| IPA |
Examples |
| Consonants |
| IPA |
pen, spin, tip |
| IPA |
but, web |
| IPA |
two, sting, bet |
| IPA |
do, odd |
| IPA |
chair, nature, teach |
| IPA |
gin, joy, edge |
| IPA |
cat, kill, skin, queen, thick |
| IPA |
go, get, beg |
| IPA |
fool, enough, leaf |
| IPA |
voice, have |
| IPA |
thing, teeth |
| IPA |
this, breathe, father |
| IPA |
see, city, pass |
| IPA |
zoo, rose |
| IPA |
she, sure, emotion, leash |
| IPA |
pleasure, beige |
| IPA |
ham, ahead |
| IPA |
man, ham |
| IPA |
no, tin |
| IPA |
ringer, sing, sink |
| IPA |
finger |
| IPA |
left, bell |
| IPA |
run, very[1] |
| IPA |
yes |
| IPA |
we |
| IPA |
what[2] |
| Marginal consonants |
| IPA |
loch, Chanukkah[3] |
| IPA |
uh-oh (/ʌʔoʊ/), Hawaii[4] |
| Stress |
| IPA |
intonation
(/ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/)[5] |
| IPA |
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| IPA |
Examples |
| Vowels |
| IPA |
bid, pit[6] |
| IPA |
bead, peat[6] |
| IPA |
bed, pet |
| IPA |
bad, pat |
| IPA |
balm, father, pa |
| IPA |
bod, pot, cot |
| IPA |
bawd, paw, caught |
| IPA |
good, foot, put |
| IPA |
booed, food |
| IPA |
bud, butt |
| Diphthongs |
| IPA |
bay, hey, fate |
| IPA |
buy, high, ride, write |
| IPA |
bough, how, pout |
| IPA |
boy, hoy |
| IPA |
beau, hoe, poke[7] |
| IPA |
beauty, hue, pew, new[8] |
| R-colored vowels[9] |
| IPA |
mirror |
| IPA |
beer, mere |
| IPA |
berry, merry |
| IPA |
bear, mare, Mary |
| IPA |
barrow, marry |
| IPA |
bar, mar |
| IPA |
moral, forage |
| IPA |
born, for |
| IPA |
boar, four, more |
| IPA |
hurry, Murray |
| IPA |
boor, moor |
| IPA (IPA) |
bird, myrrh, furry |
| Reduced vowels |
| IPA |
roses, business (/ˈbɪznɨs/)[10] |
| IPA |
Rosa’s, cuppa (/ˈkʌpə/) |
| IPA (IPA) |
runner,[11] mercer (/ˈmɜrsər/) |
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