Common English words with the "l (light)" sound (IPA l)

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

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