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The editor allows you to type pronunciations of English words as they appear in English dictionaries.

  • After you copy text from the above box and paste it into your word processor or e-mail message, make sure you choose a Unicode font with IPA symbols in your word processor or e-mail application. Otherwise, phonetic symbols will not display correctly.
  • A few rarely used symbols, such as the "flap t" symbol (the letter t with a small "v" underneath) or the syllabic l and n (l or n with a small vertical line underneath) are missing because they are not rendered correctly by presently available browsers.
  • The goal of the editor is to provide a way to enter IPA-based phonemic transcriptions, therefore more arcane symbols used in "narrow" transcriptions are not included.
  • For help with transcribing, refer to Antimoon's table with IPA phonetic symbols, example words, and recordings (make sure you read the footnotes).
  • In addition to the symbols shown in the table, the editor provides two extra symbols:
    • The ɪ (italicized ɪ) can be used to indicate that either ɪ or ə can be pronounced, as in possible.
    • The ʊ (italicized ʊ) can be used to indicate that either ʊ or ə can be pronounced, as in education.