Manual Index of Sound

-i-

/i/ as in brie, key, she, ski, tea, capri, debris, degree, grand prix, bourgeoisie, pot pourri, anemone, bon appetit.
/id/ as in knead, steed, stampede.
/idz/ as in beads, accedes, exceeds.
/idʒ/ as in squeedge, besiege.
/idʒd/ as in squeedged, besieged.
/if/ as in beef, brief, leaf, thief (n.), motif.
/ifs/ as in briefs, reefs, motifs.
/ift/ as in briefed, leafed, debriefed.
/ig/ as in league, blitzkrieg, intrigue.
/igd/ as in fatigued, intrigued.
/igz/ as in leagues, fatigues, intrigues.
/ik/ as in chic, peek, Sikh, squeak, antique, batik.
/iks/ as in cheeks, cliques, peaks, Sikhs.
/ikt/ as in peeked, tweaked, critiqued.
/il/ as in zeal, anele, glockenspiel, automobile.
/ild/ as in aneled, peeled, squealed, annealed.
/ildz/ as in fields, shields, wields.
/ilt/ as in bealt.
/ilz/ as in aneles, deals, peels, glockenspiels, automobiles.
/im/ as in beam, deem, extreme, regime.
/imd/ as in creamed, schemed, teemed.
/imz/ as in beams, memes, regimes.
/in/ as in bean, been, gene, queen, hygiene, latrine.
/ind/ as in fiend, gleaned, queened, guillotined, reconvened.
/int/ as in askient.
/inz/ as in beans, teens, wolverines.
/ip/ as in beep, leap, asleep.
/ips/ as in beeps, heaps, overleaps.
/ipt/ as in beeped, heaped, reaped.
/is/ as in crease, geese, Greece, niece, obese, police.
/ist/ as in east, fleeced, leased, pieced, priest, policed, wildebeest.
/ists/ as in beasts, east's, feasts, priests, artistes.
/it/ as in Crete, eat, feet, deceit, petite, receipt.
/its/ as in eats, meets, suites, competes, deceits, receipts.
/itʃ/ as in beach, beech.
/itʃt/ as in beached, screeched, impeached.
/iv/ as in cleave, eve, grieve, conceive, naïve, semibreve, Tel Aviv.
/ivd/ as in cleaved, grieved, conceived.
/ivz/ as in achieves, cleaves, eves, peeves, deceives, handkerchiefs.
/iz/ as in 3s, bees, breeze, cheese, ease, freeze, frieze, keys, peas, quays, seize, skis, squeeze, T.s, these, chemise, Socrates, appendices.
/izd/ as in pleased, seized, unfreezed.
/iɹ/ as in beer, ear, here, queer, brigadier, cafetiere, souvenir.
/iɹd/ as in beard, geared, sneered, tiered, weird, adhered.
/iɹs/ as in fierce, pierce.
/iɹz/ as in weirs, adheres, appears, careers, brigadiers, souvenirs.
/iʃ/ as in leash, quiche, hashish, pastiche.
/iʃt/ as in wheesht!, unleashed.
/iϴ/ as in heath, teeth, beneath.
/iϴs/ as in heaths, sheaths, wreaths.

-ɪ-

/ɪb/ as in crib, damp squib, ab-lib.
/ɪbd/ as in bibbed, ad-libbed.
/ɪbz/ as in cribs, damp squibs.
/ɪd/ as in squid, Madrid, outbid.
/ɪdz/ as in bids, forbids, overbids.
/ɪdʒ/ as in fridge, squidge, abridge, beverage, sacrilege.
/ɪdʒd/ as in bridged, squidged.
/ɪf/ as in cliff, GIF, glyph, if.
/ɪfs/ as in cliffs, GIFs, ifs, quiffs, hieroglyphs.
/ɪft/ as in gift, miffed, swift.
/ɪfts/ as in gifts, lifts, shifts.
/ɪg/ as in dig, Whig, whirligig, WYSIWYG.
/ɪgd/ as in swigged, twigged, rejigged.
/ɪgz/ as in jigs, Bishopbriggs, whirligigs.
/ɪk/ as in Bic, quick, lunatic.
/ɪks/ as in bricks, nix, lunatics.
/ɪkst/ as in nixed, affixed, overmixed.
/ɪkt/ as in clicked, Pict, depict.
/ɪl/ as in nil, quill, will, De'Ville, instil, Seville, until.
/ɪld/ as in chilled, fulfilled, rebuild.
/ɪldz/ as in builds, guilds, rebuilds.
/ɪlk/ as in ilk, milk, milked, silk, silked.
/ɪlks/ as in ilks, milks, silks.
/ɪlt/ as in gilt, lilt, rebuilt.
/ɪlts/ as in gilts, quilts, tilts.
/ɪltʃ/ as in filch, zilch.
/ɪlz/ as in chills, trills, overfills.
/ɪm/ as in hymn, limb, vim, patronym.
/ɪmd/ as in dimmed, limbed, shimmed, trimmed.
/ɪmp/ as in blimp, pimp, shrimp.
/ɪmpd/ as in pimped, skimped, wimped.
/ɪmps/ as in imps, shrimps, wimps.
/ɪmz/ as in dims, hymns, limbs, whims.
/ɪn/ as in inn, Boleyn, herein, violin.
/ɪnd/ as in twinned, wind, rescind.
/ɪndz/ as in winds, rescinds.
/ɪndʒ/ as in hinge, twinge, syringe.
/ɪndʒd/ as in cringed, hinged, impinged.
/ɪns/ as in rinse, wince, convince.
/ɪnst/ as in minced, rinsed, convinced.
/ɪnt/ as in glint, asquint, peppermint.
/ɪnts/ as in glints, mints, peppermints.
/ɪntʃ/ as in inch, lynch, winch.
/ɪntʃt/ as in clinched, inched, lynched, winched.
/ɪnz/ as in inns, Boleyn's, violins.
/ɪnϴ/ as in plinth, synth, labyrinth.
/ɪnϴs/ as in plinths, synths, labyrinths.
/ɪp/ as in lip, equip, outstrip, dealership.
/ɪps/ as in lips, eclipse, outstrips, re-equips.
/ɪpt/ as in tripped, equipped, outstripped.
/ɪs/ as in kiss, sis, reminisce.
/ɪsk/ as in bisque, misc., whisk.
/ɪsks/ as in bisques, discs, obelisks.
/ɪskt/ as in disced, frisked, whisked.
/ɪst/ as in missed, tryst, twist, atheist.
/ɪsts/ as in cysts, wrists, plagiarists.
/ɪt/ as in it, acquit, adequate, counterfeit.
/ɪts/ as in Brits, acquits, counterfeits, hypocrites.
/ɪtʃ/ as in glitch, itch, which.
/ɪtʃt/ as in bitched, stitched, enriched.
/ɪv/ as in give, sieve, spiv.
/ɪvd/ as in lived, shivved (v. stabbed), sieved.
/ɪvz/ as in gives, sieves, spivs.
/ɪxt/ as in licht, nicht, sicht.
/ɪz/ as in biz, fizz, is, quiz, analysis.
/ɪzd/ as in fizzed, quizzed, whizzed.
/ɪŋ/ as in bring, wing, everything.
/ɪŋd/ as in dinged, kinged, stringed.
/ɪŋk/ as in inc., ink, sync, zinc.
/ɪŋks/ as in inks, lynx, sphinx, syncs, rethinks.
/ɪŋkt/ as in linked, winked, precinct.
/ɪŋz/ as in dings, slings, wings.
/ɪɹl/ as in girl, skirl, twirl.
/ɪɹld/ as in skirled, swirled, twirled.
/ɪɹlz/ as in girls, skirls, twirls.
/ɪʃ/ as in dish, squish, wish.
/ɪʃt/ as in dished, fished, wished.
/ɪϴ/ as in fifth, myth, pith.
/ɪϴs/ as in fifths, myths, smiths.

