100 of the most common suffixes in english

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100 of the Most Common Suffixes in English
(the vowel sound on the suffix is shown in red)
Suffixes with a Schwa sound (uh)
-al
-an
-ance
-ant
-ar
-ard
-ate
-cian
-cious
-dom
-ed
-en
-ence
-ent

animal
human
appearance
important
lunar
wizard
accurate
musician
delicious
freedom
added

wooden
licence
student

-er
-es
-est
-ful
-ial
-in
-le
-less
-ment
-ness
-on
-or
-our
-ous

writer
buses
biggest
joyful
initial
raisin
little
pointless
entertainment
happiness
cotton

doctor
colour
famous

-cy
-ey

bandage
basic
maxim
meeting

fancy
trolley

-is
-ish
-ism
-ist

-ie
-ies

apple
zebra
children
explosion
person
certain
marathon

position
schedule
album
measure
focus
forward

-it
-ive
-ship

prohibit
passive
worship

i sound:

Suffixes with an
-age
-ic
-im
-ing

-ple
-ra
-ren
-sion
-son
-tain
-thon

-tion
-ule
-um
-ure
-us
-ward

tennis
finish
racism
pianist

Suffixes with an

ii sound:

cookie
ladies

-ly
-ry

quickly
very

-ty
-y

party
windy

Suffixes with two vowel sounds:

uh / ii

i / uh

-ably
-acy
-amy
-archy

comfortably
democracy
monogamy
monarchy

-ary
-ery
-ity

dictionary
pottery
purity

-ogy
technology
-omy astronomy
-raphy geography

-ible
-ical

responsible
economical

uh / uh

uh / i
-ative

talkative

-able

available

Suffixes with other sounds: iy -eous, -ia, -ian, -ier, -iour, -ious, -ium

eu

-o, -ow, -phobe

ai

-fy, -ise

a

-gram

o

-logue

oy

Suffixes which are stressed:
-aise
-ane
-ee
-eer

mayonnaise
mundane
trainee
engineer

-esce
-ese
-esque
-ess

coalesce
Chinese
picturesque
princess

-ette
-ique

-teen

cigarette
unique
nineteen

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