Strange Spelling and Pronunciation Items - Page 5
Word Endings IOUS, UOUS, EOUS - Spellers Beware
  1. I found 254 words that end in IOUS: Such as conscious, delicious, curious, furious, glorious, hilarious, infectious, odious, pious, serious, various and many others. These are words having an ending sounding like sounding like "e-us" or "shus".
  2. I found 51 with UOUS: Such as ambiguous, continuous, sensuous, tenuous, unctuous and others. These are words having an ending sounding like "you-us".
  3. I found 117 words with EOUS: Such as beauteous, courageous, erroneous, gaseous, gorgeous, hideous, miscellaneous, nauseous. These are words mostly having an ending sounding like "e-us".
Word Endings TION and SION
  1. I found 2191 words ending in TION: Such as abbreviation, addition, calculation, devotion, exception, graduation, insertion, location, medication, notation, partition, question, reception, suggestion, vocation, and others. Generally those words whose roots end in a T or TE will result in TION.
  2. I found 293 words ending in SION: Such as adhesion, cohesion, compassion, convulsion, delusion, intension, torsion and others. Generally those words that end to end with a S or SE will end up with SION.