-a-

/a/ as in bra, bourgeois, fois gras, coup d'état, Kavanagh.
/ab/ as in crab, slab, prefab.
/abd/ as in dabbed, scabbed, stabbed.
/abz/ as in crabs, tabs, minicabs.
/ad/ as in bad, pad, unclad, ballustrade, Leningrad, olympiad.
/adz/ as in adds, Leningrad's, lilypads.
/adʒ/ as in badge, cadge, Hajj, vag.
/adʒd/ as in badged, cadged, rebadged.
/af/ as in graph, carafe, giraffe, autograph.
/afs/ as in gaffes, half's, laughs, carafes, epitaphs.
/aft/ as in draught, laughed, raft, photographed.
/afts/ as in draughts, grafts, rafts, handicrafts.
/ag/ as in bag, stag, scallywag.
/agd/ as in bagged, flagged, tagged.
/agz/ as in flags, rags, scallywags.
/ak/ as in black, plaque, attack, anorak.
/aks/ as in backs, unpacks, maniacs.
/akst/ as in faxed, relaxed, untaxed.
/akt/ as in backed, attacked, artefact.
/akts/ as in acts, enacts, artefacts.
/al/ as in shall, canal, L'Oréal, rationale.
/alz/ as in gals, canals, royales, L'Oréal's.
/am/ as in calm, jam, madame.
/amd/ as in crammed, shammed, monogrammed.
/amp/ as in lamp, decamp, aide-de-camp.
/amps/ as in stamps, encamps, revamps.
/ampt/ as in clamped, tramped, revamped.
/amz/ as in jambs, scams, madame's, Abraham's, mammograms, Jean Claud van-Damme's.
/an/ as in can, began, moulin, catamaran.
/and/ as in planned, rebrand, understand.
/andz/ as in brands, commands, reprimands.
/ans/ as in dance, mischance, circumstance.
/anst/ as in danced, tranced, advanced.
/ant/ as in aunt, plant, decant, disenchant.
/ants/ as in aunts, chants, implants, transplants.
/antʃ/ as in branch, avalanche.
/antʃt/ as in blanched, branched.
/anz/ as in fans, Japan's, caravans.
/ap/ as in cap, entrap, handicap.
/aps/ as in flaps, collapse, handicaps.
/apst/ as in lapsed, collapsed.
/apt/ as in capped, adapt, booby-trapped, handicapped.
/as/ as in brass, glass, gravitas, overpass.
/ask/ as in ask, damask, multitask.
/asks/ as in basks, flasks, unmasks.
/askt/ as in asked, unmasked, multitasked.
/ast/ as in cast, caste, amassed, overcast.
/asts/ as in castes, lasts, lambasts, Elastoplast's.
/at/ as in cat, acrobat, laundromat.
/ats/ as in cats, acrobats, democrats.
/atʃ/ as in batch, scratch, dispatch.
/atʃt/ as in hatched, scratched, thatched, attached, detached, dispatched.
/av/ as in have, suave, Yugoslav.
/avd/ as in calved, halved.
/avz/ as in calves, chavs, Yugoslavs.
/ax/ as in ach!.
/az/ as in bras, vase, pizzazz, whereas, razzmatazz.
/aŋ/ as in gang, meringue, charabanc, orangutang.
/aŋd/ as in banged, panged, harangued.
/aŋk/ as in bank, franc, sank, outflank.
/aŋks/ as in blanks, Manx, outranks.
/aŋkt/ as in banked, pranked, outranked.
/aŋt/ as in belangt.
/aŋz/ as in hangs, meringues, boomerangs.
/aɹ/ as in are, car, bizarre, repertoire, reservoir.
/aɹd/ as in hard, disbarred, discard, leotard.
/aɹdz/ as in shards, regards, Isambard's.
/aɹdʒ/ as in barge, large, recharge.
/aɹdʒd/ as in barged, charged, enlarged.
/aɹk/ as in bark, clerk, marque, narc, oligarch.
/aɹks/ as in clerks, marques, Marx, embarks, oligarchs.
/aɹkt/ as in barked, harked, watermarked.
/aɹl/ as in carl, gnarl, snarl.
/aɹld/ as in gnarled, snarled.
/aɹlz/ as in carls, gnarls, snarls.
/aɹm/ as in farm, disarm, underarm.
/aɹmd/ as in armed, farmed, harmed.
/aɹmz/ as in arms, alarms, self-harms.
/aɹn/ as in barn, darn, yarn.
/aɹnz/ as in barns, darns, yarns.
/aɹp/ as in carp, harp, LARP.
/aɹps/ as in carps, harps, sharps.
/aɹs/ as in arse, farce, sparse.
/aɹt/ as in smart, depart, a la carte.
/aɹts/ as in arts, starts, imparts.
/aɹtʃ/ as in arch, larch, march.
/aɹtʃt/ as in arched, parched, starched.
/aɹz/ as in scars, cigars, seminars.
/aʃ/ as in ash, cache, flash, moustache.
/aʃt/ as in bashed, cached, rehashed, pebble-dashed.
/aϴ/ as in path, aftermath, homeopath.
/aϴs/ as in baths, maths, psychopaths.

