Words with W and QU
These words have stress on the 1st syllable.
| W Sound | QU Sound |
| software | banquet |
| waste | equal |
| weather | frequent |
| weakness | qualify |
| well-rounded | quality |
| ways and means | quantify |
| wealth | query |
| woman / women | quote |
| woman/women | requisite |
| wonderful |
These words have stress on the 2nd syllable
| W Sound | QU Sound |
| withhold | request |
| withstand | requirement |
| world-wide* | ubiquitous |
| *For this word, stress both syllables. | |
Stress the 3rd syllable: workaholic
* The word queue has a varation. In this word que = ky.
Note: won and one sound exactly the same.
Woman sounds like womun (with the relaxed sound in good). Women sounds like wimin.
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