IPA chart for English

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IPA 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.

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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, photo
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, seizure
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, queen
j	yes, Europe
ʍ	what^[4]

IPA: Marginal Sounds
ʔ	uh-(ʔ)oh

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 battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator, for example ice cream /aɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /aɪ.skrim/
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/

[edit] Notes

^ Marginal elsewhere.
^ In some dialects (e.g. Brummie) "ringer", "sing" etc are pronounced with an additional /ɡ/, like "finger": /ˈɹɪŋɡə/ rather than /ˈɹɪŋə/
^ The tap [ɾ] is found in some varieties of Scottish.
^ Some dialects, such as Scottish and much of the American South; see whine and wine and voiceless labiovelar approximant
^ Roach & 2004 (241-243)
^ Often transcribed /e/ for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
^ See Fern-fir-fur merger for this distinction.
^ See bad-lad split for this distinction.
^ Often transcribed /a/ for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.
^ See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.
^ Sometimes transcribed for GA as [əɹ], especially in transcriptions that represent both rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciations, as [ə(ɹ)].
^ Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries are /ɛː/ (Oxford University Press) and /ɛə/.

"Vowel wheel" - a subjective schematic of English vowel sounds as pronounced in a General American accent.
NATO phonetic alphabet - also known as the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet or military alphabet. The NATO phonetic alphabet is often confused with the IPA because of the occurrence of "phonetic" in its name. However, the NATO alphabet is a cipher of the Latin alphabet, while the IPA strives for one-to-one representation of the sounds of all spoken languages.
Phonetic alphabets (military)
Pronunciation respelling for English
SAMPA chart for English
English phonology

Gimson, A. C. (1980). An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, 3rd edn., London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6287-2.
Kenyon, John Samuel (1950). American Pronunciation, 10th edn., Ann Arbor: George Wahr.
Kenyon, John S.; Thomas A. Knott (1944/1953). A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-047-7.
Roach, Peter (2004), "British English: Received Pronunciation", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (2): 239-245
Wells, J. C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 2nd edn., Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-582-36468-X.