinforce each other, giving the poem a very peculiar harmony.

        Finally, I would like to talk about asonance rhyme - based on the identity of the stressed vowels of the rhyming lines and the difference in the vowels that follow them. In a rich assonant rhyme, not only stressed vowels coincide, but also the following vowels and the preceding consonant:

        foggy - starches, gang - dog, orphans - crowns, glove - Luciana they tyrannize, the banner is not enough, the hands are a bullet

        Usually such a rhyme is in dire need of support by other sound techniques.
        By the way, in Spanish poetry, assonance rhyme is considered just classical and noble, and exact - folk, rough.
        Assonant rhyme is almost always feminine, rarely dactylic, and only among the incompetent without a sense of taste or beginners is masculine.

        If we turn again to my study with the penetrating supporter, we will see that adjacent lines are combined in it with a visual rhyme, while the poem also has a cross-assonance rhyme, everywhere unsaturated: orphan, Gascon - Lancelot.

        This is another example of how mirage rhymes support each other.
        In conclusion, I can not help but note that mirage rhyme requires a good, solid rhythmic or syllabic skeleton - it is almost impossible to write a good poem in a more or less free rhythm and at the same time with mirage rhyme.

        A very interesting variety of asonance rhyme is a rhyme with alternating consonants: vowel and can also be of varying degrees of saturation.

        This is how it looks in the poem:

        A dog roams in my bedroom at night,
        A black dog, blacker than the sacred Kaaba.
        Wanders and bares its fangs from behind the curtains on the moonlight
        A small disk, silvering my window has fallen.

        When working with mirage rhymes, it is worth remembering that even the richest of them is still poorer than even an approximate classical rhyme, not to mention rich and rich classical rhymes, and therefore they usually do not combine well in forms other than pseudo-monorim. And yet they can be combined if you create a solid rhyming pattern for them, for example, even couplets with a classical rhyme and odd couplets with an assonant rhyme, or odd lines with a consonant rhyme, and even lines with a classical one.

        45 words with "reminders" that will be useful for schoolchildren and adults - Teacher's newspaper

        No matter how you learn stress, you can still get confused at the most inopportune moment. We tried to speak correctly, but many around speak differently, and we begin to echo them. "Gramotator" has repeatedly addressed the topic of stress. But questions from our readers keep coming. And today we decided to offer a mini-dictionary of the most problematic nouns with rhymes for memorization. They will be useful both in life and on the exam. And as a daily cheat sheet, you can use our cards.

        Noun stresses

        Letter A

        Asymmetry

        The stress in this word falls on the last syllable. The “asymmetry” familiar to many is wrong. Although some dictionaries provide such an option as the only or alternative, they are in the minority. And it is asymmetry that corresponds to a strict norm. Our rhyme will help you remember this.

        Allergy occurs,

        When there is asymmetry all around

        Airport

        Stress in all forms, except for the prepositional case, falls on -port-. In the prepositional case, the stress falls on the ending when we talk about the place (where) - at the airport, and on - the port when we talk about the airport. Let's learn " memories " and never make a mistake.

        Airport

        Settled in comfort -

        Satisfied with the airport.

        At the airport (where, about the place)

        How the liner is gaining altitude,

        You will see only at the airport.

        About the airpoor (about which)

        Read news about sports,

        And read - about the airpore

        Aero -Apores (multiple)

        We love the resorts,

        We hasten to airpores.

        Letter B

        Bows

        This is one of the few two-syllable nouns in which the stress in all forms and plural falls on the last syllable. Here, too, it is enough to remember the word "bow" and simply substitute endings for it, without changing anything. Well rhyme will help.

        piping on the shirt,

        bows on the head

        Boutique

        The word came from the French language, which means that the stress falls on the last syllable. The main thing to remember is that the stress will stand when changing the word in cases and in the plural. And rhymes will help to fix.

