Letter
Capital
Pronounce
a A IPA
Frequency
Example
æ 33.88% ja zz a pple a xophone a ngle a ndfather ə 28.99% a bortion a trist a min a ppreciate a l eɪ 20.57% wa ve a ke a tor a celet a te ɑ 5.03% gla ss a ther a sk a mas a ther ɛ 3.47% sta irs a rrot a to a irplane a ir a 2.75% ha ndkerchief a dder a st a bbage ɪ 1.92% mounta in a ge a ge a te a nge ɔ 1.63% cha lk a lled a lk a lk a lt ɒ 1.23% ya cht a tch a llow a sher a n ʌ 0.54% a ppointment a sn't
b B IPA
Frequency
Example
b 100.00% b ucket b ar b owl b lur b
c C IPA
Frequency
Example
k 77.19% alc ohol c offee c ream c uit c rib s 22.81% ric e c ycle c e c e c eiling
d D IPA
Frequency
Example
d 100.00% d esert d robe d etective d esk d er
e E IPA
Frequency
Example
ɛ 43.75% he dge e sk e strian e venty e ctory ɪ 22.88% e xhaust e frigerator e rious e nough e n ə 18.90% ove n e ninsula e t e nteen e n i 8.37% ge ography e cies e ciate e iling e gional e 4.39% he licopter e ngineer e getable ɪə 1.70% be er e real e ro e er
f F IPA
Frequency
Example
f 100.00% f ish f lour f ork f our f armer
g G IPA
Frequency
Example
ɡ 62.93% g rip g ruous g g old g rapher dʒ 27.65% refrig erator g ical g e g e g eon ʒ 4.48% hedg e g e d͡ʒ 4.19% energ y g e g 0.75% g randmother
h H IPA
Frequency
Example
h 100.00% h at h ol h ead h ospital h eart
i I IPA
Frequency
Example
ɪ 74.61% si nger i t i c i ll i ng aɪ 15.34% ni nety i ne i re i le i ting i 4.64% taxi i i o i an i copter ə 3.88% ani mal i ty i l i ous i l j 0.76% oni on ʌɪ 0.76% i dea i re
j J IPA
Frequency
Example
dʒ 87.62% banj o j acket j amas j udge j eans d͡ʒ 12.38% j aw j uice j azz
k K IPA
Frequency
Example
k 100.00% pink k k et k e k in
l L IPA
Frequency
Example
l 98.00% l ie l ap l ook l amp l et ɫ 1.39% sil ver l əl 0.60% cruel l
m M IPA
Frequency
Example
m 100.00% m otor m onkey m m edicine m son
n N IPA
Frequency
Example
n 96.48% n in e n in sula n in eteen n n ŋ 3.52% un cle n k n k n key n dkerchief
o O IPA
Frequency
Example
ə 30.58% choco late o l o phone o t o r ɒ 26.97% co ugh o ng o nnet o del o dy əʊ 16.92% ro be o tor o pe o o ld o 6.88% potato o ceries o fa o torcycle o wbar ʌ 5.85% o nion o mach o vel o ney o nkey ɔ 5.28% bo y o il o or o int o intment ɑ 5.11% photo grapher o spital o cking u 1.55% cano e o e ʊ 0.86% wo man
p P IPA
Frequency
Example
p 100.00% p ull p age p ea p et p lug
q Q
r R IPA
Frequency
Example
ɹ 69.46% br acelet r y r oom r oat r e r 24.03% cr imson r a r iangle r etcher r aphy ə 3.31% furnitur e r e r əɹ 3.20% temperatur e r ing r ity
s S IPA
Frequency
Example
s 81.30% mas k s ocial s pice s t s it z 17.28% us ed s ert s n't s e s ic ʃ 0.74% s ugar ʒ 0.69% us ually s ure
t T IPA
Frequency
Example
t 100.00% comput er t t ant t ist t er
u U IPA
Frequency
Example
ʌ 48.46% ru n u g u zzle u ck u ptuous ju 19.51% tissu e u e u pil u sician u niform ə 13.04% pressu re u l u ry u re u 7.19% ru ler u te u ne jʊ 5.44% du ring u rity ʊ 4.93% pu sh u gar u ally u ous u tcher ɪ 1.44% lettu ce u itar u it
v V IPA
Frequency
Example
v 100.00% fiv e v ender v e v en v oluptuous
w W IPA
Frequency
Example
w 95.39% w hale w elve w ave w all w indow ʊ 4.61% crow bar w
x X IPA
Frequency
Example
ks 84.92% six teen x ty x i x x e ɡ 11.90% ex it x actly kʃ 3.17% anx ious x ury
y Y IPA
Frequency
Example
i 69.47% luxury y y y y ɪ 15.58% bicy cle y y aɪ 10.59% butterfly y y chological y chiatrist y j 4.36% y acht y er y ellow
z Z IPA
Frequency
Example
z 100.00% z ero z e z ine z or z ard
