PHONETIC "i" words in the English language

NOTE: These words are part of 9,000 words which were compiled and graciously contributed by Alan Beale from his master list of 30,000 words which show his speech-sound notation for those 30,000 words. This makes it possible for him to efficiently generate lists of words which meet any speech-sound criteria. The following words meet our "selected-phonetic" criteria and should therefor be useful for teaching beginners. Almost all these words are very easy to read because all words with irregular spelling have been eliminated.

Where two listings are given for the same word, that word can be pronounced in two different ways

ice
iceberg
icebound
icebox
icecap
Icelandic
icky
id
if
iffy
igloo
ignore
ilk
ill
illiberal
illness
illustrative
immense
immensity
immerse
immigrant
imminent
imminently
immodest
immodestly
immodesty
immoral
immorality
immorally
immortal
immortality
immortally
imp
impact
impact
impacted
impair
impairment
impalpable
impanel
impart
impassable
impasse
impassive
impassivity
impeach
impeachment
impeccable
impeccably
impediment
impel
impend
impending
impenetrability
impenetrable
impenetrably
impenitent
impermanent
impertinent
impertinently
imperturbable
imperturbably
impetus
impish
impishly
impishness
implacability

implacable
implacably
implant
implement
implore
impolitic
imponderable
import
import
important
importantly
importer
impossibility
impossible
impossibly
impound
impoverish
impoverishment
impracticable
impractical
impracticality
impregnable
impress
impressive
imprint
imprint
improbability
improbable
improbably
improper
improperly
improvident
impulse
impulsive
in
inability
inactive
inactivity
inadmissible
inadvertent
inadvertently
inanity
inapplicable
inattentive
inborn
inbound
inbred
inbreeding
inch
inclement
incline
incline
incompetent
incompetently
inconstant
incontinent
increase
increase
increasing
increasingly
incredibility
incredible
incredibly
incumbent
incur
indeed
indefinite

indelible
indelibly
indemnity
indent
independent
independently
index
indicative
indifferent
indifferently
indignant
indignantly
indignity
indigo
indirect
indirectly
indirectness
indiscreet
indiscreetly
indispensable
indispensably
indivisible
indivisibly
indomitable
indomitably
induct
inductee
inductive
industry
inedible
ineffable
inept
ineptly
ineptness
inequitable
inequity
inert
inertly
inestimable
inestimably
inevitability
inevitable
inevitably
inexpert
infallibility
infallible
infallibly
infamy
infant
infantry
infect
infer
infernal
inferno
infertile
infertility
infest
infested
infidel
infidelity
infinite
infinitesimal
infinitesimally
infinitive
infinity
infirm
infirmity

inflammable
inflammatory
inflect
inflexibility
inflexible
inflexibly
inflict
influx
info
inform
informal
informality
informally
informant
informative
informer
ingress
inhabit
inhabitable
inhabitant
inhibit
inhibited
inhospitable
inimical
inimitable
iniquity
inject
injure
injury
ink
inkblot
inkling
inkwell
inky
inlaid
inland
inlay
inlay
inlet
inn
inner
inning
innkeeper
inoperable
inoperative
inorganic
inquest
inquisitive
inroad
inroads
insanity
insect
insectivore
insensibility
insensible
insensibly
insensitive
insensitivity
insert
insert
inset
inshore
insignificant
insignificantly
insipid
insist
insistent

insistently
insolvable
insolvent
inspect
instability
install
installment
instant
instantly
instep
instill
instruct
instructive
instrument
instrumental
instrumentalist
instrumentality
insufferable
insufferably
insulin
insult
insult
insulting
insupportable
insurmountable
intact
integrity
intellect
intemperate
intend
intended
intense
intensity
intensive
intent
intently
intentness
inter
interact
interactive
interbred
interbreed
intercom
intercontinental
interdict
interdict
interest
interested
interesting
interestingly
interim
interject
interlock
interlocking
interment
interminable
interminably
intermingle
intermittent
intermittently
intern
internal
internally
Internet
internist
internment
internship

interplay
interpret
interpreter
interpretive
interrogative
interrogatory
interrupt
intersect
intersperse
intertwine
interurban
interval
interweave
intestinal
intestine
intolerable
intolerably
intolerant
intoxicant
intractable
intransitive
intrepid
intrepidly
intrinsic
intrinsically
intro
invalid
invalid
invalidity
invective
invent
inventive
inventory
inverse
invert
invest
investment
invisibility
invisible
invisibly
involve
invulnerability
invulnerable
irk
is
Isabel
it
italic
italics
Italy
its
it’s
itself