Mark the word whose underlined part from the other three in pronunciation: villages, places, watches, hopes

There are three rules for pronouncing -s/es:

Rule 1: Pronounce /s/ when ending in -p, -k, -t, -f.

Rule 2: Pronounce /iz/ when ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -z, -o, -ge, -ce.

Rule 3: Pronounce /z/ for the rest of the words.

The underlined part of answer D is pronounced /s/; The rest of the answers are pronounced /iz/.

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