        Light and shine -

        Just chic

        This brand new boutique

        Boutique

        Bezlika Sign

        At the fashionable butter

        Boutik

        was surprised by the blitches

        Above the expensive boutik

        in Butik

        We will give the seller

        9,0004

        ,000,0004,000,0004,000 9,0004,000 9009 Blueberries, cranberries and strawberries

        Do not sell beautiful fashion boutiques

        Accountant

        Directors, professors have long turned into directors and professors, shifting the emphasis to the ending. But accountants are not one of those. The stress in this word is invariable and in all forms of the plural falls on the root.

        A “Remark ” will help not to forget:

        accountants (multi -d.), Accounters

        Good harakters

        have all accountants,

        and there are no bad haracts

        .

        Letter B

        Widowhood

        The stress in this word always falls only on the last syllable. It does not change with the declension of the noun.

        Indispensable here without « memory sticks »:

        Magic for Christmas

        Widowhood instantly crumbled.

        Religion

        Despite the fact that many stubbornly say religion, the correct option is only religion. And nothing else. Let's remember the word "know", it will help to correctly place the stress. And you can also come up with rhyme , so as not to make a mistake.

        I know - I don’t know,

        What I confess.

        I don't know at all

        Religion.

        Ages

        In the plural, as in "accountants", the stress in the word "age" remains unchanged, on the first syllable - ages. Saying and writing "age" is incorrect. And the classic will help to remember this:

        All ages are submissive to love.

        Download this flashcard to help you memorize difficult accents faster. And we go further - before us are the words with the letter "g".

        The letter G

        Rake

        When the word “rake” is changed, the stress will not move anywhere - it will remain on the first syllable, whether we rejoice at the rake, work with the rake or think about the rake.

        Rhyme will help you remember easily:

        Hands are already cold -

        How can we hold the rake?

        Rake

        Forehead covered with drops

        From working with a rake.

        Rake or rake

        There is no rake in the barn,

        I had to work with a saber.

        Corrugated

        Amazing word! Most pronounce it incorrectly, and the emphasis here falls not on the second, but on the third syllable - corrugated. By analogy with "pleated". So let's remember, and rhyme will help with this.

        Pleated skirt,

        A pleated bow.

        Corrugated can be not only a bow, but also hair tongs, and a hose, and metal. However, the emphasis will not change.

        Letter D

        Door

        When the word “door” is changed, the accent almost always remains on the root. And only in one case - if we are talking about the door as a place - the emphasis will go to the ending.

        To the door

        At the door

        But (hanging) on ​​the door.

        And it’s better to remember and not get confused, it will help rhyme about wild animals:

        Wild animals came to the door -

        They knew that crackers

        The owner left them on the door.

        Dispensary

        The word is of French origin, and therefore the stress falls on the last syllable. The word "dispensary" does not correspond to the norm. Only the dispensary is correct. The stress will not change when the word is declined. And “ memorizer ”

        Engineer pronounces

        The word is correct – dispensary.

        Agreement and agreements

        Frequently used "agreements and agreements" under strict prohibition! Only contract and contracts.

        Let's remember rhyme and we won't make mistakes:

        Have a conversation with a lawyer,

        To conclude an agreement.

        But talking won't help

        Concluding contracts.

        Letter I

        Iconography

        Surprisingly, the stress in this word falls on the first syllable. And, although from the word “icon” one really wants to say “icon painting”, this should not be done. Rhyme :

        Turned out today,

        What is right - iconography.

        Game

        The word, although old, is used in modern speech, including in a figurative sense. As in the previous word, the stress here falls only on the first syllable. No games allowed! And “ memorizer ”:

        Came in a monster costume

        To the school for a game.

        Letter K

        Catalog

        Words ending in -log have different stresses. In the word catalog, as in the words dialogue, monologue, prologue, epilogue, the stress falls on the last syllable. There is no word catalog. Rhyme will help you not to get confused.

        We started a dialogue,

        We are discussing the catalogue.

        Containers

        And somewhere, probably, there are containers, because that's what they say very often. However, the stress here is stable and in all forms of the word falls on the second syllable - containers. It never carries over to the end.

        Let's remember "accountants" and "ages" and just remember.

        And again, our cheat sheet, which you can download and use to memorize difficult stresses.

