Ipa/English

If the words given as examples for two different symbols sound the same to you (for example, if you pronounce cot and caught the same, or do and dew, or marry and merry), you can pronounce those symbols the same in explanations of all words.

Key

The footnotes explain some of these mergers. (See also Dialect variation below.)

If there is an IPA symbol you are looking for that you do not see here, see Help:IPA, which is a more complete list. For a table listing all spellings of the sounds on this page, see English orthography § Sound-to-spelling correspondences. For help converting spelling to pronunciation, see English orthography § Spelling-to-sound correspondences.

Consonants
IPA Examples
b buy, cab
d dye, cad, ladder
dj dew
giant, badge
ð thy, breathe, father
f fan, leaf
ɡ guy, bag
h high, ahead
hw whine
j yes, hallelujah
k sky, crack
l lie, sly, gal
lj lute
m my, smile, cam
n nigh, snide, can
nj new
ŋ sang, sink, singer
p pie, spy, cap
r rye, try, very
s sigh, mass
sj consume
ʃ shy, cash, emotion
t tie, sty, cat, latter
tj tune
China, catch
θ thigh, math
θj enthuse
v vine, leave
w wine, swine
z zoo, has
zj Zeus
ʒ pleasure, beige
 
Marginal segments
IPA Examples
x ugh, loch, Chanukah
ʔ uh-oh /ˈʔʌʔoʊ/
ɒ̃ bon vivant
æ̃ fin de siècle
ɜː Möbius (UK only)
Vowels
Strong vowels ...followed by R
IPA Examples IPA Examples
ɑː PALM, bra ɑːr START
ɒ LOT, blockade ɒr moral
æ TRAP, tattoo ær marry
PRICE, pie aɪər hire
aɪ.ər higher
MOUTH, how aʊər flour
aʊ.ər flower
ɛ DRESS, prestige ɛr merry
FACE ɛər SQUARE, Mary
eɪər player
ɪ KIT, historic ɪr mirror
FLEECE, pedigree, idea ɪər NEAR, serious
iːər freer
GOAT oʊər mower
ɔː THOUGHT ɔːr NORTH, FORCE
ɔːər sawer
ɔɪ CHOICE ɔɪər coir
ɔɪ.ər employer
ʊ FOOT ʊr courier
GOOSE, cruel ʊər tour, CURE (/ˈkjʊər/)
uːər truer
ʌ STRUT, untidy, justiciable ɜːr NURSE, blurry, urbane, foreword
ʌr hurry
Weak vowels
IPA Examples IPA Examples
ə COMMA, about ər LETTER, forward, history
ɪ edition, rabbit, Latin, heating motto, retroactive, follower
i HAPPY, mediocre California
u fruition influence
Syllabic consonants
IPA Examples IPA Examples
əl bottle (either [əl] or [l̩]) ən button (either [ən] or [n̩])
əm rhythm (either [əm] or [m̩])
 
Stress Syllabification
IPA Examples IPA Examples
ˈ intonation /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/ . /ˈhaɪər/ hire, /ˈhaɪ.ər/ higher
/ˈtæks.peɪər/ taxpayer
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Notes

  • Words in SMALL CAPITALS are the standard lexical sets. Words in the lexical sets BATH and CLOTH may be given two transcriptions, the former either with /ɑː/ or /æ/, the latter with /ɒ/ or /ɔː/.
  • The length mark ढाँचा:Angbr IPA does not mean that the vowels transcribed with it are always longer than those without it. When unstressed, followed by a voiceless consonant, or in a polysyllabic word, a vowel in the former group is frequently shorter than the latter in other environments (see Clipping (phonetics) § English).

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