IPA chart for English

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This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds.

See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version. Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the IPA code does not actually contain parentheses.

IPA: English Consonants IPA Examples p pen, spin, tip b but, web t two, sting, bet d do, odd tʃ chair, nature, teach dʒ gin, joy, edge k cat, kill, skin, queen, thick g go, get, beg f fool, enough, leaf v voice, have θ thing, breath ð this, breathe s see, city, pass z zoo, rose ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash ʒ pleasure, beige h ham m man, ham n no, tin ŋ singer, ring l left, bell ɹ[1] run, very w we j yes ʍ what (some accents, such as Scottish) x loch (Scottish)

IPA: English Vowels IPA Examples RP GenAm AuE   ɑː ɑ aː father iː i iː see ɪ ɪ ɪ city ɛ ɛ e bed ɜː ɝ ɜː bird æ æ æ[2] lad, cat, ran ɑː ɑɹ aː arm ʌ ʌ a run, enough ɒ ɑ ɔ not, wasp ɔː ɔ[3] oː law, caught ʊ ʊ ʊ put uː u ʉː soon, through ə ə ə about ə ɚ ə winner IPA: English Diphthongs IPA Examples RP GenAm AuE   eɪ e(ɪ) æɪ day aɪ aɪ ɑe my ɔɪ ɔɪ oɪ boy əʊ o(ʊ) əʉ no aʊ aʊ æɔ now ɪə iɹ ɪə near, here ɛə ɛɹ eː hair, there ʊə ʊɹ ʊə tour juː ju jʉː pupil

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example happy /ˈhæpi/
ˌ	Secondary stress, for example battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example /ˈɹɪdn̩/ for ridden

1. ^  Although the symbol r technically represents an alveolar trill, which is absent from most dialects of English, it is nevertheless widely used instead of ɹ in phonemic transcriptions.
2. ^  See bad-lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian English.
3. ^  See cot-caught merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.

See also

• SAMPA chart for English
• English vowel wheel