English (United States) symbols

The service supports the following symbols for United States (US) English.

Regular vowels

Regular vowels (US English)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
a	a aː ɑ ɑː ɐ	0061 0061+02D0 0251 0251+02D0 0250	father, lot
A	æ	00E6	back, had
e	e eɪ	0065 0065+026A	cake, pain
E	ɛ	025B	hedge, let
i	i iː	0069 0069+02D0	see, speak, believe
I	ɪ	026A	pick, ill
o	o oʊ	006F 006F+028A	both, oak
c	ɔ ɔː ɒ	0254 0254+02D0 0252	law, cough
u	u uː	0075 0075+02D0	zoo, truth
U	ʊ ɯ	028A 026F	took, put
H	ʌ	028C	but, mug, son
R	ə˞ ɚ ɜː ɝ	0259+02DE 025A 025C+02D0 025D	butter, hurt

Diphthongs (US English)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
O	ɔɪ	0254+026A	toil, boy
W	aʊ	0061+028A	out, cow
Y	aɪ	0061+026A	life, fine

Reduced vowels (US English)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
x	ə	0259	sofa, alone, suppose, tedious, America
X	ɨ ı	0268 0131	roses, connect, melody, symphony, hinted

Consonants (US English)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
b	b	0062	bad, sob
C	tʃ ʧ	0074+0283 02A7	chip, witch, nature
d	d	0064	dip, had
D	ð	00F0	this, breathe
f	f	0066	field, if, graph
F (flap)	ɾ	027E	writer, fiddle, little
g	g ɡ	0067 0261	good, bug
G	ŋ	014B	sing, finger
h	h ɦ x χ	0068 0266 0078 03C7	hot, hero, challah
J	dʒ ʤ	0064+0292 02A4	Jane, huge
k	k	006B	kill, cat, make, back
l	l	006C	low, hall
m	m	006D	man, hum, summer
M	m̩	006D+0329	hmmm
n	n	006E	never, sun, winner
N (syllabic nasal)	n̩	006E+0329	button, satin, eaten, burden
p	p	0070	pit, rip
r	r ɹ	0072 0279	borrow, rake
s	s	0073	seal, miss, ceiling
S	ʃ	0283	ship, wish
t	t	0074	tip, pet
T	θ	03B8	thing, Beth
v	v	0076	vase, save
w	w ʍ	0077 028D	wear, quick
y	j	006A	yes, Virginia
z	z	007A	zip, phase
Z	ʒ	0292	treasure, garage
? (glottal stop)	ʔ	0294	kitten, Latin