IPA chart for English

This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language.

See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version and Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

IPA: English Consonants
IPA	Examples
	pen, spin, tip
	but, web
	two, sting, bet
	do, odd
	chair, nature, teach
	gin, joy, edge
	cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
	go, get, beg
	fool, enough, leaf
	voice, have
	thing, teeth
	this, breathe, father
	see, city, pass
	zoo, rose
	she, sure, emotion, leash
	pleasure, beige
	ham
	man, ham
	no, tin
	singer, ring
	left, bell
	run, very Although the symbol technically represents an alveolar trill, which is absent from most dialects of English, it is nevertheless widely used instead of in phonemic transcriptions.
	we
	yes
	what (some accents, such as Scottish)
	loch (Scottish), Chanukah (Yinglish/Yeshivish)

IPA: English Vowels
IPA			Examples
RP	GenAm	AuE
			father
			see
			city
			bed Often transcribed for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
			bird
			lad, cat, ran Often transcribed for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.See bad-lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian English.
			arm
			run, enough
			not, wasp
			law, caught See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.
			put
			soon, through
			about
			winner

IPA: English Diphthongs
IPA			Examples
RP	GenAm	AuE
	or		day
			my
			boy
	or		no
			now
			near, here
			hair, there Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries are (Oxford University Press) and .
			tour
			pupil

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example happy
	Secondary stress, for example battleship
	Syllable separator, for example sawing
	Syllabic consonant, for example for ridden

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