| DISC (CELEX) | "Klattese" | ARPABET (CMUdict) | IPA (broad "American") | Wells (1982) lexical sets (for stressed nuclei) |
| I | I | IH | [ɪ] | KIT |
| E | E | EH | [ɛ] | DRESS |
| { | @ | AE | [æ] | TRAP/BATH | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
| Q | a | AA | [ɑ] | LOT/PALM | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
| V | ^ | AH | [ʌ] | STRUT | Maybe identical to [ə] in some dialects |
| U | U | UH | [ʊ] | FOOT |
| $ | c | AO | [ɔ] | CLOTH/THOUGHT | DISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE |
| 3 | X | ER | [ɚ] | NURSE | Unclear phonological identity |
| i | i | IY | [iː] | FLEECE | May have front offglide |
| 1 | e | EY | [eɪ] | FACE |
| 5 | o | OW | [oʊ] | GOAT |
| u | u | UW | [uː] | GOOSE | May have front glide before or back glide after |
| 2 | Y | AY | [aɪ] | PRICE |
| 4 | O | OY | [ɔɪ] | CHOICE |
| 6 | W | AW | [aʊ] | MOUTH |
| 7 | I r | IH R | [ɪɚ] | NEAR |
| 8 | E r | EH R | [ɛɚ] | SQUARE |
| # | a r | AA R | [aɚ] | START | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
| $ | c r | AO R | [ɔɚ] | NORTH/FORCE | DISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE |
| 9 | U r | UH R | [ʊɚ] | CURE |
| @ | x | AH | [ə] | | Maybe identical to [ʌ]/STRUT in some dialects |
| p | p | P | [p] | | Aspirated initially |
| b | b | B | [b] | |
| t | t | T | [t] | | Aspirated initially; can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic |
| d | d | D | [d] | | Can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic |
| k | k | K | [k] | | Aspirated initially |
| g | g | G | [g] | |
| J | C | CH | [tʃ] | | DISC's is counterintuitive |
| _ | J | JH | [dʒ] |
| f | f | F | [f] |
| v | v | V | [v] |
| T | T | TH | [θ] |
| D | D | DH | [ð] |
| s | s | S | [s] |
| S | S | SH | [ʃ] |
| z | z | Z | [z] |
| Z | Z | ZH | [ʒ] | | Marginal (in type terms), but difficult to exclude by markedness principles |
| h | h | HH | [h] |
| r | r | R | [ɹ] |
| m | m | M | [m] | |
| n | n | N | [n] | |
| N | G | NG | [ŋ] | | Generally thought to be a pure allophone of /n/ before dorsals | |
| l | l | L | [l] |
| P | L | AH L | [əl] | | Maybe just syllabic allophone of /l/ |
| H | N | AH N | [ən] | | Maybe just syllabic allophone of /n/ |
| j | j | Y | [j] |
| w | w | W | [w] |