Phonetic Pronunciation Of Words Once you finished adding words to your word list, you can export it into file (Word, Excel, plain text). American English and Merriam-Webster's Dictionaries Although we used multiple sources to create this phonetic translator, when it comes to American English we always use Merriam-Webster dictionaries to confirm the correct pronunciation. Phonetic definition is - representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: such as. How to use phonetic in a sentence.First time here?Watch a tutorial 'How to convert text to phonetic transcription and listen to audio recordings of words'LelaAmerican English10,000 wordsJeevinAmerican English3,700 wordsAndrewBritish English9,400 wordsDo you learn or teach English?We know sometimes English may seem complicated. We don't want you to waste your time.Check all our tools and learn English faster!Online Pronunciation Trainer: Greetings from the developer TimurFind out how to activate your brain and learn faster (4 min.) Your browser does not support HTML5 video!Phonetic transcription can help you improve your English pronunciationEnglish pronunciation can be very confusing. As you know, there are no strict pronunciation rules in the English language, so when you see an unknown English word, you cannot be 100% sure how to pronounce it.The same English letter, or combination of letters, can be pronounced differently in different words. Moreover, the same English word can be pronounced in different ways by native English speakers from different countries, or even from the same country! That makes the English language hard to learn and understand.This online translator allows you to convert English text to phonetic transcription using International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols. If you want to see the phonemic transcription, click on Advanced options - some of the options should be unchecked.If you are a native English speaker and are not familiar with International Phonetic Alphabet, you may want to choose the option Convert to phonetic spelling.This tool will serve as an English pronunciation guide and help you save time. You will no longer need to look up the pronunciation of a word in a dictionary.If you use the phonetic transcription regularly in combination with English audio and video recordings, your pronunciation and listening skills in the English language will improve.In order to help you train your speech organs, we created online pronunciation trainers:They allow you to practice the pronunciation of the most frequent English words, set the playback speed and the number of times each word will be repeated.Another great way to improve your American English pronunciation is to use our American English video vocabulary builder. It is designed for beginners and has English subtitles for all lessons, including phonetic transcription.Homographs (words that are spelled the same, but are pronounced differently and have different meanings) are highlighted in light green. If you hover your cursor over these words or tap them on your mobile device, you will see all the possible pronunciations. You may also see the part of speech for each word.Pronunciation variants (when native speakers from different regions pronounce a word differently, or when the pronunciation changes during rapid speech) are highlighted in light blue. You can also hover your cursor to see all possible variants.This phonetic translator supports two most common English dialects:Our British English pronunciation dictionary is compiled from miscellaneous sources. It contains more than 110,000 words. The homographs (more than 1,000 words) and pronunciation variants (more than 4,000 words) are fully supported in this dictionary.Our American English pronunciation dictionary is also compiled from miscellaneous sources. It contains more than 140,000 modified word forms. Homographs (300 words) and pronunciation variants (more than 500 words) are supported.To develop this translator, we used information from the online resources listed below and other sources. The phonetic transcription was taken from these sources in accordance with the Copyright Act of Canada (Paragraph 29, Fair Dealing for the purpose of education).Highlighting High-Frequency English WordsA special option allows you to highlight high-frequency English words. You can choose between two frequency lists:The frequency word list based on the Corpus of Contemporary American EnglishThe subtitle-based frequency word listThe words from different frequency intervals will be highlighted in the following colors:1-10001001-20002001-30003001-40004001-5000If you want to make a frequency analysis of your text and obtain detailed statistics, please use the English word frequency counter.Built-in English dictionaryThis phonetic translator has a built-in English dictionary, WordNet. After submitting your text, click on any word in the results to see its definition. This function only works if the transcription display above each word is enabled (this is the default option).You can also create your own custom