English Phoneme List and Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish Representation

The 42 phonemes of sounds of English are listed below with an example word, the representation of the phoneme or sound in Fonetic English and the IPA representation of the sound.

Phoneme No.	English sound or phoneme	Fonetic English letters making English sound or phoneme	IPA Spelling
1	a in apple	A, a	æ
2	e in egg	E, e, Ä, ä, Ū, ū	ɛ
3	i in it	I, i, Ē, ē, Ô, ô, Ű, ű, Ϋ, Γ	ɪ
4	o in octopus	O, o, Ã, ã, Û, û	ɒ
5	u in umbrella	U, u, Á, á, È, è,Ì,ì,Ò,ò,ÿ,Ÿ	ʌ
6	a in ape	Â, â, Ĳ, Ẃ	eɪ
7	E in eat	Ê, ê, Ï, ï, Ý, ý	i
8	I in ice	Í, í, Ύ, Υ	aɪ
9	O in open	À, à, É, é, Õ, õ	oʊ
10	U in you	Ů, ů	ju
11	oo in ooze	OO, oo, Ė, ė, Œ ,ȷ, ẞ, ñ	u
12	ō in bōok and ù in pùt	Ō, ō, ù, Ù	ʊ
13	ow in cow	OW, ow, Ow, Ø, ĳ	aʊ
14	oy in boy	OY, oy, Oy, Þ, ·	ɔɪ
15	ar in art	AR, ar, Ar, Æ, æ	ɑr
16	or in horse	Ā, ā ,Ő, ő	ɔr
17	ur in fur	UR, Ur, ur, ER, Er, er, IR, Ir, ir	ɜr
18	b in bed	B, b	b
19	k in king	C, c, K, k, Q, q	k
20	d in dog	D, d	d
21	f in fun	F, f, Ğ, ğ, Р, Ρ	f
22	g in goat	G, g	g
23	h in hat	H, h	h
24	j in jump	J, j, Ð, ð, Ñ, Ẅ	dʒ
25	l in like	L, l	l
26	m in man	M, m	m
27	n in neck	N, n	n
28	p in pen	P, p	p
29	r in rat	R, r	r
30	s in sun	S, s, Ç, ç	s
31	t in ten	T, t, Ď, ď	t
32	v in van	V, v, Ẁ, «, ῤ, Ῥ	v
33	w in wind	W, w, ˘, ¸, Ü, ü	w
34	x in six	X, x	ks
35	y in yes	Y, y, ẅ, »	j
36	z in zoo	Z, z, Ş, ş	z
37	ch in cheese	CH, ch, Ć, ć, Ţ, ţ	tʃ
38	sh in shoe	SH, sh, Č, č, Ś, ś, Ť, ť, ‰, ≈	ʃ
39	ng in long	NG, ng	ŋ
40	th in thumb (unvoiced)	TH, Th, th	θ
41	th in them (voiced)	TҢ, Tң, tң	ð
42	zh in vision	Š, š, Ź, ź	ʒ