English phonemic transcription chart

DISC (CELEX)"Klattese"ARPABET (CMUdict)IPA (broad "American")Wells (1982) lexical sets (for stressed nuclei)
IIIH[ɪ]KIT
EEEH[ɛ]DRESS
{@AE[æ]TRAP/BATHDISC merges BATH, PALM, and START
QaAA[ɑ]LOT/PALMDISC merges BATH, PALM, and START
V^AH[ʌ]STRUTMaybe identical to [ə] in some dialects
UUUH[ʊ]FOOT
$cAO[ɔ]CLOTH/THOUGHTDISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE
3XER[ɚ]NURSEUnclear phonological identity
iiIY[iː]FLEECEMay have front offglide
1eEY[eɪ]FACE
5oOW[oʊ]GOAT
uuUW[uː]GOOSEMay have front glide before or back glide after
2YAY[aɪ]PRICE
4OOY[ɔɪ]CHOICE
6WAW[aʊ]MOUTH
7I rIH R[ɪɚ]NEAR
8E rEH R[ɛɚ]SQUARE
#a rAA R[aɚ]STARTDISC merges BATH, PALM, and START
$c rAO R[ɔɚ]NORTH/FORCEDISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE
9U rUH R[ʊɚ]CURE
@xAH[ə]Maybe identical to [ʌ]/STRUT in some dialects
ppP[p]Aspirated initially
bbB[b]
ttT[t]Aspirated initially; can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic
ddD[d]Can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic
kkK[k]Aspirated initially
ggG[g]
JCCH[tʃ]DISC's is counterintuitive
_JJH[dʒ]
ffF[f]
vvV[v]
TTTH[θ]
DDDH[ð]
ssS[s]
SSSH[ʃ]
zzZ[z]
ZZZH[ʒ]Marginal (in type terms), but difficult to exclude by markedness principles
hhHH[h]
rrR[ɹ]
mmM[m]
nnN[n]
NGNG[ŋ]Generally thought to be a pure allophone of /n/ before dorsals
llL[l]
PLAH L[əl]Maybe just syllabic allophone of /l/
HNAH N[ən]Maybe just syllabic allophone of /n/
jjY[j]
wwW[w]
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