IPA chart for English

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This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language.

See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version and Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

IPA: English Consonants
IPA Examples
pen, spin, tip
but, web
two, sting, bet
do, odd
chair, nature, teach
gin, joy, edge
cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
go, get, beg
fool, enough, leaf
voice, have
thing, teeth
this, breathe, father
see, city, pass
zoo, rose
she, sure, emotion, leash
pleasure, beige
ham
man, ham
no, tin
singer, ring
left, bell
run, very Although the symbol technically represents an alveolar trill, which is absent from most dialects of English, it is nevertheless widely used instead of ɹ in phonemic transcriptions.
we
yes
what (some accents, such as Scottish)
loch (Scottish), Chanukah (Yinglish/Yeshivish)

IPA: English Vowels
IPA Examples
RP GenAm AuE
father
see
city
ed Often transcribed for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
bird
ad, cat, ran Often transcribed for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.See bad-lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian English.
arm
run, enough
not, wasp
law, caught See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.
put
soon, through
about
winner

IPA: English Diphthongs
IPA Examples
RP GenAm AuE
e day
my
boy
o no
now
near, here
air, there Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries are (Oxford University Press) and /eə/.
tour
pupil

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA Explanation
happy
battleship
Syllable separator, for example sawing
en

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
	happy
	battleship
	Syllable separator, for example sawing
	en

IPA chart for English

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