Phonetic Alphabet sounds

Flashcards to review English IPA symbols, their pronunciation, and example words.

/i/

heed

/ɪ/

hid

/ɛ/

head

/æ/

had

/a/

hard

/ʌ/

hut

/ɒ/

hot

/ɔ/

horde

/ʊ/

hood

/u/

hood

/ɜ/

heard

/ə/

above

/eɪ/

The diphthong heard in “hate.”

/aɪ/

The diphthong heard in “height.”

/ɔɪ/

The diphthong heard in “hoist.”

/aʊ/

howl

/oʊ/

hoed

/ɪə/

hear

/ɛə/

hair

/ʊə/

pure

/p/

Voiceless bilabial stop, as in “pet.”

/b/

Voiced bilabial stop, as in “bed.”

/t/

Voiceless alveolar stop, as in “top.”

/d/

Voiced alveolar stop, as in “dog.”

/k/

Voiceless velar stop, as in “cat” or “kit.”

/g/

Voiced velar stop, as in “gum.”

/m/

Bilabial nasal, as in “map.”

/n/

Alveolar nasal, as in “net.”

/ŋ/

Velar nasal, as in “ring.”

/f/

Voiceless labiodental fricative, as in “fan.”

/v/

Voiced labiodental fricative, as in “van.”

/θ/

Voiceless dental fricative (soft “th”), as in “think.”

/ð/

Voiced dental fricative (hard “th”), as in “this.”

/s/

Voiceless alveolar fricative, as in “sun.”

/z/

Voiced alveolar fricative, as in “zoo.”

/ʃ/

Voiceless postalveolar fricative, as in “shop.”

/ʒ/

Voiced postalveolar fricative, as in “measure.”

/tʃ/

Voiceless postalveolar affricate, heard in “chip.”

/dʒ/

Voiced postalveolar affricate, heard in “jam.”

/h/

Voiceless glottal fricative, as in “hat.”

/l/

Alveolar lateral approximant, as in “leg.”

/ɹ/

Alveolar approximant, as in “run.”

/j/

Palatal approximant, as in “yes.”

/w/

Labio-velar approximant, as in “wet.”