AnAlphabeticCodeChartforEnglishwith theInternationalPhoneticAlphabet (IPA)

IPAsymbols
forphonemes
andcombined
phonemes
Easytouse
notationfor
unitsofsound
Graphemes,orspellingalternatives,withinwordexamples
whicharecodeforthesounds
IPAsymbols
forphonemes
andcombined
phonemes
Easytouse
notationfor
unitsofsound
Graphemes,orspellingalternatives,withinwordexamples
whicharecodeforthesounds
vowelsounds consonantsounds
//
/a/
apple /b/
/b/
bat rabbit builder
//
/e/
eggheadsaid /k/
/k/
cat kit duck chameleon bouquet plaque
//
/i/
insectcymbals /d/
/d/
dig puddle rained
//
/o/
octopuswatchqualify salt /f/
/f/
feathers cliff photograph laugh
//
/u/
umbrellasontouch thoroughfare /g/
/g/
girl juggle guitar ghost catalogue
/e/
/ai/
aid traytablesundae cake prey break eight straight /h/
/h/
hat who
/i:/
/ee/
eel eatemuconcrete key chief sardines /d/
/j/
jug cabbage gerbil giraffe gymnast fridge
// to /i:/
between/iee/
sunnymonkeymovie /l/
/l/
ladder shell
/a/
/igh/
nighttiebehindfly bike eiderdown /l/
/ul/
kettle pencil hospital camel
//
/oa/
oakbowyoyooboe rope dough plateau /m/
/m/
map hammer welcome thumb column
/j/ + /u:/
/y+oo/
statueunicorntube new pneumatic /n/
/n/
net bonnet knot gnome engine
//
short/oo/
bookshouldpush wolf(wolves) //
/ng/
gong jungle //+/k/
/ng+k/someprogrammes
inkuncle
/u:/
long/oo/
moonblueflutefruit crew soup move through super /p/
/p/
pan puppet
//
/oi/
ointmenttoy /k/ + /w/
/k+w/
queen awkward
/a/
/ou/
ouchowlplough //
/r/
rat arrow write rhinoceros
/:/
/ar/
artistfatherpalm half calves /s/
/s/
snake glass palace house cents city bicycle
scissorscastlepseudonym
/:/
/or/
or/aw/(accent)
forkoarsdoorsnore four wardrobe quarter
dawnsaucechalkcaughtthoughtwater
/t/
/t/
tent letterskipped debt pterodactyl
/:/
/er/
mermaidbirthday nurse earth world /v/
/v/
violin dove
// uh
schwa/er/ or/u/
mixerhumourtheatre collar sailor above /w/
/w/
web wheel penguin
//
/air/
hairharebearwhere /k/ + /s/
/k+s/
fox (plurals:books ducks picnics cakes plaques)
//
/eer/
deerearsadherecashier /g/ + /z/
/g+z/
exam (plurals:pegs eggs catalogues)
/j/ + //
/y+oor/
pure /j/
/y/
yawn
The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code:
1.One sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters: e.g. /a/ a, /f/ ph, /igh/ igh, /ai/ eigh
2.One sound can be represented by multiple spelling alternatives (graphemes): e.g. /oa/: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough
3.One grapheme can represent multiple sounds:
e.g. ough: /oa/ though, /or/ thought, /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, /u/ thorough

Onthischart,hollowletters(w qu e i y le lt m f)alertthereadertoapossiblepronunciationincertainwordssuch
asworld(incontrasttoworn)andaspecificpronunciationinsomewords(thesoftcprinciple)suchascity.
/z/
/z/
zebra jazz (plural:fries) cheese breeze xylophone
/t/
/ch/
chairs patch /t/+//
/ch+u/
picture
//
/sh/
sheep chefstation magician admission
//
unvoiced/th/
thistle //
voiced/th/
there
//
/zh/
televisiontreasure azure(blue)courgettecollage
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