-o-

/o/ as in beau, bro, foe, low, oh!, owe, sew (i.e. with thread), though, whoa!, Bordeaux.
/ob/ as in globe, enrobe, islamophobia.
/obd/ as in lobed, probed.
/obz/ as in globes, robes, islamophobias.
/od/ as in flowed, load, rode, sewed, moustachioed.
/odz/ as in loads, odes, roads, abodes.
/of/ as in loaf, oaf.
/og/ as in brogue, drogue, vogue.
/ok/ as in choke, oak, yolk.
/oks/ as in blokes, folks, oaks.
/okst/ as in coaxed, hoaxed.
/okt/ as in choked, croaked, yolked.
/ol/ as in bowl, coal, hole, soul, troll, enrol.
/old/ as in bowled, hold, holed, rolled, shoaled, remould.
/oldz/ as in holds, manifolds, remoulds.
/olt/ as in bolt, moult, volt.
/olts/ as in colts, moults, revolts.
/olz/ as in bowls, coals, holes, souls, trolls, controls.
/om/ as in comb, foam, home, ohm.
/omd/ as in combed, foamed, homed, roamed.
/omz/ as in combs, foams, homes, ohms, roams.
/on/ as in blown, cone, loan, sewn.
/ond/ as in boned, loaned, owned, pwned.
/onz/ as in bones, groans, owns, pwns.
/op/ as in hope, soap, elope, gyroscope.
/ops/ as in hopes, soaps, endoscopes.
/opt/ as in coped, soaped, telescoped.
/os/ as in close (i.e. near), gross, adios.
/ost/ as in boast, ghost, grossed.
/osts/ as in boasts, ghosts, hosts.
/ot/ as in boat, dote, quote.
/ots/ as in boats, dotes, quotes.
/otʃ/ as in brooch, poach, approach.
/otʃt/ as in broached, coached, poached.
/ov/ as in clove, grove, behove.
/ovd/ as in cloved, roved, stoved.
/ovz/ as in cloves, groves, behoves.
/oz/ as in beaus, crows, doze, foes, O.s, pose, radios.
/ozd/ as in dozed, nosed, disclosed.
/oð/ as in clothe, loathe.
/oðd/ as in clothed, loathed.
/oðz/ as in clothes, loathes.
/oɹ/ as in boar, core, corps (military unit), floor, four, pour, abhor, rapport.
/oɹd/ as in cored, fjord, horde, poured, soared, adored.
/oɹdz/ as in boards, fords, hordes.
/oɹn/ as in borne, mourn, worn.
/oɹs/ as in coarse, course, force, source.
/oɹst/ as in coursed, forced, sourced.
/oɹt/ as in court, sport, abort.
/oɹts/ as in courts, sports, cavorts.
/oɹz/ as in 4s, boars, bores, doors, pours, abhors.
/oϴ/ as in both, growth, oath, quoth.
/oϴs/ as in growths, oaths, Arbroath's.

-u-

/u/ as in 2, blew, blue, boo, choux, coup (i.e. revolution), do, ewe, flu, ooh!, queue, through, you, zoo, canoe, rendezvous.
/ub/ as in boob, cube, lube.
/ubd/ as in boobed, cubed, lubed.
/ubz/ as in boobs, cubes, lubes.
/ud/ as in brood, crude, feud, mood, shrewd.
/udz/ as in dudes, feuds, goods.
/uf/ as in goof, proof, woof.
/ufs/ as in goofs, proofs, woofs.
/uft/ as in goofed, spoofed, woofed.
/ug/ as in fugue, Moog (synthesiser).
/ugz/ as in fugues, Moogs (synthesisers).
/uk/ as in chook, look, inglenook.
/uks/ as in crooks, looks, nooks.
/ukt/ as in booked, cooked, looked.
/ul/ as in cool, cruel, full, ghoul, jewel, joule, Istanbul.
/uld/ as in duelled, fooled, jewelled, ruled.
/ulz/ as in bulls, duels, fools, ghouls, jewels.
/um/ as in boom, flume, tomb, whom.
/umd/ as in boomed, fumed, entombed.
/umz/ as in booms, fumes, wombs.
/un/ as in boon, dune, spittoon.
/und/ as in crooned, pruned, spooned.
/unz/ as in croons, dunes, runes.
/up/ as in dupe, group, loupe (eyeglass), troop.
/ups/ as in dupes, groups, loupes (eyeglasses), troops.
/upt/ as in duped, grouped, hooped.
/us/ as in deuce, juice, mousse, noose, sluice, spruce, Zeus, reuse (n.).
/ust/ as in boost, goosed, juiced, sluiced, spruced, used (v. to be familiar).
/usts/ as in boosts, roosts.
/ut/ as in beaut., chute, fruit, newt, put, route, shoot.
/uts/ as in beauts., boots, chutes, fruits, newts, puts, routes, shoots, Beirut's.
/utʃ/ as in butch, cootch, hooch.
/utʃt/ as in cootched, mooched, scootched.
/uv/ as in groove, prove, countermove.
/uvd/ as in grooved, moved, disapproved.
/uvz/ as in grooves, moves, disapproves.
/ux/ as in eneuch.
/uz/ as in 2s, blues, boos, booze, brews, bruise, choose, coups (i.e. revolutions), ooze, ruse, shoes, twos, views, whose, adieus, reuse (v.), tattoos.
/uzd/ as in boozed, bruised, used.
/uɹ/ as in poor, sewer, coiffeur, velour, voyeur, de rigueur, force majeure.
/uɹd/ as in insured, toured, coiffured.
/uɹz/ as in poor's, contours (v.), voyeurs.
/uʃ/ as in bush, shoosh, ambush.
/uʃt/ as in bushed, pushed, smooshed.
/uϴ/ as in booth, sleuth, truth, youth.
/uϴs/ as in booths, sleuths, truths, youths.
/uϴt/ as in boothed, sleuthed, toothed.

