Type IPA (English) characters

Type phonetic transcriptions of English words in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Edit your text in the box, then copy it to your document or e-mail.

• ˈ primary stress
• ˌ secondary stress
• ː length mark (as in /iː/)
• æ cat
• ɑ father, (UK) car
• ʌ cup
• ð this
• ə about (schwa)
• ɚ (US) butter — r-coloured schwa
• ɛ bed (alternative to e)
• ɜ (UK) bird
• ɝ (US) bird
• ɪ sit
• ɪ̈ weak ɪ, as in possible
• ɫ dark l, as in feel
• ŋ sing
• ɔ thought, (UK) law
• ɒ (UK) lot
• ɹ red (precise symbol for English r)
• ɾ (US) flap, as in butter
• ʃ ship
• θ thin
• t̬ (US) flap t, as in letter
• ʊ put
• ʊ̈ weak ʊ, as in education
• ʒ vision
• ʔ glottal stop, as in uh-oh
• ᵊ optional schwa, as in button
• ʳ optional r, as in (UK) car
• ᵗ optional t
• → becomes
• ‖ major (intonation) group
• ◌̃ nasalized
• ◌̩ syllabic consonant
• ’ apostrophe
• “ opening quote
• ” closing quote
• – en dash
• — em dash
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