Interactive Phonemic Chart
Click on any symbol to hear its sound demonstrated with an example word. (Using General American English pronunciation)
Vowels (Monophthongs)
/i/
see
/ɪ/
sit
/eɪ/
say
/ɛ/
bed
/æ/
cat
/ɑ/
hot
/ɔ/
law
/oʊ/
go
/ʊ/
book
/u/
two
/ʌ/
cup
/ə/
sofa
/ɚ/
teacher
Vowels (Diphthongs)
/aɪ/
my
/aʊ/
how
/ɔɪ/
boy
Consonants
/p/
pen
/b/
bad
/t/
tea
/d/
did
/k/
cat
/g/
got
/tʃ/
chair
/dʒ/
jam
/f/
fall
/v/
van
/θ/
thin
/ð/
this
/s/
so
/z/
zoo
/ʃ/
she
/ʒ/
vision
/h/
how
/m/
man
/n/
no
/ŋ/
sing
/l/
leg
/r/
red
/w/
wet
/j/
yes