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Pronunciation Respelling Key

Modified on: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 10:54 PM Eastern
Vowels  Examples 
a  bat 
ah  father 
air  bear, Mary 
ar  farther 
arr  marry 
aw  bought 
ay  bait 
e  bet 
eh  prestige 
ee  beat 
ee  happy, serious 
eer  beer, nearer 
err  merry 
ew  cute, beauty, dew 
ewr  cure, lure 
eye  item, yikes 
i  bit 
ih  historic 
ire  hire 
irr  mirror 
o  bot 
oh  boat 
oir  coir 
oo  boot, you 
oo  influence, fruition 
oor  poor, tourist 
or  horse, pour, forum 
orr  moral 
ow  bout, vow 
owr  flour 
oy  choice, boy 
u  but 
uh  frustration 
ur  bird, furry 
urr  hurry 
uu  book 
uurr  courier 
y  bite, bide 
ə  about, comma 
ər  letter

Consonants  Examples
b  buy 
ch  church, nature 
d  dye, ladder 
dh  thy, this 
f  fight 
g  go 
gh  guess, guitar 
h  high 
j  jive 
k  kite, sky, lock 
kh  loch, Chanukah 
l  lie, sly 
m  my 
n  nigh 
ng  ring, singer 
nk  sink 
p  pie, spy 
r  rye, try 
s  sigh 
ss  ice, tense 
sh  shy 
t  tie, sty, latter 
tch  church, natural 
th  thigh 
v  vine 
w  wine 
wh  whine 
y  you 
z  zoo 
zh  pleasure

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