        The letter M

        In a glimpse

        Another difficult word, who says "briefly", and who says "briefly". Unfortunately for many, the second option is wrong. The stress in the word "glimpse" falls on the first syllable. There are no exceptions. You can come up with your own associations to remember, or you can learn our rhyme :

        Write very small,

        0004 If we don't want to push garbage into the wires, then we shouldn't say garbage chute. Garbage can only be thrown into the garbage chute. The stress in this word falls on the last syllable. As in other "wires" - a gas pipeline, a pipeline, an oil pipeline. And it will help to remember rhyme :

        The whole rather big passage

        The garbage chute occupied.

        Letter H

        Nakid

        It would seem that this word should not cause difficulties. But it turned out that there is some professional slang - many knitters say nakid, throwing a loop on a knitting needle. However, there are no exceptions here. Only nakid is correct - in knitting and in other cases. "Memory" will help;

        We are not very surprised:

        In knitting, they make a crochet.

        Intention

        Where the word “intention” comes from is unknown, but it creeps into our speech quite often. However, there is only intention. The stress in this word falls on the second syllable. The rhyme will help to remember, and to someone to get rid of incorrect pronunciation:

        It is better to be more moderate

        Talk about intentions.

        Letter O

        Provision

        The stress in this word always falls on the third syllable - provision. And it doesn’t matter if we are talking about material support for someone, ensuring an obligation with something or ensuring someone’s safety. The stress will stand in any case. There is no word “providing”, which many dictionaries explicitly warn about.

        A rhyme will help you remember this difficult word:

        is marked in the dictionary

        The word provision

        Window - window

        Do you remember the words of the song of the group "Lube": "... from the wide open windows .."? Many will be surprised, but this is not the norm. In the genitive plural, the stress falls on the first syllable - windows. Not windows. Remember?

        What is this cocoon

        Do we see from the windows?

        Letter П

        Appeal

        The stress in this word always falls on the second syllable. It doesn't matter if it's a call to action or a call to the army. Often, when it comes to conscription for military service, you can hear the call. However, in the army, as well as for action, they are called. And there is no reason to change the stress in a word depending on the meaning. In all cases, the emphasis is the same - the call. A from rhyme easier!

        The window is open,

        We hear the call.

        Pullover

        Not a half-over, not a pullover, but only a pullover. Dictionaries do not provide other options. In order not to accidentally put on a half-belt, remember rhyme :

        A beautiful motor scooter.

        And a pullover in his color.

        The letter P

        Shell

        Perhaps, checking the word "shell", some put the emphasis on the first syllable - shell. And what? A large shell, and a small shell. However, the word "shell" is not a test word for a shell. And the stress in this word is placed on the second syllable - shell. And small, and large, and river, and sea. And to be remembered better, rhyme :

        Beautiful toy

        Seashell.

        Regent

        The word has several meanings. This is both the temporary ruler and the conductor of the church choir. But the stress is one - on the first syllable. In M.A. Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita, the “regent” is quite common: this is how Koroviev called himself at the beginning of the work. “Now the regent put on his nose an obviously unnecessary pince-nez, in which one glass was missing at all, and the other was cracked.” If anyone doubted how to pronounce Koroviev's position, now he will be sure that he is regent. Well, in addition to the classics, our " memo ":

        Likes to listen to reggae

        Hora former regent

        And this is the third card from the dictionary. Download it and we will not make mistakes in pronunciation.

        Letter C

        Symmetry

        Remember the asymmetry? One might think that in the word "symmetry" the stress falls on the last syllable. The words are similar! But no, that would be too simple, so in the word "symmetry" the stress falls on the second syllable - symmetry. Here, as in the case of asymmetry, there are sometimes two options in dictionaries - symmetry and symmetry. But only the first one corresponds to a strict norm - symmetry. Remember with rhymes

        Loves geometry,

        So that there is symmetry.

