Letter
Capital
Pronounce
a A IPA
Frequency
Example
æ 33.88% ba lcony a xi a p a mbulance a ckboard ə 28.99% stoma ch a min a n a l a nana eɪ 20.57% gra pe a to a zor a ke a vour ɑ 5.03% pa sta a ther a ss a unt a ge ɛ 3.47% sta irs a ir a ir a irplane a rrot a 2.75% ca st a ndkerchief a bbage a dder ɪ 1.92% mounta in a nge a ge a ge a te ɔ 1.63% cha lk a lk a lt a lk a lled ɒ 1.23% dishwa sher a llow a cht a tch a n ʌ 0.54% a ppointment a sn't
b B IPA
Frequency
Example
b 100.00% b alcony b ra b ean b oy b roccoli
c C IPA
Frequency
Example
k 77.19% c alc ulator c anoe c art c ream c tive s 22.81% fac e c il c eiling c ereal c ycle
d D IPA
Frequency
Example
d 100.00% head d d ance d d rug
e E IPA
Frequency
Example
ɛ 43.75% pe nsion e lve e ck e mon e f ɪ 22.88% jacke t e cision e rious e lieve e quire ə 18.90% lave nder e nty e nteen e nt e my i 8.37% re gional e iling e cies e ography e ciate e 4.39% ve getable e ngineer e licopter ɪə 1.70% be er e real e ro e er
f F IPA
Frequency
Example
f 100.00% f if teen f ace f ile f ume f oot
g G IPA
Frequency
Example
ɡ 62.93% dog g rip g ate g ruous g irl dʒ 27.65% pag e g etable g e g e g e ʒ 4.48% judg e g e d͡ʒ 4.19% charg e g y g 0.75% g randmother
h H IPA
Frequency
Example
h 100.00% h andle h old h air h ose h erb
i I IPA
Frequency
Example
ɪ 74.61% dri ll i nk i tami n i ng i nt aɪ 15.34% li me i der i ce i e i e i 4.64% broccoli i copter i ano i anist i o ə 3.88% ani mal i l i ty i ous i n j 0.76% oni on ʌɪ 0.76% i dea i re
j J IPA
Frequency
Example
dʒ 87.62% j eans j amas j udge j o j acket d͡ʒ 12.38% j aw j uice j azz
k K IPA
Frequency
Example
k 100.00% k ick k k e k k ettle
l L IPA
Frequency
Example
l 98.00% al cohol l ass l l ake l ie ɫ 1.39% sil ver l əl 0.60% real l
m M IPA
Frequency
Example
m 100.00% m ountain m m icrowave m ile m other-in-law
n N IPA
Frequency
Example
n 96.48% ben ch n n imal n n dow ŋ 3.52% drin k n ket n cle n xious n k
o O IPA
Frequency
Example
ə 30.58% ivo ry o nductor o r o mmission o hol ɒ 26.97% sho p o del o ttom o ng o ccoli əʊ 16.92% ho me o ldier o o o tor o 6.88% mo torcycle o o w o wbar o ceries ʌ 5.85% mo ther-in-law o ven o ney o nge o nkey ɔ 5.28% flo or o ilet o or o intment o pter ɑ 5.11% photo grapher o cking o spital u 1.55% sho e o e ʊ 0.86% wo man
p P IPA
Frequency
Example
p 100.00% shop p up il p ajamas p lug p ig
q Q
r R IPA
Frequency
Example
ɹ 69.46% br ought r ill r obe r een r efr igerator r 24.03% tr iangle r apher r essure r abbit r a ə 3.31% flour r e r e əɹ 3.20% secur ity r ing r e
s S IPA
Frequency
Example
s 81.30% s ilver s urgery s carf s te s tairs z 17.28% trans port s paper s s n't s ician ʃ 0.74% s ugar ʒ 0.69% us ually s ure
t T IPA
Frequency
Example
t 100.00% t rainer t t ool t urn t ie
u U IPA
Frequency
Example
ʌ 48.46% tu nnel u b u tterfly u tter u n ju 19.51% mu sic u sually u pil u me u e ə 13.04% pleasu re u re u l u ry u 7.19% flu te u ler u ne jʊ 5.44% du ring u rity ʊ 4.93% incongru ous u sh u tcher u ll u ally ɪ 1.44% gu itar u it u ce
v V IPA
Frequency
Example
v 100.00% cav e v el v en v e v oluptuous
w W IPA
Frequency
Example
w 95.39% w ine w heelchair w atch w hite w im ʊ 4.61% crow bar w
x X IPA
Frequency
Example
ks 84.92% six teen x ophone x x i x e ɡ 11.90% ex it x actly kʃ 3.17% anx ious x ury
y Y IPA
Frequency
Example
i 69.47% ferry y y y y ɪ 15.58% boy y cle y aɪ 10.59% why y y chological y y chiatrist j 4.36% lawy er y ellow y acht
z Z IPA
Frequency
Example
z 100.00% liz ard z ero z er z e z or
