English IPA Sounds

Cards · 50

/p/

p (pat), pp (apple)

/b/

b (bat), bb (rabbit)

/t/

t (top), tt (little), ed (walked)

/d/

d (dog), dd (ladder), ed (played)

/k/

c (cat), k (kite), ck (duck), ch (school), q (quick)

/ɡ/

g (go), gg (egg), gh (ghost)

/m/

m (man), mm (hammer), mb (climb), mn (autumn)

/n/

n (no), nn (funny), kn (knee), gn (gnat)

/ŋ/

ng (sing), n before k or g (bank, finger)

/f/

f (fish), ff (cliff), ph (phone), gh (laugh)

/v/

v (van), ve (have), f (of)

/θ/

th (think, bath, teeth)

/ð/

th (this, mother, breathe)

/s/

s (sun), ss (glass), c before e/i/y (cent, city), sc (scene)

/z/

z (zebra), zz (buzz), s (has, rose), x (xylophone)

/ʃ/

sh (ship), ch (chef), ti (motion), ci (special), ss (pressure)

/ʒ/

s (measure, vision), g (genre), ge (beige)

/h/

h (hat), wh (who)

/tʃ/

ch (chair), tch (watch), t before u (nature)

/dʒ/

j (jam), g before e/i/y (gem, giant), dge (bridge)

/w/

w (wet), wh (wheel), u after q (queen)

/j/

y (yes), i (onion), u (cute)

/r/

r (red), rr (carrot), wr (write), rh (rhyme)

/l/

l (lip), ll (bell)

/iː/

ee (see), ea (seat), e (me), ie (piece), ey (key)

/ɪ/

i (sit), y (gym), ui (build), e (pretty)

/e/

e (bed), ea (bread), a (many), ai (said)

/æ/

a (cat, apple, trap)

/ɑː/

a (father), ar (car), al (calm)

/ɒ/

o (lot, stop), a (watch), au (sausage)

/ɔː/

or (fork), aw (saw), au (fault), al (talk), oor (door)

/ʊ/

oo (book), u (put), oul (could)

/uː/

oo (moon), u (rule), ew (flew), ue (blue), o (do)

/ʌ/

u (cup), o (son, love), ou (touch), oo (blood)

/ɜː/

er (her), ir (bird), ur (turn), or (word), ear (earth)

/ə/

a (about), e (taken), o (lemon), u (supply)

/eɪ/

a_e (cake), ai (rain), ay (day), ey (they), ea (break)

/aɪ/

i_e (time), y (cry), igh (night), ie (pie)

/ɔɪ/

oi (coin), oy (boy)

/aʊ/

ou (out), ow (cow)

/oʊ/

o (go), o_e (home), oa (boat), ow (snow), oe (toe)

/ɪər/

ear (hear), eer (deer), ere (here)

/eər/

air (chair), are (care), ear (bear), ere (there)

/ʊər/

oor (poor), ure (cure), our (tour)

/hw/

wh (when, where, which - in accents retaining the distinction)

/juː/

u (music), u_e (cube), ew (few), ue (cue)

/ʔ/

t in glottal replacement dialects (bottle, button)

/ɾ/

t or d flap between vowels in North American English (butter, rider)

/i/

y (happy), ie (cookie), ee (coffee) - unstressed final vowel

/u/

u (influence, situation) - unstressed pure vowel