👉 Scroll down to watch our video lesson on difficult words to pronounce in French 👈
Difficult Words to Pronounce in French
This is a lesson to help you out with difficult French pronunciation. You know how some French words just seem impossible? You may find some of those on this list, and I’ll bet some of them will be new to you! Let me know in the comments if there are other French words you find difficult to pronounce.
The first step is to scroll down and watch our 13 minute video tutorial carefully and take notes, maybe even making your own pronunciation rules.
| un timbre | a stamp |
| un miroir | a mirror |
| le déverrouillage | the unlocking |
| la vaisselle | the dishes |
| un écureuil | a squirrel |
| un chirurgien | a surgeon |
| une spécialisation | a specialization |
| une grenouille | a frog |
| une heure | an hour |
| un filleul | a godson |
| au-dessus | above |
| en dessous | underneath |
| j’aurai | I will have |
| j’aurais | I would have |
| une chaussure | a shoe |
| une cacahuète | a peanut |
| plusieurs | several |
| aujourd’hui | today |
| le caoutchouc | rubber |
| le brouillard | fog |
| un mur | a wall |
| sur | on |
| dur | hard |
| un oeuf | an egg |
| des oeufs | eggs |
| un ongle | a fingernail |
| éternuer | to sneeze |
| une rue | a street |
| une roue | a wheel |
| cueillir | to pick fruit or flowers |
| l’accueil | the reception area |
| accueillir | to welcome |
| une cuillère | a spoon |
| le bruit | noise |
| une brouette | a wheelbarrow |
| la quincaillerie | hardware store |
| un croissant | croissant |
| une bouilloire | a kettle |
| l’indépendance | independence |
| l’Inde | India |
| l’inconnu | the unknown |
| une inondation | a flood |
| une inégalité | an inequality |
| une inutilité | uselessness |
| Les Champs Élysées | ———– |
| Le Centre Pompidou Locally known as Beaubourg | ———– |
| Le Louvre | ———– |
| La Tour Eiffel | ———– |
