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Can you guess the word Americans struggle to pronounce most?

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"Croissant" is No. 7 on the list of words Americans struggle the most to pronounce.

When you want quinoa at a restaurant, do you whisper your order for fear of mispronouncing it? When you find a bunch of peonies at the florist, do you simply point to the flowers so you don't stumble over their pronunciation?

If so, you're not alone: Quinoa and peony are among the words that Americans struggle most to pronounce, according to an analysis done by Dictionary.com. To develop this list, the website examined internal data on the number of audio plays for pronunciation that each word receives, as well as lexicographer research.

Here are the to 30 words Americans struggle to pronounce

·         1. affidavit [af-i-dey-vit]

·         2. almond [ah-muh nd, am-uh nd]

·         3. beget [bih-get]

·         4. cache [kash]

·         5. caramel [kar-uh-muh l, -mel, kahr-muh l]

·         6. coupon [koo-pon, kyoo-]

·         7. croissant [French krwah-sahn; English kruh-sahnt]

·         8. epitome [ih-pit-uh-mee]

·         9. espresso [e-spres-oh]

·         10. et cetera [et set-er-uh, se-truh]

·         11. façade [fuh-sahd, fa-]

·         12. fiery [fahyuh r-ee, fahy-uh-ree]

·         13. genre [zhahn-ruh; French zhahn-ruh]

·         14. haute [oht]

·         15. hyperbole [hahy-pur-buh-lee]

·         16. lambaste [lam-beyst, -bast]

·         17. mauve [mohv]

·         18. mischievous [mis-chuh-vuh s]

·         19. niche [nich]

·         20. peony [pee-uh-nee]

·         21. prerogative [pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog-]

·         22. quinoa [keen-wah, kee-noh-uh]

·         23. reservoir [rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-]

·         24. salmon [sam-uh n]

·         25. sherbet [shur-bit]

·         26. turmeric [tur-mer-ik]

·         27. verbiage [vur-bee-ij]

·         28. Weimaraner [vahy-muh-rah-ner, wahy-, wahy-muh-rey-]

·         29. whet [hwet, wet]

·         30. Worcestershire [woo s-ter-sheer, -sher]

Not only do Americans struggle to pronounce words, they also struggle to spell them.

An analysis that Google ran for Market-Watch in 2015 (based on the top questions for "how to spell" entered into Google) found that these were among the top words Americans weremost confused on how to spell: Grey, canceled, definitely, pneumonia, appreciate,  Hanukkah, restaurant, ninety and niece. pneumonia, appreciate, Hanukkah, restaurant, ninety and niece.
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