PHONETIC "h" words in the English language

NOTE: These words are part of 9,000 words which were compiled and graciously contributed by Alan Beale from his master list of 30,000 words which show his speech-sound notation for those 30,000 words. This makes it possible for him to efficiently generate lists of words which meet any speech-sound criteria. The following words meet our "selected-phonetic" criteria and should therefor be useful for teaching beginners. Almost all these words are very easy to read because all words with irregular spelling have been eliminated.

Where two listings are given for the same word, that word can be pronounced in two different ways.

How this list came to be / The phonetic rules that governed the selection of the phonetic words.

ha
haberdasher
haberdashery
habit
habitability
habitable
habitat
hack
hacker
hackle
hackles
had
haft
hag
haggle
haggler
hail
hailstorm
hair
hairbrush
haircut
hairdresser
hairdressing
hairless
hairline
hairnet
hairpin
hairsplitting
hairspray
hairy
halberd
halibut
hall
hallmark
hallway
ham
hamburger
hamlet
hammer
hammering
hamper
hamster
hamstring
hand
handbag
handball
handbill
handcart
handcuff
handcuffs
handgun
handily
handle
handlebar
handler
handmaiden
handout
handpick
handrail

handspring
handstand
handwritten
handy
hapless
happen
happening
happily
happy
hard
hardback
hardball
harden
hardener
hardhat
hardily
hardly
hardness
hardship
hardtack
hardy
hark
harlequin
harm
harmful
harmfully
harmfulness
harmless
harmlessly
harmlessness
harmonic
harmonica
harmonically
harness
harp
harpist
harpoon
harpy
harsh
harshly
harshness
hart
harvest
harvester
has
hash
hasp
hassle
hat
hath
hatter
have
haven’t
haversack
hay
haystack
heal
healer
heap

heaping
heat
heated
heatedly
heater
heath
heathen
heave
heck
heckle
heckler
heckling
hectic
hectically
heed
heedful
heedless
heedlessly
heedlessness
heel
heels
heft
hefty
held
Helen
helicopter
heliport
hell
hellbent
Hellenic
hellish
hellishly
hello
helm
helmet
helmsman
help
helper
helpful
helpfully
helpfulness
helping
helpless
helplessly
helplessness
hem
hemline
hemlock
hemp
hen
henchman
henna
henpeck
Henry
heptagon
her
heraldic
herb
herbal

herbalist
Herbert
herbivore
herd
herdsman
heredity
heretical
hermetic
hermetically
hermit
hers
herself
hesitant
hesitantly
hex
hexagon
hexameter
hiccup
hiccups
hick
hid
hidden
hill
hillbilly
hilltop
hilly
hilt
him
himself
hinder
hint
hinterland
hip
hippo
hippy
his
Hispanic
hiss
historic
historical
historically
hit
hither
Hitler
hitman
hitter
ho
hoax
hoaxer
hob
hobble
hobby
hobgoblin
hobnail
hobnob
hock
hockshop
hod
hoe

hoedown
hoist
holiday
holidays
Holland
holler
holly
homburg
homily
hominy
honcho
hoodlum
hooligan
hoop
hoopla
hoops
hoot
hop
hopper
hops
horde
horizontal
horizontally
horn
hornet
hornless
horny
horse
horsy
hospitable
hospitably
hospital
hospitality
hostel
hostelry
hostile
hostility
hot
hotbed
hotline
hotly
hotness
hotrod
hotshot
hotspot
hound
house
house
housing
how
howdy
however
howl
howler
howling
hub
hubbub
hubby
hubcap

huckster
huddle
huddled
huff
huffy
hug
hulk
hulking
hull
hullabaloo
hum
humble
humbleness
humbling
humbly
humbug
humdinger
humdrum
hummingbird
hump
humpback
Hun
hunch
hunchback
hundred
hundredth
hunt
hunter
hunting
huntress
huntsman
hurdle
hurdler
hurdles
hurl
hurry
hurt
hurtful
hurtle
husband
husbandry
hush
husk
huskily
husky
hussy
hustings
hut
hymnal
hypnotic
hypnotically
hypocrisy