-ɛ-

/ɛb/ as in ebb, web, celeb.
/ɛbd/ as in ebbed.
/ɛbz/ as in ebbs, webs, celebs.
/ɛd/ as in bled, said, ahead, thoroughbred.
/ɛdz/ as in beds, Z.s, beheads, embeds.
/ɛdʒ/ as in edge, fledge, allege.
/ɛdʒd/ as in alleged.
/ɛf/ as in chef, deaf, eff, F.
/ɛfs/ as in clefs, effs, F.s.
/ɛft/ as in cleft, deft, theft.
/ɛfts/ as in clefts, left's, thefts, wefts.
/ɛg/ as in egg, keg, peg.
/ɛgd/ as in egged, legged, pegged.
/ɛgz/ as in begs, eggs, kegs.
/ɛk/ as in cheque, neck, Quebec.
/ɛks/ as in cheques, flex, multiplex.
/ɛkst/ as in next, perplexed, oversexed.
/ɛkt/ as in decked, collect, architect.
/ɛkts/ as in sects, corrects, architects.
/ɛl/ as in well, carousel, citadel, clientele, mademoiselle.
/ɛld/ as in shelled, weld, unparalleled.
/ɛldz/ as in melds, welds.
/ɛlk/ as in elk, whelk.
/ɛlks/ as in elks, whelks.
/ɛlm/ as in elm, realm, overwhelm.
/ɛlmz/ as in elms, realms, overwhelms.
/ɛlt/ as in belt, knelt, svelte.
/ɛlts/ as in belts, Celts, unbelts.
/ɛltʃ/ as in belch, squelch, welch.
/ɛlz/ as in bells, L.s, cartels, mademoiselles.
/ɛlϴ/ as in health, stealth, wealth.
/ɛm/ as in gem, phlegm, A.M., condemn, per diem.
/ɛmd/ as in hemmed, condemned.
/ɛmp/ as in hemp, temp.
/ɛmpt/ as in kempt, temped, pre-empt.
/ɛmpts/ as in accepts, exempts, pre-empts.
/ɛmz/ as in gems, M.s, Thames, condemns.
/ɛn/ as in den, N., again, comedienne, equestrian.
/ɛnd/ as in fend, friend, penned.
/ɛndz/ as in ends, friends, transcends.
/ɛndʒ/ as in avenge, revenge, Stonehenge.
/ɛns/ as in dense, fence, dispense.
/ɛnst/ as in fenced, sensed, against.
/ɛnt/ as in dent, meant, frequent (v.).
/ɛnts/ as in scents, presents (v.), circumvents.
/ɛntʃ/ as in bench, stench, entrench.
/ɛntʃt/ as in clenched, wrenched, entrenched.
/ɛnz/ as in friends, N.s, wrens, Mercedes Benz.
/ɛnzd/ as in cleansed, lensed.
/ɛnϴ/ as in length, tenth.
/ɛnϴs/ as in lengths, tenths.
/ɛp/ as in crepe, prep, misstep.
/ɛps/ as in crepes, reps, missteps.
/ɛpt/ as in kept, leaped, stepped.
/ɛs/ as in press, yes, convalesce, N.H.S..
/ɛsk/ as in desk, burlesque, arabesque.
/ɛsks/ as in desks, arabesques, grotesques.
/ɛst/ as in blessed, rest, abreast, acquiesced, coalesced.
/ɛsts/ as in breasts, rests, requests.
/ɛt/ as in debt, let, sweat, baguette, brunette, duet.
/ɛts/ as in bets, debts, threats, baguettes, diskettes.
/ɛtʃ/ as in etch, wretch, outstretch.
/ɛtʃt/ as in etched, sketched, overstretched.
/ɛv/ as in Kev, rev, Kiev, kievs (chicken).
/ɛvz/ as in Kev's, revs.
/ɛz/ as in fez, says, hi-res.
/ɛɹ/ as in err, infer, Nom de Guerre, secretaire.
/ɛɹd/ as in heard, nerd, inferred.
/ɛɹdz/ as in herds, nerds.
/ɛɹdʒ/ as in merge, verge, converge.
/ɛɹdʒd/ as in merged, verged, converged.
/ɛɹk/ as in jerk, Merc, perk.
/ɛɹks/ as in jerks, Mercs, perks.
/ɛɹkt/ as in jerked, perked.
/ɛɹl/ as in earl, pearl, peril.
/ɛɹlz/ as in earls, pearls, perils.
/ɛɹm/ as in germ, sperm, term, erm.
/ɛɹmd/ as in permed, termed.
/ɛɹmz/ as in germs, sperms, terms, erms.
/ɛɹn/ as in Bern, earn, fern.
/ɛɹnz/ as in earns, ferns, concerns.
/ɛɹs/ as in hearse, terse, coerce.
/ɛɹst/ as in versed, coerced, transversed.
/ɛɹt/ as in pert, assert, exert.
/ɛɹts/ as in desserts, reverts, introverts.
/ɛɹtʃ/ as in perch, search, research.
/ɛɹtʃt/ as in perched, searched, researched.
/ɛɹz/ as in errs, confers, Pierre's.
/ɛɹϴ/ as in berth, earth, Perth.
/ɛɹϴs/ as in berths, earths, unearths.
/ɛɹϴt/ as in berthed, earthed, unearthed.
/ɛʃ/ as in creche, refresh, Bangladesh.
/ɛʃt/ as in meshed, threshed, enmeshed.
/ɛϴ/ as in breath, meth, Macbeth.
/ɛϴs/ as in deaths, meths, Macbeth's.

