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 Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish and the IPA representation of the sound.

Phoneme No.English Sound or PhonemeFo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish Letters Making
English Sound or Phoneme
IPA Spelling
1a in appleA, aæ
2e in eggE, e, Ä, ä, Ū, ūɛ
3i in itI, i, Ē, ē, Ô, ô, Ű, ű, Ϋ, Γɪ
4o in octopusO, o, Ã, ã, Û, ûɒ