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.
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.
This page allows you to easily type phonetic transcriptions of English words in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). You can edit your text in the box and then copy it to your document, e-mail message, etc.
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Press Ctrl with the appropriate letter. For example,
to type ɒ or ɔ, hold Ctrl and press O once or twice.
Stop the mouse over each button to see its keyboard shortcut.
You can select text and press Ctrl+C to copy it to your document.
After pasting, you may need to choose a Unicode font
(e.g. Lucida Sans Unicode) in your target application to see all characters.