The International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for English phonemes

These diphthongs are combinations of two vowel sounds that create a glide from one sound to another within a single syllable. If you have more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!

Triphthongs:

aɪə – as in fire :/faɪə/

oɪə as in boiler: /bɔɪlə/

eɪə – as in player: /pleɪə/

aʊə – as in flower: /flaʊə/

əʊə as in lower: /ˈloʊər/

The triphthongs are five diphthongs with o added on the end.

Here are the phoneme symbols for each sound of the English alphabet, along with examples:

Consonants:

/p/ as in pen/pɛn/

/b/ as in bat /bæt/

/t/ as in top/tɒp/

/d/ as in dog /dɔɡ/

/k/ as in cat /kæt/

/g/ as in go/ɡoʊ/

/f/ as in fish/fɪʃ/

/v/ as in van /væn/

/θ/ as in thin /θɪn/

/ð/ as in this /ðɪs/

/s/ as in sun/sʌn/

/z/ as in zip /zɪp/

/ʃ/ as in shoe /ʃuː/

/ʒ/ as in measure /ˈmɛʒə/

/h/ as in hat/hæt/

/m/ as in man /mæn/

/n/ as in no /noʊ/

/ŋ/ as in sing/sɪŋ/

/l/ as in leg/lɛɡ/

/r/ as in red /rɛd/

/j/ as in yes (consonant sound) /jɛs/

/w/ as in wet (consonant sound) /wɛt/

/tʃ/ as in chat/tʃæt/

/dʒ/ as in judge /dʒʌdʒ/

Here’s a table with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols for the English consonant sounds, along with examples:

Consonant Sound	IPA Symbol	Example Words
/p/	p	pen, apple
/b/	b	bat, crab
/t/	t	top, better
/d/	d	dog, ladder
/k/	k	cat, school
/g/	g	go, bigger
/f/	f	fish, coffee
/v/	v	van, over
/θ/	θ	thin, math
/ð/	ð	this, mother
/s/	s	sun, bus
/z/	z	zip, jazz
/ʃ/	ʃ	shoe, fish
/ʒ/	ʒ	measure, vision
/h/	h	hat, behind
/m/	m	man, summer
/n/	n	no, dinner
/ŋ/	ŋ	sing, long
/l/	l	leg, hello
/r/	r	red, carry
/j/	j	yes, yellow (consonant)
/w/	w	wet, water (consonant)
/tʃ/	tʃ	chat, watch
/dʒ/	dʒ	judge, edge