Роҳнамо:IPA for English

Key

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. 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
IPAExamples
bbuy, cab
ddye, cad, ladder[1]
djdew[2]
giant, badge
ðthy, breathe, father
ffan, caff
ɡguy, bag
hhigh, ahead
hwwhy[3]
j[4]yes, hallelujah
ksky, crack
lШаблон:Not a typo[5]
ljlute[2]
mmy, smile, cam
nnigh, snide, can
njnew[2]
ŋsang, sink, singer
pШаблон:Not a typo
r[6]rye, try, very
ssigh, mass
sjconsume[2]
ʃshy, cash, emotion
tШаблон:Not a typo[1]
tjtune[2]
China, catch
θthigh, math
θjenthuse[2]
vШаблон:Not a typo
wwye, swine
zzoo, has
zjZeus[2]
ʒpleasure, beige[7]
 
Marginal segments
IPAExamples
xugh, loch, Chanukah[8]
ʔuh-oh /ˈʔʌʔoʊ/
ɒ̃bon vivant[9]
æ̃fin de siècle[9]
ɜːMöbius (UK only)[10]
Vowels
Strong vowels...followed by R[11]
IPAExamplesIPAExamples
ɑːPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.PALM, father, braɑːrPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.START, star
ɒPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.LOT, pod, John, blockade[12]ɒrmoral, forage[13]
æPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.TRAP, pad, tattoo[14]ærbarrow, marry[15]
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.PRICE, ride, pie[16]aɪərIreland, hire[17]
aɪ.ərhigher, buyer[18]
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.MOUTH, loud, down, how[16]aʊərflour[17]
aʊ.ərflower[18]
ɛPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.DRESS, bet, prestige[19]ɛrerror, merry[15]
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.FACE, made, fail, vein, payɛərPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.SQUARE, mare, scarce, cairn, Mary[15][20]
eɪərplayer[18]
ɪPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.KIT, lid, historic[21]ɪrmirror, Sirius
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.FLEECE, seed, mean, pedigree, idea[22]ɪərPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.NEAR, beard, fierce, serious[20]
iːərfreer
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.GOAT, code, go, foal[23][21]oʊərmower
ɔːPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.THOUGHT, Maud, dawn, fall, straw[24]ɔːrPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.NORTH, Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.FORCE, horse, hoarse, aural[25]
ɔːərsawer
ɔɪPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.CHOICE, void, boyɔɪərcoir[17]
ɔɪ.əremployer[18]
ʊPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.FOOT, good, fullʊrcourier
Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.GOOSE, food, tissue, cruel[22]ʊərboor, moor, tourist, Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.CURE (/ˈkjʊər/)[20][26]
uːərtruer
ʌPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.STRUT, bud, untidy, justiciable[27][28]ɜːrPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.NURSE, word, girl, fern, furry, Berlin, Ernesto[29]
ʌrhurry, nourish[30]
Weak vowels
IPAExamplesIPAExamples
əPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.COMMA, focus, addition, abbotərPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.LETTER, perceive, history[31]
ɪedition, rabbit, Latin, heating[21][32]motto, retroactive, follower[21][33]
iPage Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.HAPPY, mediocre[34]serious, California[35]
ufruition[33][34]influence[36]
Syllabic consonants[31]
IPAExamplesIPAExamples
əlbottle (either [əl] or [l̩])ənbutton (either [ən] or [n̩])
əmrhythm (either [əm] or [m̩])
 
Stress[37]Syllabification
IPAExamplesIPAExamples
ˈintonation /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/./ˈhaɪər/ hire, /ˈhaɪ.ər/ higher[38]
/ˈtæks.peɪər/ taxpayer
ˌ

Notes

  • Words in Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.SMALL CAPITALS are the standard lexical sets. Words in the lexical sets Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.BATH and Page Шаблон:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.CLOTH may be given two transcriptions, the former either with /ɑː/ or /æ/, the latter with /ɒ/ or /ɔː/.
  • The length mark Шаблон: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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