l
Common English words with this sound
l (light)
A CEFR-graded selection of the most common words that include this phoneme, sorted by learner level (A1 first). Both GA and RP shown when they differ. Tap Listen for audio.
| Word | GA | RP | Level | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| album | /ˈælbəm/ | — | A1 | |
| all | /ɑl/ | /ɔːl/ | A1 | |
| almost | /ˈɑlˌmoʊst/ | /ˈɔːlˌməʊst/ | A1 | |
| alone | /əˈloʊn/ | /əˈləʊn/ | A1 | |
| along | /əˈlɑŋ/ | /əˈlɒŋ/ | A1 | |
| already | /ɑlˈrɛdi/ | /ɔːlˈredi/ | A1 | |
| also | /ˈɑlsoʊ/ | /ˈɔːlsəʊ/ | A1 | |
| always | /ˈɑlˌweɪz/ | /ˈɔːlˌweɪz/ | A1 | |
| animal | /ˈænəməl/ | — | A1 | |
| april | /ˈeɪprəl/ | — | A1 | |
| ball | /bɑl/ | /bɔːl/ | A1 | |
| baseball | /ˈbeɪsˌbɑl/ | /ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl/ | A1 | |
| basketball | /ˈbæskətˌbɑl/ | /ˈbɑːskətˌbɔːl/ | A1 | |
| beautiful | /ˈbjuɾəfəl/ | /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ | A1 | |
| believe | /bɪˈliv/ | /bɪˈliːv/ | A1 | |
| bell | /bɛl/ | /bel/ | A1 | |
| below | /bɪˈloʊ/ | /bɪˈləʊ/ | A1 | |
| black | /blæk/ | — | A1 | |
| blank | /blæŋk/ | — | A1 | |
| block | /blɑk/ | /blɒk/ | A1 |