To see how each symbol is pronounced, look at the list below and listen to the pronunciations. This list shows UK and US pronunciations together so that you can compare them.

This pronunciation key outlines how to pronounce the letters and symbols in these systems, with familiar words that provide common examples for what each one sounds like.

The order of symbols discussed below is the same as the order on the page of Pronunciation Symbols, with the ex-ception that the symbols which are not letter characters are here listed first.

This guide will help you to understand and use the pronunciation symbols found in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary and the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English.

The IPA pronunciation guide is a standardized system of symbols used to represent how words in the English language are pronounced.

Segments are transcribed by one or more IPA symbols of two basic types: letters and diacritics. For example, the sound of the English letter t may be transcribed in IPA with a single letter: [t], …

Dec 18, 2025 · The following tables show the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the English pronunciation (enPR) or American Heritage Dictionary (AHD) symbols that are used to …

Help in reading the pronunciation symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Collins Dictionary provides an explanatory guide to the IPA pronunciation symbols used throughout the Collins English Dictionary.

Sep 5, 2023 · Next to a word in the dictionary are some strange-looking symbols (images that represent something else). These letter-like symbols are actually a pronunciation guide. For …