Symbol | Keyword |
p | pen |
b | back |
t | ten |
d | day |
k | key |
g | get |
f | fat |
v | view |
θ | thing |
ð | then |
s | soon |
z | zero |
ʃ | ship |
ʒ | pleasure |
h | hot |
x | loch |
tʃ | cheer |
dʒ | jump |
m | sum |
n | sun |
ŋ | sung |
w | wet |
l | let |
r | red |
j | yet |
Symbol | Keyword | |
short | ɪ | bit |
e | bed | |
æ | cat | |
ɒ | dog (BrE) | |
ʌ | cut | |
ʊ | put | |
ə | about | |
i | happy | |
u | actuality | |
long | iː | sheep |
ɑː | father | |
ɒː | dog (AmE) | |
ɔː | four | |
uː | boot | |
ɜː | bird | |
diphthongs | eɪ | make |
aɪ | lie | |
ɔɪ | boy | |
əʊ | note (BrE) | |
oʊ | note (AmE) | |
aʊ | now | |
ɪə | real | |
eə | hair (BrE) | |
ʊə | sure (BrE) | |
ʊə | actual | |
iə | peculiar |
$ | separates British and American pronunciations, British on the left, American on the right |
/ ˈ/ | shows main stress |
/ˌ / | shows secondary stress |
// | shows stress shift |
/ə/ | means that /ə/ may or may not be used |