-e-

/e/ as in bay, grey, neigh, ballet, bouquet, café, D.J., entree, forte, parfait, parquet, souffle, attaché, dossier, I.R.A., K.K.K., matinee, protege, cafe au lait.
/eb/ as in babe, astrolabe.
/ebz/ as in babes, astrolabes.
/ed/ as in frayed, made, maid, sleighed, cliched, sautéed, surveyed.
/edz/ as in aides, aids, blades, dissuades.
/edʒ/ as in age, gauge, page.
/edʒd/ as in aged, staged, engaged.
/ef/ as in chafe, waif.
/efs/ as in strafes, waifs.
/eft/ as in chafed, strafed.
/eg/ as in plague, vague, the Hague.
/ek/ as in ache, bake, quake, steak, opaque.
/eks/ as in aches, shakes, steaks.
/ekt/ as in ached, caked, quaked.
/el/ as in braille, dale, fail, Gael, quail.
/eld/ as in failed, paled, veiled.
/elz/ as in dales, fails, Gaels, veils, Wales.
/em/ as in aim, blame.
/emd/ as in aimed, ashamed, flamed.
/emz/ as in claims, dames, shames.
/en/ as in reign, vein, wane, again, campaign, champagne.
/end/ as in caned, gained, reigned, campaigned.
/endʒ/ as in grange, range, exchange.
/endʒd/ as in changed, ranged, arranged.
/ent/ as in feint, paint, acquaint.
/ents/ as in feints, paints, constraints.
/enz/ as in lanes, pains, reigns, veins.
/ep/ as in ape, cape, drape.
/eps/ as in apes, capes, drapes.
/ept/ as in caped, draped, gaped.
/es/ as in ace, base, bass (guitar).
/est/ as in aced, based, paste, waist.
/ests/ as in pastes, waists.
/et/ as in ate, bait, fete, freight, great, straight.
/ets/ as in baits, crates, fetes, greats, weights.
/etʃ/ as in H.
/ev/ as in save, waive, behave.
/evz/ as in braved, caves, knaves (bad man), paved, waived, waives.
/ext/ as in aicht.
/ez/ as in J.s, K.s, cafés, chalets, erase, fortes, inlays, liaise, melees, outweighs, parfaits, parquets, purveys, souffles, C.I.A.'s, communiques.
/ezd/ as in phased, appraised, erased, liaised, double-glazed.
/eð/ as in bathe, lathe.
/eðd/ as in bathed, scathed.
/eðz/ as in lathes, scathes.
/eɹ/ as in glare, hair, mayor, player, prayer, square, swear, surveyor, derriere, laissez-faire.
/eɹd/ as in baird, aired, bared, layered, teared (ripped), compered.
/eɹdz/ as in bairds.
/eɹdʒ/ as in bairge.
/eɹdʒd/ as in bairged.
/eɹm/ as in airm.
/eɹmz/ as in airms.
/eɹn/ as in airn, bairn, cairn.
/eɹnz/ as in airns, bairns, cairns.
/eɹt/ as in airt.
/eɹts/ as in airts.
/eɹtʃ/ as in airch.
/eɹz/ as in airs, bares, bears, heirs, prayers, comperes, derrieres, legionnaires.
/eϴ/ as in baith, eighth, faith.
/eϴs/ as in eighths, faiths.

