Top 10 hardest words to pronounce revealed

What words to you struggle today?

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 24th Jan 2023

A ranking of the hardest words for people to pronounce has been published by The Times.

A recent study by casino operator Slotbox analysed average Google search terms over the past year to discover the words most struggle to say.

Two Irish names topped the list, Aoife took the top spot, with Saoirse coming in second.

You might have seen the TV Ads for car maker Hyundai, that found adults also struggle with other words including their own brand name.

Instead of "Hy-un-dai" it’s "Hyun-day” – but that hasn’t made the list.

Check out the list of top 10 most mispronounced names below:

"ee-fa"

"sur-sha"

"om-my-kron"

"keev"

"ah-sah-ee"

"neev"

"shi-vawn"

"yee-ros"

"n-win"

"shed-yul"

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