Words with the [k] sound
Voiceless velar stop; back of tongue to soft palate.
Common spellings: c, k, ck. Examples: cat, kite.
- commando
- computerized
- condemning
- congolese
- congratulated
- congressmen
- conquerors
- conservancy
- constructs
- consultancy
- conversational
- conveying
- coolant
- coriander
- corrugated
- councilor
- counteract
- countered
- coverings
- cranial
- crowe
- crucifix
- cumbersome
- decorum
- deductible
- defected
- detractors
- directive
- discounted
- distinctively
- eccentricity
- eradicate
- eviction
- exacting
- experimentally
- exporting
- expressionist
- flanking
- fluctuating
- forsaken
- fractal
- gastric
- holyoke
- impracticable
- incarnate
- instruct
- jewkes
- kelly's
- kelso
- kingdom's
- kurdistan
- lac
- lakeshore
- luc
- mcrae
- meticulous
- mitochondria
- monoclinic
- nantucket
- nicotine
- norwalk
- occidental
- paxton
- phonological
- picasso
- picnics
- poughkeepsie
- practicable
- prank
- predictive
- psychical
- queues
- quieted
- quoting
- recast
- relativistic
- rococo
- roxbury
- sanctuaries
- scarlett
- schuylkill
- scourge
- scratches
- scudder
- sculptural
- seductive
- semiconductors
- skits
- sneaking
- subscribe
- subscriber
- surgically
- toxins
- tricked
- unspeakable
- victors
- viktor
- whitaker
- yakima
- yorktown