English spelling. is broken
Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish fixes it

The problem isn’t you or your teacher
The problem is English spelling.

Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish adds the missing information so every word can be read with confidence no rules, no guessing, no overwhelm. This makes better English grades EVERYTHING easier.

“A series of brilliant innovations that will revolutionize language teaching”

UNSW Prof Emeritus
John Sweller, Founder of
Cognitive Load Theory

HOW READING REALLY WORKS

Reading is not natural; humans didn’t evolve to read.

We look at a line of written words and ‘hear’ the silent words in our minds.

We repurpose the speech part of the brain to ‘hear’ and understand the silent words in our head.

We understand best when we read at the speed we speak — about 100 words per minute, called fluent reading.

At that speed, there’s no time to decode the sounds of words.

Words recognized instantly like this are called sight words.

We have to look at a word and instantly know its sound and meaning.

The fastest path to fluent reading is
the rapid acquisition of sightwords.

WHY READING ENGLISH IS SO HARD

English spelling often lacks the information needed to decode words accurately.

There are 42 English sounds but only 26 characters, so letters make more than one sound.

So many words can’t be sounded out reliably: “signed” has 76,800 possible pronunciations under standard rules.

🎥 How “signed” can make 76,800 different sounds

The result:

Nobody can succeed when they’re missing so much information.
So English-speaking learners take 2.5–3 years to reach fluency.
In phonetic languages like Finnish, learners become fluent in ~6 months.

The problem isn’t you. The problem is English spelling.
But if we add the missing information to English, we can learn more like the Finns — in way less time.

Backed by Cognitive Load Theory

Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish is built on solid science. Prof. John Sweller, the founder of Cognitive Load Theory, has co-authored a paper with us explaining how Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish reduces cognitive load and works with human cognitive architecture to make reading easier.

Get the Paper

Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish can be learned in minutes

Video: How Fo√ne…tic √Ēng…lish Works

⭐ The Golden Rule

Fonetic English 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.

👉 With these few rules, you can decode any English word — confidently, accurately, and without exceptions.

🔤 How the FE Font Works

✅ Normal letters = usual sound.
🌫️ Greyed letters = silent.
🄰 Superscripts = pronounce the superscript sound.
🔡 Capital vowel superscripts = say their name (e.g., ý = /ee/, so you is shown as yoů).
⚫ Stressed syllable break = solid dot •.
⚪ Unstressed syllable break = hollow circle ◦.
🔊 Superscript u over a consonant adds a brief /u/ (e.g., double → “√dou…Εle”).