-ɔ-

/ɔ/ as in awe, claw, saw.
/ɔb/ as in bob, daub, job, swab.
/ɔbd/ as in daubed, mobbed, swabbed.
/ɔbz/ as in cobs, daubs, jobs, swabs.
/ɔd/ as in clawed, god, quad, wad, abroad, defraud.
/ɔdz/ as in gods, quads, wads, applauds, Norfolk Broads.
/ɔdʒ/ as in dodge, podge, dislodge.
/ɔdʒd/ as in dodged, dislodged.
/ɔf/ as in coif, cough, off, quaff, Gorbachev, Kalashnikov.
/ɔfs/ as in coifs, coughs, offs, quaffs, Gorbachev's, Kalashnikovs.
/ɔft/ as in coifed, croft, doffed, waft.
/ɔfts/ as in crofts, lofts, wafts.
/ɔg/ as in bog, cog, analogue.
/ɔgd/ as in bogged, hogged, catalogued.
/ɔgz/ as in bogs, fogs, catalogues.
/ɔk/ as in block, caulk, chalk, croc, gawk.
/ɔks/ as in blocks, box, caulks, chalks, docs, fox, gawks.
/ɔkst/ as in boxed, coxed, foxed.
/ɔkt/ as in caulked, flocked, hawked, rocked, squawked, stalked.
/ɔl/ as in all, bawl, doll, haul, skol!, Nepal, Montreal.
/ɔld/ as in awled, bald, balled, dolled, hauled, LOLed.
/ɔlt/ as in fault, halt, malt.
/ɔltz/ as in faults, salts, waltz.
/ɔlz/ as in balls, bawls, dolls, hauls, aerosols.
/ɔm/ as in bomb, from, Somme.
/ɔmd/ as in bombed, pom-pommed.
/ɔmp/ as in romp, stomp, swamp.
/ɔmps/ as in chomps, stomps, swamps.
/ɔmpt/ as in chomped, prompt, swamped.
/ɔmz/ as in bombs, proms, intercoms.
/ɔn/ as in brawn, gone, swan, tron.
/ɔnd/ as in bond, conned, spawned, swanned, wand.
/ɔndz/ as in fronds, wands, absconds.
/ɔns/ as in bonce, ponce, Provence, response, nonchalance.
/ɔnt/ as in font, haunt, want, détente, debutante.
/ɔnts/ as in fonts, jaunts, wants, détentes, debutantes.
/ɔntʃ/ as in conch, haunch, launch.
/ɔntʃt/ as in haunched, launched, relaunched.
/ɔnz/ as in bronze, cons, dawns, swans, Afrikaans, demijohns.
/ɔp/ as in bop, plop, swap, lollipop.
/ɔps/ as in bops, chops, copse, swaps.
/ɔpt/ as in copped, gawped, opt, swapped.
/ɔs/ as in bros., cross, sauce, lacrosse.
/ɔst/ as in bossed, lost, sauced.
/ɔsts/ as in costs, frosts, defrosts.
/ɔt/ as in bought, caught, cot, motte, swat, yacht, astronaut.
/ɔts/ as in knots, mottes, noughts, yachts, aeronauts, gigawatts.
/ɔtʃ/ as in crotch, Scotch, watch.
/ɔtʃt/ as in botched, notched, watched.
/ɔv/ as in mauve, of, Romanov.
/ɔvz/ as in Molotov's, Romanov's.
/ɔx/ as in bauch.
/ɔxt/ as in aucht, thocht, wrocht.
/ɔxts/ as in auchts.
/ɔz/ as in cause, Claus, cos, flaws, gauze, soz!, was.
/ɔzd/ as in caused, gauzed, paused.
/ɔŋ/ as in gong, strong, croissant, mah-jongg.
/ɔŋd/ as in bonged, longed, belonged.
/ɔŋk/ as in bonk, conk, honkytonk.
/ɔŋks/ as in bonks, conks, the Bronx.
/ɔŋkt/ as in bonked, conked, honked.
/ɔŋz/ as in dongs, gongs, belongs, croissants.
/ɔɹ/ as in drawer, Thor, war, therefore, Dumbledore, troubadour, tyrannosaur.
/ɔɹd/ as in cord, ward, warred, abhorred.
/ɔɹdz/ as in cords, swords, wards.
/ɔɹdʒ/ as in forge, George, gorge.
/ɔɹdʒd/ as in forged, gorged, disgorged.
/ɔɹg/ as in borg, morgue.
/ɔɹgz/ as in morgues, dot orgs.
/ɔɹk/ as in cork, orc, torque.
/ɔɹks/ as in corks, orcs, torques.
/ɔɹkt/ as in corked, forked, uncorked.
/ɔɹld/ as in auld warld.
/ɔɹm/ as in storm, swarm, chlorophorm.
/ɔɹmd/ as in stormed, swarmed, uniformed.
/ɔɹmz/ as in storms, swarms, transforms.
/ɔɹn/ as in corn, Quorn, warn.
/ɔɹnz/ as in corns, warns.
/ɔɹp/ as in corp (-oration), warp, corp.
/ɔɹps/ as in corps (i.e. corporations), corpse, warps.
/ɔɹs/ as in gorse, horse, endorse.
/ɔɹt/ as in quart, short, thwart, torte (dessert).
/ɔɹts/ as in quarts, shorts, thwarts, tortes (desserts).
/ɔɹtʃ/ as in scorch, torch.
/ɔɹtʃt/ as in scorched, torched.
/ɔɹz/ as in drawers, tors, wars, encores, dinosaurs, troubadours.
/ɔʃ/ as in Bosch, bosh!, cloche, quash, wash.
/ɔʃt/ as in noshed, quashed, washed.
/ɔϴ/ as in broth, cloth, froth.
/ɔϴs/ as in broths, cloths, froths.

-ai-

/ai/ as in aye, guy, thigh, Brunei, goodbye, Shanghai, supply, untie, Versailles, alibi.
/aib/ as in jibe, scribe, tribe.
/aibd/ as in jibed, scribed, imbibed.
/aibz/ as in jibes, tribes, prescribes.
/aid/ as in dyed, eyed, thighed, tried.
/ail/ as in dial.
/aild/ as in dialled.
/ailz/ as in dials.
/aiv/ as in alive, hive, contrive.
/aivd/ as in hived, thrived, survived.
/aivz/ as in 5s, fives, jives, arrives.
/aiz/ as in ayes, buys, byes, cries, dyes, eyes, highs, size, Y.s, advise, Brunei's, Julys, Shanghai's, Varsailles', alibis, breathalyse, M.R.I.s.
/aizd/ as in prised, sized, analyzed, breathalysed.
/aið/ as in lithe, scythe, blithe.
/aiðd/ as in writhed, scythed, tithed.
/aiðz/ as in writhes, scythes, tithes.
/aiɹ/ as in fire, quire, tyre.
/aiɹd/ as in tired, acquired, perspired.
/aiɹz/ as in squires, tyres, wires.

