This concise chart shows the most common applications of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent English language pronunciations.

See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

• AuE = Australian English
• CaE = Canadian English
• GA = General American
• IrE = Irish English
• NZE = New Zealand English
• RP = Received Pronunciation (Great Britain)
• ScE = Scottish English
• SAE = South African English
• WaE = Welsh English

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Pan- Eng. Phones Examples IPA: English Consonants p pʰ, p pen, spin, tip b b but, web t tʰ, t, ɾ, ʔ two, sting, bet d d, ɾ do, odd tʃ tʃʰ, tʃ chair, nature, teach dʒ dʒ gin, joy, edge k kʰ, k cat, kill, skin, queen, unique, thick ɡ ɡ go, get, beg f f fool, enough, leaf, off, photo v v voice, have, of θ θ thing, teeth ð ð this, breathe, father s s see, city, pass z z zoo, rose ʃ ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash ʒ ʒ pleasure, beige, seizure x (k) x loch (Scottish) h h, ɦ ham m m man, ham n n no, tin ŋ ŋ ringer, sing, finger, drink l l, ɫ left, bell r ɹʷ, ɹ, ɾ run, very w w we, queen j j yes hw (w) hw what IPA: Marginal Sounds ʔ ʔ uh-(ʔ)oh IPA: Reduced vowels ə Reduced /ʌ, æ, ɑː, ɒ/ ɪ̈ (ə) Reduced /ɪ, iː, ɛ, eɪ, aɪ/ ʊ̈ (ə) Reduced /ʊ, uː/ ɵ (ə) Reduced /oʊ/ ɚ (ə) Reduced /ɝː/ (ɜr) IPA Lexical set Examples Pan- English AuE CaE GA IrE NZE RP ScE SAE WaE IPA: English Vowels æ æ, æː æ æ ɑ/æ ɛ æ a æ a TRAP lad, bad, cat ɑː aː ɑ/ɒ ɑ ɑː ɐː ɑː aː PALM father ɒ ɔ ɑ ɒ ɒ ɔ ɔ ɒ LOT not, wasp ɔː oː ɔ ɔː oː ɔː oː ɒː THOUGHT law, caught, all, halt, talk ə ə ə ə ɘ ə ə ə ə COMMA about ɨ ɨ ɨ ɪ ɨ ɨ spotted ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ KIT sit i i i i i i i iˑ iː HAPPY city iː iː iː iː iː iː FLEECE see eː meat eɪ æɪ eɪ/e eɪ æe eɪ e eɪ eː FACE date ei day, pain, whey, rein ɛ e ɛ ɛ ɛ e ɛ ɛ e ɛ DRESS bed ɜr ɜː(ɹ) ɝ/ɹ̩ ɝ/ɹ̩ ʌɾ ɵː(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ) ʌɾ øː(ɹ) ɜː(ɾ) NURSE burn ɛɾ ɛɾ herd, earth ɪɾ ɪɾ bird ər ə(ɹ) ɚ/ɹ̩ ɚ/ɹ̩ ɘ(ɹ) ə(ɹ) əɾ ə(ɹ) ə(ɾ) LETTER winner ʌ a ʌ ʌ ɔ, ʊ ɐ ʌ ʌ ɐ ɜ STRUT run, won, flood ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʉ ʊ ʊ FOOT put uː hood uː ʉː u u ʉː uː ʉː uː GOOSE soon, through juː jʉː (j)u (j)u juː jʉː juː jʉ ɪu GOOSE cute, few, dew aɪ ɑe aɪ aɪ, ʌi ɔɪ ɑe aɪ aɪ aː ai PRICE my, wise, high ɔɪ oɪ ɔɪ ɔɪ oe ɔɪ oi ɔɪ ɒi CHOICE boy, hoist oʊ əʉ oʊ/o oʊ oː ɐʉ əʊ o œʉ oː GOAT no, toe, soap ou tow, soul, roll, cold, folk aʊ æɔ aʊ, ʌu aʊ æo aʊ aʊ ɑː au MOUTH now, trout ɑr aː(ɹ) ɑɹ ɑɹ ɐː(ɹ) ɑː(ɹ) aɾ aː(ɾ) START arm, car ɪər ɪə(ɹ) ɪɹ ɪɹ iə(ɹ) ɪə(ɹ) iɾ ɪə(ɹ) ɪə(ɾ) NEAR deer, here ɛər eː(ɹ) ɛɹ ɛɹ eə(ɹ) eə(ɹ) eɾ ɛː(ɹ} ɛː(ɾ) SQUARE mare, there, bear ɔr oː(ɹ) ɔɹ ɔɹ ɑɾ oː(ɹ) ɔː(ɹ) ɔɾ ɒː(ɾ) NORTH sort, warm ɔər oɹ, ɔɹ oːɾ oɾ oː(ɾ) FORCE tore, boar, port ʊər ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) ʊɹ ʊɹ ʊɐ(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) ʊə(ɹ) uɾ ʊə(ɾ) CURE tour, moor jʊər jʊə(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ) jʊɹ, jɝ jʊɹ, jɝ jʊɐ(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ) jʊə(ɹ), jɔ:(ɹ) juɾ ɪʊə(ɾ) CURE pure, Europe Pan- English AuE CaE GA IrE NZE RP ScE SAE WaE Lexical set Examples IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation IPA Explanation ˈ Primary stress indicator (placed before the stressed syllable); for example, rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/ ˌ Secondary stress/full vowel indicator (placed before the stressed syllable); for example, pronunciation /pɹɵˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ . Syllable separation indicator; for example, ice cream /ˈʌɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /ˌaɪ.ˈskrim/ ̩ Syllabic consonant indicator (placed under the syllabic consonant); for example, ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/