Making English Decodable
What if every English word told you exactly how to say it?
Fonetic English adds pronunciation, syllable breaks, and stress to standard spelling — without changing a single letter. Developed with Professor John Sweller. Backed by seven research frameworks. Used by tutors, schools, and ESL colleges worldwide.
Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish can be learned in minutes
Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish never changes the spelling of an English word. It only adds information (through its custom font) so every word becomes decodable while preserving sightword recognition of standard English.
The Golden Rule
Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish never changes the spelling of an English word. It only adds information (through its custom font) so every word becomes decodable while preserving sightword recognition of standard English.
How the Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish Font Works
- Letters with no superscripts make their usual sounds a , b , c
- Pronounce the superscript, not the letter ş, ć, č, ü, æ
- Capital vowels say their name â, ê, í, õ, ů, Ẃ, ý, Υ
- Greyed out letters are silent: “know” pronounced nõ; “debt” pronounced det
- Stressed syllables start with • and unstressed syllables start with ◦, e.g. √con…tract (agreement) and con√tract (get smaller)
- A consonant with the superscript u makes the sound “consonant u”, e.g. the syllable …Εle in √câ…Εle makes the sound "bul".
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The Solution: Fonetic English Adds the Missing Information
Fonetic English adds three pieces of information to standard spelling: superscript sound characters (standard letters showing the actual sound), greyed-out silent letters, and syllable break markers with stress indicators.
The spelling itself never changes. Every sightword built while reading Fonetic English text works identically in standard English — any book, any screen, any font, even handwriting. There is no transition step. No dependency.
Because words now make sense when sounded out, they are stored in long-term memory in 2–5 repetitions instead of 20–50. This is the difference between months and years of learning time.
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The spelling itself never changes. Every sightword built while reading Fonetic English text works identically in standard English — any book, any screen, any font, even handwriting. There is no transition step. No dependency.
Because words now make sense when sounded out, they are stored in long-term memory in 2–5 repetitions instead of 20–50. This is the difference between months and years of learning time.
See how the markup works →
The Complete Learning Platform
Six integrated tools take learners from first sounds to fluent reading. Every interaction is logged. Progress is tracked automatically for students, tutors, parents, and schools.
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42-Sounds Tool
All 42 English phonemes organised by your native language. Visual mouth-movement guidance for every sound. Auditory discrimination exercises. Record your pronunciation and compare with native speakers.
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Sounding Out Syllables
The 100 most common syllables taught in frequency order, 6 per lesson. Progressive sounding out keeps working memory to just 2 items. 100 syllables unlock 13,557 words — 52% of all English.
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Vocabulary System
6,212 words from A0 to B2 including 1,450 academic words. Contextual sentences: read, infer meaning, click to verify, get tested automatically. Spaced repetition at 2d, 1w, 2w, 1m, 2m intervals.
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FE Dictionary
25,000+ words with full FE markup, 3 levels of audio (word, syllable, phoneme), definitions in simple English, 2 examples per definition, related words, phrasal verbs, and idioms.
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Progress Dashboard
Complete activity logs. Students see their own progress. Tutors track each student. Parents get daily visibility. Schools access class-wide analytics and AI-powered reports.
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FE eReader
Tap any word to hear native pronunciation, see syllables sounded out progressively, compare your pronunciation, and get a native-language translation. Daily reading at the correct CEFR level (A0–B2).
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