Phonetic Sounds of English

/p/

pit

Voiceless

Bilabial

Oral stop

/b/

bit

Voiced

Bilabial

Oral stop

/m/

mit

Voiced

Bilabial

Nasal Stop

/s/

sit

Voiceless

Alveolar

Fricative

/z/

zip

Voiced

Alveolar

Fricative

/j/

yes

Voiced

Palatal

central approximant

/ʃ/

Shell

Voiceless

Post alveolar

Fricative

/ʒ/

measure

Voiced

Post alveolar

Fricative

/i/

beet

/ɪ/

bit

/u/

boot

/ɑ/

cot, father, hot

/aɪ/

mine, light

/ɚ/

“er” unstressed, father, murder

/ɝ/

“er” stressed, bird, murder

/k/

cat

Voiceless

Velar

Oral stop

/g/

gate

voiced

velar

oral stop

/ŋ/

sing

voiced

velar

nasal stop

/w/

well

Voiced

labial-velar

central approximant

/h/

hall

voiceless

pharyngeal, glottal

fricative

/tʃ/

church

voiceless

post alveolar

affricate

/dʒ/

jump

Voiced

post alveolar

affricate

/ə/

unstressed “uh”, about, away

/ʌ/

stressed “uh”, but, mutt

/ʊ/

hood, should

/ɔ/

dawn, caught

/ɔɪ/

boy, soy

/t/

ten

voiceless

alveolar

oral stop

/d/

den

voiced

alveolar

oral stop

/n/

ten

voiced

alveolar

nasal stop

/f/

face

voiceless

labiodental

fricative

/v/

vase

voiced

labiodental

fricative

/l/

let

voiced

alveolar

lateral approximant

/ɹ/

red

voiced

alveolar

central approximant

/θ/

thank

voiceless

dental

fricative

/ð/

them

voiced

dental

fricative

/eɪ/

bake, cake

/ɛ/

bet, egg

/oʊ/

sew

/æ/

cat, ash

/aʊ/

how, brown, proud