IPA chart for English

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.

• RP = Received Pronunciation
• GA = General American
• AuE = Australian English
• NZE = New Zealand English
• ScE = Scottish English
• SAE = South African English

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IPA Examples IPA: English Consonants 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, unique, thick ɡ go, get, beg f fool, enough, leaf, off v voice, have, of θ thing, teeth ð this, breathe, father s see, city, pass z zoo, rose ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash ʒ pleasure, beige x Scottish loch[1] h ham m man, ham n no, tin ŋ ringer, sing,[2] finger, drink l left, bell ɹ run, very[3] w we j yes ʍ what[4]   IPA: Marginal Sounds ʔ uh-(ʔ)oh

IPA Examples RP[5] GA AuE NZE ScE SAE IPA: English Vowels ɑː ɑ aː ɐː a father ɪ ɪ ɪ ɘ ɪ sit i ɪi i i i city ɪi iː iː see ɛ ɛ e e ɛ bed[6] ɜː(ɹ) ɝ/ɹ̩ ɜː(ɹ) ɵː(ɹ) ʌɾ, ɛɾ, ɪɾ[7] burr, berm, bird æ æ æ, æː[8] ɛ a lad, bad, cat[9] ɑː(ɹ) ɑɹ aː(ɹ) ɐː(ɹ) aɾ arm, car ʌ ʌ a ɐ ʌ run, enough ɒ ɑ ɔ ɒ ɔ not, wasp ɔː ɔ oː oː law, caught[10] ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʉ put, wood ʊu ʊu ʉː ʉː soon, through ə ə ə ɘ ə about ə(ɹ) ɚ/ɹ̩ ə(ɹ) ɘ(ɹ) əɾ winner[11]   IPA: English Diphthongs eɪ eɪ æɪ æe e day, pain aɪ aɪ ɑe ɑe aɪ my, wise ɔɪ ɔɪ oɪ oe  ? boy əʊ oʊ əʉ ɐʉ o no, tow aʊ aʊ æɔ æo aʊ now ɪə(ɹ) ɪɹ ɪə(ɹ) iə(ɹ) iɾ near, here eə(ɹ) ɛɹ eː(ɹ) eə(ɹ) eɾ hair, there[12] ʊə(ɹ) ɔɹ oː(ɹ) oː(ɹ) oɾ tore ʊɹ, ɔɹ ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) uɾ tour

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ	Secondary stress/full vowel, for example ' /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator, for example ice cream /aɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /aɪ.skrim/
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/