-aʊ-

/aʊ/ as in bough, ciao, Frau, Mao, thou, vow.
/aʊd/ as in cloud, crowd, ploughed, endowed.
/aʊdz/ as in clouds, crowds, shrouds.
/aʊf/ as in bowf.
/aʊfs/ as in bowfs.
/aʊk/ as in begowk, chowk.
/aʊks/ as in begowks, chowks.
/aʊkt/ as in begowked.
/aʊl/ as in foul, growl, towel.
/aʊld/ as in fouled, growled, troweled.
/aʊlz/ as in cowls, fouls, towels.
/aʊn/ as in clown, noun, renown.
/aʊnd/ as in browned, hound, compound.
/aʊndz/ as in hounds, pounds, compounds.
/aʊndʒ/ as in lounge, scrounge.
/aʊndʒd/ as in lounged, scrounged.
/aʊns/ as in bounce, flounce, mispronounce.
/aʊnst/ as in bounced, flounced, pronounced.
/aʊnt/ as in count, amount, paramount.
/aʊnts/ as in counts, amounts, undercounts.
/aʊnz/ as in nouns, towns, out-of-bounds.
/aʊs/ as in blouse, house, espouse.
/aʊst/ as in joust, oust.
/aʊsts/ as in jousts, ousts.
/aʊt/ as in bouts, clout, doubt, drought, nowt (N.English nothing).
/aʊts/ as in doubts, droughts, flouts.
/aʊtʃ/ as in crouch, ouch, slouch.
/aʊtʃt/ as in crouched, slouched, vouched.
/aʊz/ as in boughs, browse, ciaos!, Mao's, vows, arouse.
/aʊzd/ as in browsed, roused, aroused.
/aʊɹ/ as in hour, power, shower.
/aʊɹd/ as in coward, powered, devoured.
/aʊɹz/ as in cowers, hours, scours.
/aʊϴ/ as in mouth, south.

-ɪi-

/ɪi/ as in gey.
/ɪid/ as in bide, blide, bride, Clyde, guide, formaldehyde.
/ɪidz/ as in bides, Clyde's, guides, hides.
/ɪif/ as in Fife, knife, afterlife.
/ɪifs/ as in Fife's, Fyffe's (bananas), strifes (n.).
/ɪik/ as in byke, dyke, mic, psych, trike.
/ɪiks/ as in bykes, bikes, dykes, mics.
/ɪikt/ as in dyked, micced, psyched, triked.
/ɪil/ as in bile, aisle, guile, isle, mile, stile, style.
/ɪild/ as in biled, aisled, beguiled, child, filed, stiled, styled, whiled, wild.
/ɪildz/ as in child's, wilds.
/ɪils/ as in biles.
/ɪilt/ as in bilet.
/ɪilz/ as in aisles, files, isles, stiles, styles, beguiles, Carlisle's.
/ɪim/ as in climb, thyme, time.
/ɪimd/ as in climbed, rhymed, timed.
/ɪimz/ as in climbs, rhymes, times.
/ɪin/ as in bine, chine, fine, quine, sign, Tyne, 69, Frankenstein.
/ɪind/ as in chined, dined, find, resigned.
/ɪindz/ as in grinds, hinds, womankind's.
/ɪindʒ/ as in chynge.
/ɪindʒd/ as in chynged.
/ɪint/ as in chinet.
/ɪinz/ as in bines, cheens, fines, quines, signs, 69s, Liechtenstein's.
/ɪip/ as in clype, gripe, hype.
/ɪips/ as in clypes, gripes, hypes, guttersnipes.
/ɪipt/ as in striped, typed, wiped.
/ɪis/ as in chice, chyse, ice, twice, vise.
/ɪist/ as in Christ, heist, enticed.
/ɪit/ as in clyte, bite, fight, quite, sleight, indict, fahrenheit.
/ɪits/ as in clytes, bites, bytes, fights, sleights, requites.
/ɪiz/ as in chyse.
/ɪiɹ/ as in chyre.
/ɪiɹd/ as in chyred.
/ɪiɹs/ as in chyres.
/ɪiɹt/ as in chyret.

