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Babbel Names 2025’s Most Mispronounced Words, From Mamdani to the Louvre

The roundup, compiled with input from captioners, doubles as a snapshot of the year’s biggest U.S. headlines.

FILE - Generic acetaminophen capsules are shown Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
FILE - A carpet at Le Louvre museum, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Overview

  • Babbel and The Captioning Group released the U.S. list on Dec. 4, cataloging the words public figures most often mangled in 2025.
  • New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani topped the entries, with guidance to say zoh-RAHN mam-DAH-nee and a note that many swapped the M and N in his surname.
  • The Louvre featured after October’s jewel heist kept the museum in the news, with Babbel advising LOOV-ruh and a soft final syllable.
  • Other highlighted terms included acetaminophen (uh-SEE-tuh-MIH-nuh-fen), which President Donald Trump stumbled over, as well as Alex Murdaugh and the drug Mounjaro.
  • Several items overlapped with a U.K. list assembled with the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters, pointing to shared pronunciation hurdles across audiences.