Phonetic Symbol For English

This is the standard set of phonemic symbols for English (RP and similar accents).

Consonants P pen, copy, happen B back, baby, job T tea, tight, button D day, ladder, odd K key, clock, school G get, giggle, ghost tʃ church, match, nature dʒ judge, age, soldier F fat, coffee, rough, photo V view, heavy, move Θ thing, author, path Ð this, other, smooth S soon, cease, sister Z zero, music, roses, buzz ʃ ship, sure, national ʒ pleasure, vision H hot, whole, ahead M more, hammer, sum N nice, know, funny, sun Ŋ ring, anger, thanks, sung L light, valley, feel R right, wrong, sorry, arrange J yet, use, beauty, few W wet, one, when, queen ʔ (glottal stop) department, football

Vowels ɪ kit, bid, hymn, minute e dress, bed, head, many æ trap, bad ɒ lot, odd, wash ʌ strut, mud, love, blood ʊ foot, good, put iː fleece, sea, machine eɪ face, day, break aɪ price, high, try ɔɪ choice, boy uː goose, two, blue, group əʊ goat, show, no aʊ mouth, now ɪə near, here, weary eə square. fair, various ɑː start, father ɔː thought, law, north, war ʊə poor, jury, cure ɜː nurse, stir, learn, refer ə about, common, standard i happy, radiate. glorious u thank you, influence, situation n̩ suddenly, cotton l̩ middle, metal ˈ (stress mark)