The english phonetic alphabet

The Phonetic Alphabet. Symbols used in Standard English.

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vowels
symbolTypical spellingsexamples
/i:/ee, ea, e, ie, ei, i, eomeet, meat, people, sea, see, Peter, field
// i, y twenty, it, is, happy, his, village
/e/ e, ea, a bed, went, head, many
/æ/ a cat, bad, calculator
/:/a, ar, ear, er, al, au after, pass, car, heart, Derby, half, calm, aunt
// u, o, ou, oo , oe Sun, come, Monday, cousin, blood, does
// o, a,ou, ow, au dog, sorry, gone, was, what, cough, Austria, because
/:/ or, aw, ou, au, a, ore, oor,
our
horse, born, saw, bought, daughter, all, water, before, door, board,
four
// u, o, oo, ou full, butcher, put, woman, good, book, look, could
/u:/ oo, o, ou, u, oe, ue food, spoon, do, who, group, Susan, blue, shoe
// vowel+ r bird, girl, her, church, world, work, journey
// er, most vowels in a weak
position
city, waiter, possible, mother, woman, famous, suppose
/e /ai, ay, ei, ey, a, ea day, May, rain, eight, they, late, make, great
/a/i, y, igh, eigh, ie, eitime, write, try, by, light, might, buy, eye
// oi, oy boy, toy, noise, voice, point
/a/ou, ow house, sound, cow, town
//o, oa, oe, ou, ow so, old, road, soap, toe, soul, know
/e/air, ear, are pair, air, chair, pear, wear, care
//eer, ear, ere, ea, ia, eudeer, dear, tear, here, hear, idea, Ian, museum
consonants
/d/ d, dd day, dog, rapid, road
/t/ t, tt, th talk, looked, late, cotton, Thomas,
/b/ b, bb bubble, big, beautiful, Bob
/p/ p, pp pay, Spain, cheap, up, apple
/g/ g, gg, gh, gu go, girl, big, guess , grass, ago, begin, bigger
/k/ k, c, cc, qu, ck cake, car, come, bank, clean, kick, quick
// sh, ch, s, ss shoe, machine, sure, nation
// ch, tch, t + ure, ion chair, watch, nature, question
// -si-, s, z, ge (French)vision, beige, usual, leisure,
//j, g, dg, gg, d, gym, James, suggest, danger, large, soldier,
/f/ f, ff, ph, gh feet, fat, off, photo, laugh, enough
/v/ v, f, ph ever, give, voice, silver, of, nephew,
/ð/ th there, this, father, mother, with, mouth
/q/ th three, month, thumb
/s/ s, ss, c, sc, x six, son, pass, niece, ice, face, science, fox /ks/
/ŋ/ ng, n before /k/or/g/ sing, tongue, uncle, England, monkey, playing
/j/ y, i, u, ew, yes, yard, young, union, Europe
/z/ s, ss, z, zz, x roses, legs, scissors, zoo, dizzy, exact
/h/ h, wh how, hat, who, hate, hello, perhaps
/m/ m, mm, mb, mn move, make, summer, comb, autumn
/n/ n, nn, kn now, funny, know, name
/l/ l, ll fill, light, fly, slow, silly, yellow, apple, table
/r/ r, rr, wr, rh red, very, arrive, carry, write, rhythm,
/w/ w, wh, u after q, g which, where, quick, language, one,