"The analysis revealed that two Irish names top the list - 'Niamh' (searched for 124,800 times in the UK this year), and Saoirse (109,200 searches). Meaning 'bright' or 'radiant,' Niamh is pronounced 'NEEV', while Saoirse - meaning 'freedom' - is pronounced 'SER-sha'. Next on the list is 'gyro' - a popular Greek dish, typically made with lamb, beef, or chicken. While many Brits pronounce this as 'GEE-roh' or 'JEE-roh', the correct pronunciation is actually 'YEE-roh'."
"To understand the most mispronounced words, Unscramblerer.com turned to Google Trends and Ahrefs. 'We used Google Trends to discover the most mispronounced words and Ahrefs to find the number of searches,' it explained. 'United Kingdom's most mispronounced words can be discovered in Google Trends by searching for "How do you pronounce", "pronunciations of" and "How to pronounce". 'Ahrefs shows many variations of pronunciation searches like "croissant pronunciation" or "how do you pronounce jalapeno". 'We added up 100 search variations of top mispronouncing searches.'"
Two Irish names, Niamh and Saoirse, rank highest in UK pronunciation searches, with Niamh searched 124,800 times and Saoirse 109,200 times this year. Niamh is pronounced NEEV and Saoirse pronounced SER-sha. Food words also appear frequently among mispronunciations, including gyro, which is correctly pronounced YEE-roh despite common British pronunciations like GEE-roh or JEE-roh, and other items such as croissant. The research combined Google Trends to identify 'How do you pronounce' queries and Ahrefs to measure volumes, aggregating 100 search variations per term. An interactive chart provides correct pronunciations for each listed term.
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