        Concentration

        Concentration can often be heard. But let's imagine how something gathers at one point, and easily remember what is right - concentration. And if the period does not help, then our rhyme will definitely do it:

        The shutters are boarded up,

        There is silence here

        The insurer

        For some unknown reason, this word is pronounced insurer. Perhaps, by analogy with some professions in the -man: crane operator, shoemaker. However, none of the modern dictionaries records the word "insurer". There is only "insurer". The emphasis on "o" remains in the derivative words "insurer", "reinsurer".

        And it's easy to remember: remember the word insurance, the insurer also stresses the letter "o". And you can also come up with rhyme :

        Lviv trainers

        Always go to the insurer.

        Carpenter

        The correct stress in this word is on the last syllable. The profession of carpenter does not exist, no matter how often one hears this word. It's like saying not a painter, but a painter. However, they don’t say that, but for some reason the carpenter took root. And in vain, it does not correspond to the norm. The painter will help remember :

        A painter works for us,

        But we really need a carpenter.

        By the way, the correct plural is “carpenters”, not carpenters or carpenters. As, however, and painters.

        Letter T

        Cakes

        Do you remember the word “bows”? "Cakes" from the same company. There are not many two-syllable words that have the stress on the first syllable. Cakes is one of them. The stress will remain unchanged when the word is declined. There are no cakes, not cakes, delicious cakes are welcome, but not cakes. When changing the word in the singular in cases, the stress will stand - there is no cake, I'm glad for the cake, I dream of a cake. A rhyme will help you remember:

        We are going to resorts,

        We can’t eat cakes,

        We want to flaunt in shorts,

        But they don’t get slimmer “on cakes”.

        Transfer

        Despite the common pronunciation "transfer", it is correct to stress only the last syllable - transfer. And a "reminder":

        Famous collector

        Booked a transfer to the hotel.

        Shoe

        Contrary to popular belief, the stress here falls on the first syllable. You can’t say “shoe” or “shoe”, only “shoe. And don't forget that the noun shoe is feminine.

        Letter X

        Petition

        One of the annoying and often used options is petition. Let's spare the ears of those around us and never say that! Only intercession and intercession. And with rhyme is easier to remember.

        Just a treat for the ear.

        When they say "intercession".

        Letter Ш

        Scarf

        And one more of the few two-syllable words in which the stress falls on the first syllable. We already know about bows and cakes, and now scarves have joined them. It's only right, not scarves. The stress will be preserved when the word is changed both in the singular and in the plural - scarves, scarf, scarf, scarves. Rhyme will help you remember.

        We play harps

        Scarves are uncomfortable.

        Let's sit down to the harps,

        Let's take off our scarves

        Double (variable) accents in nouns

        Good news. No, in all words it is not yet possible to put stress on different syllables at will. But there are a lot of words with variable stress. Let's present some of them.

        Apartments

        It sounds amazing, but not so long ago only the pronunciation apartments was considered correct. And some dictionaries still fix this option as the only one. True, in some modern dictionaries you can see "apartment" as a colloquial option. But the majority still consider apartments and apartments to be equal. Both options are standard.

        Bungalow

        Until recently, only the bungalow was considered correct. Now, the stress depends on the choice of the speaker - both bungalow and bungalow correspond to the norm.

        Croutons

        As in the previous cases, only pronunciation - croutons was allowed before. And in the singular - toast had a masculine gender. Over time, croutons also appeared, and in the singular feminine toast.

        Both words are normative, and the choice is yours.

        College

        You might be surprised, but many dictionaries list both college and college as equals. True, more conservative dictionaries adhere to the college option. We would also recommend not to stress the second syllable. But in this case there will be no error either.

        Cooking

        She stopped being only cookery a long time ago, having got herself a sister - cookery. Both cooking and cooking are recorded in dictionaries.

        Pizzeria

        Here you can taste delicious pizza. And it can be pronounced differently. If strict dictionaries believe that only the pizzeria option is correct, then most dictionaries argue with them, fixing two options - pizzeria and pizzeria.

        Meatballs

        Don't be surprised. The correct options are meatballs and meatballs. But, if you are faced with a choice or preparing an official performance, then meatballs, of course, are preferable.

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