Phoneme Chart: English Vowel and Consonant Sounds
Showing the 44 English phonemes with descriptions of their articulation
| 20 Vowel Phonemes | 24 Consonant Phonemes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded centralized half-close |  |
pit | voiceless bilabial stop |  |
pit |
| unrounded front betw. half-open & half-close |  |
pet | voiced bilabial stop |  |
bit |
| unrounded front betw. open & half-open |  |
pat | voiceless alveolar stop |  |
time |
| rounded back open |  |
pot | voiced alveolar stop |  |
door |
| unrounded centre of tongue just above open |  |
luck | voiceless velar stop |  |
cat |
| rounded centralized half-close- |  |
good | voiced velar stop |  |
get |
| unrounded central betw. half-open & half-close (schwa) |  |
ago | voiceless labio-dental fricative |  |
fan |
| unrounded front close [long] |  |
meat | voiced labio-dental fricative |  |
van |
| unrounded back open [long] |  |
car | voiceless dental fricative |  |
think |
| rounded back betw. half-open & half-close [long] |  |
door | voiced dental fricative |  |
that |
| unrounded central [long] |  |
girl | voiceless alveolar fricative |  |
send |
| closely rounded back just below close [long] |  |
too | voiced alveolar fricative |  |
zip |
| closing diphthong |  |
day | voiced bilabial nasal stop |  |
man |
| closing diphthong |  |
sky | voiced alveolar nasal stop |  |
nice |
| closing diphthong |  |
boy | voiced velar nasal stop |  |
ring |
| centring diphthong |  |
beer | voiced alveolar lateral |  |
leg |
| centring diphthong |  |
bear | voiced alveolar approximant |  |
rat |
| centring diphthong |  |
tour | voiceless bilabial semi-vocalic |  |
wet |
| closing diphthong |  |
go | glottal fricative |  |
hat |
| closing diphthong |  |
cow | voiced palatal semi-vocalic |  |
yet |
| voiceless post-alveolar fricative |  |
shop | |||
| voiced post-alveolar fricative |  |
leisure | |||
| voiceless post-alveolar affricate |  |
chop | |||
| voiced post alveolar affricate |  |
jump | |||