The IPA keyboard.

Write English phonetic transcription without hunting for symbols. This keyboard holds all the IPA symbols you need for British and American English, with an example word under each, so you can note how a word sounds, copy it, and keep it next to the text you are learning.

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Sounds appear here

Type a word as it is spelled. After each letter, the sounds those letters can stand for appear above, with an example word. Tap one, or press its number, to swap the letters for it.

Tap a symbol to add it to the word.

Short vowels

Long vowels

Diphthongs

Consonants

Also useful

Marks

Every symbol on the keyboard

Short vowels
Symbol	Name	Example	Accent
ɪ	KIT vowel, short i	ship
e	DRESS vowel, British	bed	British
ɛ	DRESS vowel, American	bed	American
æ	TRAP vowel	cat
ʌ	STRUT vowel	cup
ɒ	LOT vowel, British	hot	British
ɑ	LOT vowel, American	hot	American
ʊ	FOOT vowel	book
ə	schwa, the unstressed vowel	about
ɚ	r-coloured schwa, American	letter	American
i	happY vowel, weak i	happy
u	weak u, as in situation	situation
ɔ	THOUGHT vowel, American	thought	American

Long vowels
Symbol	Name	Example	Accent
iː	FLEECE vowel, long i	see
ɑː	PALM vowel, long a	father
ɔː	THOUGHT vowel, long	thought
uː	GOOSE vowel, long u	blue
ɜː	NURSE vowel, British	bird	British
ɝ	NURSE vowel, American	bird	American

Diphthongs
Symbol	Name	Example	Accent
eɪ	FACE diphthong	day
aɪ	PRICE diphthong	my
ɔɪ	CHOICE diphthong	boy
əʊ	GOAT diphthong, British	go	British
oʊ	GOAT diphthong, American	go	American
aʊ	MOUTH diphthong	now
ɪə	NEAR diphthong, British	near	British
eə	SQUARE diphthong, British	hair	British
ʊə	CURE diphthong, British	pure	British

Consonants
Symbol	Name	Example
p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pen
b	voiced bilabial plosive	bad
t	voiceless alveolar plosive	tea
d	voiced alveolar plosive	dog
k	voiceless velar plosive	cat
ɡ	voiced velar plosive	go
tʃ	ch sound, voiceless affricate	chin
dʒ	j sound, voiced affricate	jam
f	voiceless labiodental fricative	fall
v	voiced labiodental fricative	van
θ	voiceless th, dental fricative	thin
ð	voiced th, dental fricative	this
s	voiceless alveolar fricative	so
z	voiced alveolar fricative	zoo
ʃ	sh sound, voiceless postalveolar fricative	she
ʒ	zh sound, voiced postalveolar fricative	vision
h	voiceless glottal fricative	hat
m	bilabial nasal	man
n	alveolar nasal	no
ŋ	ng sound, velar nasal	sing
l	clear l, alveolar lateral	leg
r	English r as dictionaries write it; in strict IPA, r is a trilled r, as in Polish	red
w	w sound, as in wet	wet
j	y sound, palatal approximant	yes

Also useful
Symbol	Name	Example	Accent
ɾ	flap t	butter	American
ʔ	glottal stop	uh-oh
ɫ	dark l	feel
l̩	syllabic l	bottle
n̩	syllabic n	button
m̩	syllabic m	rhythm
ɹ	English r, strict IPA	red

Marks
Symbol	Name	Example
ˈ◌	primary stress	əˈbaʊt
ˌ◌	secondary stress	ˌʌndəˈstænd
◌ː	length mark	siː
◌.◌	syllable break	ˈfaɪ.ə
◌ʰ	aspiration	pʰɪn
◌͡◌	tie bar, tap it after two letters to join them	t͡ʃ
↗︎	rising intonation	↗︎ˈriːli
↘︎	falling intonation	↘︎ˈriːli

Tap a symbol to add it to the word at the top, then copy the result. The Keyboard layout starts from ordinary spelling: type a word as it is written and, after each letter, the sounds that letter or letter group can stand for appear above the keys, each with an example word. Pick one to swap the letters for it. The By sound layout groups the symbols the way pronunciation teaching does: short vowels, long vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and marks such as primary stress.

The example word under each key is the quickest way to check you have the right symbol. If the word sounds right, the symbol is right. Stress and length marks sit in the Marks group of the By sound layout, and in the Keyboard layout under the apostrophe and semicolon keys. On a computer you can also pop the keyboard out into a small window that stays above your other apps while you work.