Tools/IPA Chart
Interactive IPA chart with audio
Every English phoneme in one place — consonants, vowels, and diphthongs. Click any sound to hear it and see example words, with a step-by-step articulation guide on its page.
Click any symbol below to hear it and see examples.
Consonants
Sounds produced with a partial or full constriction in the vocal tract.
Vowels
Open-tract sounds, classified by tongue height, backness, and lip rounding.
Diphthongs
Gliding vowels that move between two target positions in a single syllable.
How to use this chart
Each symbol stands for exactly one sound — not a letter. That is the whole point of the IPA: English spelling is inconsistent, but a phonetic transcription tells you precisely how a word is said. Start by finding a sound you are unsure about, then click its tile.
The detail page for each phoneme shows example words you can hear in native text-to-speech, plus how the sound is articulated — where the tongue goes, what the lips do, and whether the vocal cords vibrate. If the symbols themselves are new to you, start with how to read IPA: a beginner's guide.
Want the full articulation guide?
The complete phoneme guide pairs every symbol with detailed pronunciation instructions — tongue placement, lip shape, jaw position, voicing, and English example words with their spelling patterns.
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