From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations ...

A lot of these words come from different languages and so we have to adapt to a sound that we’ve never made before,” Babbel ...

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From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.

Why are some sounds easier to remember than others? A study on made-up words points to the harsh consonants that also dominate profanity.