Letter
Capital
Pronounce
a A IPA
Frequency
Example
æ 33.88% pia no a mp a xe a ck a p ə 28.99% ba nana a ddition a pher a a bandoned eɪ 20.57% ra ke a vour a per a ke a by ɑ 5.03% gla ss a throom a unt a ther a na ɛ 3.47% cha ir a irplane a rrot a ir a to a 2.75% la dder a st a ndkerchief a bbage ɪ 1.92% ora nge a te a ge a in a ge ɔ 1.63% wa ll a lk a lled a lk a lk ɒ 1.23% swa llow a sher a n a cht a tch ʌ 0.54% a ppointment a sn't
b B IPA
Frequency
Example
b 100.00% b ee b elt b oard b rother b ear
c C IPA
Frequency
Example
k 77.19% c ough c t c onduc tor c tionary c amel s 22.81% danc e c il c elet c e c e
d D IPA
Frequency
Example
d 100.00% d ream d oesn't d ictionary d uctor d
e E IPA
Frequency
Example
ɛ 43.75% e lbow e lt e tcher e n e nemy ɪ 22.88% de tective e leven e vision e sert e curity ə 18.90% ene my e l e n e nteen e t i 8.37% spe cies e ography e ciate e gional e iling e 4.39% e ngineer e getable e licopter ɪə 1.70% ze ro e er e er e real
f F IPA
Frequency
Example
f 100.00% f ence f ume f e f riend f ourteen
g G IPA
Frequency
Example
ɡ 62.93% plug g oat g g arden g dʒ 27.65% garag e g e g ical 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 it h andle h andkerchief h unter h air
i I IPA
Frequency
Example
ɪ 74.61% fi nger i x i nk i mney i ti cian aɪ 15.34% dri ver i crowave i angle i nety i le i 4.64% heli copter i anist i i an i ə 3.88% ani mal i n i l i l i ous 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 acket j o d͡ʒ 12.38% j azz j aw j uice
k K IPA
Frequency
Example
k 100.00% monk ey k e k k ick k
l L IPA
Frequency
Example
l 98.00% fl our l ackboard l ute l aughter l ɫ 1.39% sil ver l əl 0.60% cruel l
m M IPA
Frequency
Example
m 100.00% tem perature m irror m ato m onkey m other
n N IPA
Frequency
Example
n 96.48% abn ormal n n oe n eck n y ŋ 3.52% win k n cle n k n k n xious
o O IPA
Frequency
Example
ə 30.58% balco ny o t o r o n o n ɒ 26.97% fo g o gical o d o range o g əʊ 16.92% so cial o te o ld o o ld o 6.88% gro ceries o fa o torcycle o o ne ʌ 5.85% o nion o ther o ther o ngue o nge ɔ 5.28% bo y o int o or o or o il ɑ 5.11% ho spital o grapher o cking u 1.55% sho e o e ʊ 0.86% wo man
p P IPA
Frequency
Example
p 100.00% shop p ital p iano p p ap er
q Q
r R IPA
Frequency
Example
ɹ 69.46% thr ee r ain r oat r occoli r efr igerator r 24.03% fr og r a r imson r ope r ainer ə 3.31% furnitur e r r e əɹ 3.20% secur ity r ing r e
s S IPA
Frequency
Example
s 81.30% s ink s wan s mell s oap s auce z 17.28% was n't s ic s s ed s e ʃ 0.74% s ugar ʒ 0.69% pleas ure s ually
t T IPA
Frequency
Example
t 100.00% eat t t e t een t ment
u U IPA
Frequency
Example
ʌ 48.46% lu ng u tterfly u cket u ncle u tter ju 19.51% u sed u ter u e u pil u e ə 13.04% beautifu l u ry u re u re u 7.19% flu te u ne u ler jʊ 5.44% du ring u rity ʊ 4.93% pu ll u tcher u ally u sh u gar ɪ 1.44% biscu it u itar u ce
v V IPA
Frequency
Example
v 100.00% sev en v e v oluptuous v er v el
w W IPA
Frequency
Example
w 95.39% tw elve w alk w indow w ink w ine ʊ 4.61% crow bar w
x X IPA
Frequency
Example
ks 84.92% sax ophone x i x x e x teen ɡ 11.90% ex it x actly kʃ 3.17% anx ious x ury
y Y IPA
Frequency
Example
i 69.47% laundry y y y y ɪ 15.58% bicy cle y y aɪ 10.59% cry y chiatrist y y chological y j 4.36% y acht y ellow y er
z Z IPA
Frequency
Example
z 100.00% raz or z ero z er z ard z ine