-ʌ-

/ʌ/ as in duh!, huh!, uh!.
/ʌb/ as in club, grub, pub.
/ʌbd/ as in clubbed, dubbed, stubbed.
/ʌbz/ as in clubs, hubs, scrubs.
/ʌd/ as in blood, crud, mud.
/ʌdz/ as in duds, floods, studs.
/ʌdʒ/ as in budge, fudge, sludge.
/ʌdʒd/ as in fudged, judged, begrudged.
/ʌf/ as in cuff, rough, stuff.
/ʌfs/ as in bluffs, cuffs, fisticuffs.
/ʌft/ as in chuffed, fluffed, tuft.
/ʌfts/ as in Crufts, tufts.
/ʌg/ as in bug, plug, jitterbug.
/ʌgd/ as in hugged, shrugged, jitterbugged.
/ʌgz/ as in bugs, unplugs, jitterbugs.
/ʌk/ as in buck, luck, unstuck.
/ʌks/ as in bucks, clucks, flux, deluxe.
/ʌkt/ as in bucked, duct, obstruct, untucked.
/ʌkts/ as in ducts, instructs, aqueducts.
/ʌl/ as in cull, dull, null, clerical, oracle.
/ʌld/ as in culled, dulled, hulled.
/ʌldȝ/ as in bulge, divulge, indulge.
/ʌldȝd/ as in bulged, divulged, indulged.
/ʌlk/ as in bulk, hulk, skulk.
/ʌlks/ as in bulks, hulks, skulks.
/ʌlkt/ as in bulked, hulked, skulked.
/ʌls/ as in convulse, pulse, repulse.
/ʌlt/ as in cult, insult, catapult.
/ʌlts/ as in cults, exults, catapults.
/ʌlz/ as in culls, gulls, lulls, oracles, urinals.
/ʌm/ as in chum, crumb, hum, some, sum.
/ʌmd/ as in bummed, summed, thumbed.
/ʌmp/ as in frump, hump, pump.
/ʌmps/ as in dumps, plumps, stumps.
/ʌmpt/ as in bumped, grumped, thumped.
/ʌmz/ as in comes, crumbs, hums, unplumbs.
/ʌn/ as in bun, done, son, tonne, medicine, gentlemen, gentleman.
/ʌnd/ as in gunned, refund.
/ʌndz/ as in funds, defunds, refunds.
/ʌndʒ/ as in plunge, sponge.
/ʌndʒd/ as in lunged, sponged, expunged.
/ʌns/ as in dunce, once.
/ʌnt/ as in hunt, punt, affront.
/ʌnts/ as in blunts, hunts, battlefronts.
/ʌntʃ/ as in crunch, hunch.
/ʌntʃt/ as in crunched, hunched, munched, honeybunch.
/ʌnz/ as in 1s, buns, fund, ones, sons, tonnes, gentleman's, gentlemen's, medicines.
/ʌp/ as in pup, blow-up, buttercup.
/ʌps/ as in cups, SUPs, buttercups.
/ʌpt/ as in cupped, corrupt, erupt.
/ʌs/ as in bus, fuss, plus.
/ʌsk/ as in busk, husk, tusk.
/ʌsks/ as in busks, husks, rusks.
/ʌskt/ as in busked, husked, tusked.
/ʌst/ as in bust, gust, concussed, non-plussed.
/ʌsts/ as in busts, gusts, rusts.
/ʌt/ as in butt, hut, huts, coconut.
/ʌts/ as in buts, butts.
/ʌtʃ/ as in hutch, much, touch.
/ʌtʃt/ as in clutched, touched, retouched.
/ʌv/ as in glove, gov., shove.
/ʌvd/ as in gloved, loved, shoved.
/ʌvz/ as in doves, gloves, loves.
/ʌz/ as in buzz, cuz., does.
/ʌzd/ as in buzzed, fuzzed.
/ʌŋ/ as in hung, tongue, young, among.
/ʌŋd/ as in bunged, tongued.
/ʌŋk/ as in chunk, debunk, monk.
/ʌŋks/ as in bunks, monks, cyberpunks.
/ʌŋkt/ as in chunked, dunked, defunct.
/ʌŋkts/ as in adjuncts, disjuncts.
/ʌŋz/ as in rungs, tongues, young's.
/ʌɹ/ as in fir, fur, her, purr, sir.
/ʌɹd/ as in bird, curd, furred, spurred, stirred, word.
/ʌɹdz/ as in curds, girds, words.
/ʌɹdʒ/ as in dirge, purge, scourge.
/ʌɹdʒd/ as in purged, scourged, urged.
/ʌɹg/ as in D'Burg, Luxembourg, Zuckerberg.
/ʌɹgz/ as in D'Burg's, Luxembourg's, Zuckerberg's.
/ʌɹk/ as in chirk, irk, lurk, quirk, work, berserk.
/ʌɹks/ as in birks.
/ʌɹkt/ as in irked, quirked, worked.
/ʌɹkz/ as in irks, lurks, quirks, works.
/ʌɹl/ as in curl, whorl, unfurl.
/ʌɹld/ as in curled, whorled, world.
/ʌɹlt/ as in birlt.
/ʌɹlz/ as in curls, whorls, unfurls.
/ʌɹm/ as in firm, squirm, worm.
/ʌɹmd/ as in squirmed, wormed, confirmed.
/ʌɹmz/ as in firms, squirms, worms.
/ʌɹn/ as in burn, turn, adjourn.
/ʌɹnz/ as in adjourns, burns, spurns.
/ʌɹp/ as in burp, chirp, usurp.
/ʌɹps/ as in burps, chirps, usurps.
/ʌɹs/ as in curse, worse.
/ʌɹst/ as in burst, cursed, first, worst.
/ʌɹsts/ as in bursts, firsts.
/ʌɹt/ as in dirt, hurt, squirt.
/ʌɹts/ as in flirts, hurts, squirts.
/ʌɹtʃ/ as in birch, church, lurch.
/ʌɹtʃt/ as in birched, lurched, besmirched.
/ʌɹz/ as in blurs, burrs, furs, her's, purrs, stirs.
/ʌɹϴ/ as in birth, Perth, worth.
/ʌɹϴs/ as in births, firths, rebirths.
/ʌɹϴt/ as in birthed, girthed, rebirthed.
/ʌʃ/ as in blush, flush, hush, thrush.
/ʌʃt/ as in blushed, flushed.

-oi-

/oi/ as in boy, buoy, hoi polloi.
/oid/ as in Freud, toyed, void.
/oidz/ as in Freud's, voids, polaroids.
/oil/ as in oil, voile, Conan-Doyle.
/oild/ as in oiled, soiled, embroiled.
/oilz/ as in oils, recoils, Conan-Doyle's.
/oin/ as in Boyne, coin, conjoin.
/oind/ as in coined, joined, conjoined.
/oint/ as in joint, point, anoint.
/oints/ as in joints, anoints, disappoints.
/oinz/ as in groins, adjoins, tenderloins.
/ois/ as in Joyce, voice, rejoice.
/oist/ as in hoist, voiced, rejoiced.
/oists/ as in foists, hoists, joists.
/oit/ as in quoit, Detroit, exploit (v.).
/oits/ as in quoits, Detroit's, exploits (v.).
/oiz/ as in boys, buoys, noise, hoi polloi's.
/oiŋk/ as in boink, oink.
/oiŋks/ as in boinks, oinks.
/oiŋkt/ as in boinked, oinked.

-iː-

/iːd/ as in keyed, kneed, disagreed.
/iːð/ as in breathe (v.), seethe (v.), bequeath (v.).
/iːðd/ as in breathed, seethed.
/iːðz/ as in bequeaths (v.), breathes (v.), seethes (v.).

-uː-

/uːd/ as in booed, brewed, clued, mooed, viewed.
/uːn/ as in hewn, strewn.
/uːð/ as in booth, smooth, sooth.
/uːðd/ as in boothed, smoothed, soothed.
/uːðz/ as in booths, sooths, youths.

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