Words with the [k] sound
Voiceless velar stop; back of tongue to soft palate.
Common spellings: c, k, ck. Examples: cat, kite.
- fixable
- gatwick
- genomics
- glycogen
- groundwork
- handiwork
- hiker
- hillock
- hoboken
- hotchkiss
- idyllic
- inconveniences
- indiscretion
- inexplicably
- inscrutable
- insecticides
- kalmar
- kamen
- kavanagh
- kayakers
- khan's
- kline
- knesset
- kobayashi
- kon
- koyo
- lank
- laughlin
- leaky
- lenox
- lucretia
- lukas
- marques
- mcclellan
- mcnair
- murdock
- musketeer
- mythic
- nickleby
- nicol
- nyack
- occupancy
- octane
- oka
- paradoxes
- peacekeeping
- peek
- pessimistic
- pharmacological
- phonetics
- pickett
- precautionary
- prefabricated
- printmaking
- proactive
- proclaiming
- publication's
- qantas
- quarreled
- quelled
- raked
- reactivated
- recommending
- reconciles
- rectified
- recuperate
- reflexive
- roebuck
- rooks
- rucker
- scalded
- scam
- schenectady
- schooners
- scour
- secures
- selectivity
- sexist
- shakespearean
- shirk
- shopkeepers
- simplification
- slapstick
- snowflakes
- socioeconomic
- sparky
- spasmodic
- specks
- squalid
- stoic
- symbiotic
- texarkana
- thackeray
- tic
- ticking
- trickier
- turkey's
- unequivocal
- unkempt
- unmasked