Phonetic symbols with examples in English!
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system that assigns each symbol to a certain English sound. You can learn exactly how to pronounce a word in English by using IPA. This enhances English pronunciation and gaining confidence when speaking the language. Here are some examples of IPA in everyday English words. By saying the words, you can practice various vowel and consonant sounds. This is one method for improving your English pronunciation.
Consonants Phonetic symbols with examples
n nice, funny, know, sun
z music, buzz, zero, roses
ŋ anger, sung, ring, thanks
p pen, happen, copy
j yet, beauty, use, few
ʔ (glottal stop) football, department,
ʒ vision, pleasure
b back, job, baby
d day, odd, ladder
ʃ ship, national, sure
tʃ church, nature, match
ð this, smooth, other
dʒ judge, soldier, age
m more, sum, hammer
f fat, rough, coffee, photo
w wet, when, one, queen
h hot, ahead, whole
t tea, button, tight
r right, sorry, wrong, arrange
s soon, sister, cease
θ thing, path, author
g get, ghost, giggle
l light, feel, valley
v view, move, heavy
k key, school, clock
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Vowels Phonetic symbols with examples in English
ɜː nurse, learn, stir, refer
ɪə near, weary, here
ə about, standard, common
ɪ kit, hymn, bid, minute
n̩ cotton, suddenly,
ˈ (stress mark)
ɑː father, start
e dress, head, bed, many
ɒ lot, wash, odd
eə square. fair, various
iː fleece, machine, sea
əʊ goat, no, show
eɪ face, break, day
ʊə poor, cure, jury
aɪ price, try, high
l̩ middle, metal
ɔː thought, north, law, war
æ trap, bad
u thank you, situation, influence
aʊ mouth, now
uː goose, blue, two, group
ʊ foot, put, good
i happy, glorious, radiate
ɔɪ choice, boy
ʌ strut, love, mud, blood
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Long Vowels
| IPA Symbol | Word examples |
| ɜ: | third, heard, turn. Nurse |
| ɑ: | hard, car, bath. Fast |
| ɔ: | jaw, bored, law, yawn, Talk |
| i: | team, beat, Need |
| u: | fruit, lose, boot, gloomy, Few |
Short Vowels
| IPA Symbol | Word examples |
| ɒ | watch, Rob, squat, top |
| e | send, Went, letter, intend |
| ə | mother, Alive,, again |
| æ | nap, Cat, flat, hand |
| ʌ | money, Fun, one, love |
| ʊ | should, Put, cook, look |
Diphthong Vowels
| IPA Symbol | Word examples |
| aɪ | flight, My, pride, sight, kind |
| ɪə | Beer, Near, clear, ear, tear, fear |
| aʊ | out, Mouth, brown, house, cow |
| əʊ | hole, No, stones, don’t, alone |
| eə | pear, Hair, care, there, stairs |
| eɪ | eight, Face, rain , space, case |
| ɔɪ | oyster, Joy, toy, employ, coil |
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