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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A study conducted by Unscramblerer.com examined the words that cause us the most confusion.<\/p>\n

They analysed data from 1 January to 3 November 2025, using Google Trends searches for \u201chow do you pronounce\u201d and \u201chow to pronounce”.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 most challenging words for us:<\/b><\/p>\n

Schedule (74, 400 searches) – SKEJ-ool<\/p>\n

Croissant (70,800 searches) – Krwah-SAHN<\/p>\n

Charcuterie (69, 600 searches) \u2013 Shar-KOO-tuh-ree<\/p>\n

Aoife (57, 600 searches) \u2013 EE-fah<\/p>\n

Worcestershire sauce (56, 400 searches) \u2013 WUSS-ter-sheer<\/p>\n

Jalapeno (46, 800 searches) \u2013 HAH-lah-PEH-nyoh<\/p>\n

Dachshund (44, 400 searches) \u2013 DAKS-hund<\/p>\n

Acai (43, 200 searches) \u2013 Ah-SIGH-ee<\/p>\n

Quinoa (40,800 searches) \u2013 Keen-waa<\/p>\n

Chateau (32, 700 searches) \u2013 Sha-TOH<\/p>\n

The research also revealed which words people in different provinces find most difficult.<\/p>\n

Mpumalanga<\/b>: Worcestershire<\/p>\n

Limpopo: <\/b>Croissant<\/p>\n

Northern Cape:<\/b>Persuasive<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape:<\/b> Nonchalant<\/p>\n

Free State:<\/b> Achieve<\/p>\n

North West:<\/b> Jalapeno<\/p>\n

Western Cape:<\/b> Cocoa<\/p>\n

Gauteng: <\/b>Agile<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal:<\/b> Cautious<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. A study conducted by Unscramblerer.com examined the words that cause us the most confusion. They analysed data from 1 January to 3 November 2025, using Google Trends searches for \u201chow do you pronounce\u201d and \u201chow to pronounce”. Here are the top 10 most challenging words for us: Schedule (74, 400 searches) – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,377],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-92541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","category-to-homepage","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle Reveals South Africa's Most Mispronounced Words - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A study conducted by Unscramblerer.com examined the words that cause us the most confusion. 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