word lists. For that, after you submitted your text, click on any word and then click the button ' to word list'. You will be prompted to enter the meaning/translation (which is optional) and select the transcription. Once you finished adding words to your word list, you can export it into file (Word, Excel, plain text).American English and Merriam-Webster's DictionariesAlthough we used multiple sources to create this phonetic translator, when it comes to American English we always use Merriam-Webster dictionaries to confirm the correct pronunciation. Their Advanced Learner's Dictionary is one of the best that we have ever seen.We also highly recommend their products for mobile devices:Merriam-Webster Dictionary for iPhoneMerriam-Webster Dictionary for AndroidLearner's Dictionary for iPhoneLearner's Dictionary for AndroidCheck our English phonetic subtitle converter and obtain something like this:English Pronunciation – Online ResourcesEnglish dictionaries online – Project ModelinoEnglish alphabet – Wikipedia English phonology – Wikipedia Standard American English (General American) – Wikipedia Standard British English (Received Pronunciation) – Wikipedia Wiktionary – Wiktionary Learner's Dictionary – online version of Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary Merriam-Webster's Dictionary – online version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Major updates related to this phonetic translatorAudio recordings of 9,400 British English wordsWe are happy to announce that we added audio recordings of 9,400 British English words in our English Phonetic Translator on EasyPronunciation.com. The users with an active subscription receive this...Aug 6 2020Audio recordings of 10,000 English wordsWe are happy to announce that we added audio recordings of 10,000 English words in our English Phonetic Translator on EasyPronunciation.com. The users with an active subscription receive this update...Feb 5 2020More video recordings in phonetic transcription convertersIf you are learning English, French or Russian, we have great news for you! We decided to integrate all video recordings from our pronunciation courses into online phonetic translators. There are...Oct 18 2017Audio and video recordings added in English IPA translatorThere is a nice new feature in English phonetic translator. After you submit your text, you will see audio and video icons near some words. Click on the audio icon...Aug 30 2017IPA chart for American EnglishDuring the last weeks I have been updating the algorithm of English phonetic translator, again! :) I guess, I will never stop polishing it. As usually, all the efforts were...Apr 27 2017A major update for English phonetic translatorI didn't write here for a very long time. And there was a reason for that. For the last three months I was working non-stop on English phonetic translator. I spent...Jan 1 2017WordNet dictionary integrated into English phonetic translatorThere's a new update in the English phonetic translator. I integrated the lexical database WordNet into the translator. Now, after you submit your English text, you may click on any...Nov 15 2015British English support in English phonetic translatorI finally added an option that allows you to translate English text into phonetic transcription according to the pronunciation rules of the British English. Now you have four dictionaries that...Sep 1 2015Possibility to display phonetic transcription under each line of textI added the possibility to display phonetic transcription under each line of text in English, French and Spanish phonetic translators....Dec 14 2013Updates in English phonetic transcription translatorI updated my English phonetic transcription translator. First, I added more popular English words. Second, I introduced another algorithm for text conversion. The new algorithm uses English Hunspell dictionary and...Dec 3 2013Search for related blog postsAmerican English, British English, English, English phonetics, English pronunciation, IPA, IPA chart, IPA translator, dictionary, language learning, phonetic dictionary, phonetic transcription, subtitle converterAlphabetical list of all words with audio or video recordingsPractice of SSBE soundsEnglish interactive phonemic charts Cambridge English Online One Stop EnglishPractice with minimal pairs and the sounds of English Ship or sheep Manythings.org AntimoonUniversity of Manitoba. Practice with General American English vowels.Pronunciation of wordsSozo: it teaches new words and illustrates HowJsay: listen to the pronunciation of their pronunciation wordsOnline dictionaries with audio and transcriptionWordreference Cambridge online dictionaryEar training practicewww.agendaweb.org. 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The AngloTIC webpage (Universitat de València)There are other ear-training exercises here.Exercises with vowels, consonants, odd-one-out exercises, morpheme -s, morpheme -ed, etc.)English accent coach (based on GA) Say it Right (SSBE and GA)Gimson’s pronunciation of English (by Alan Cruttenden) eighth edition additional material on pronunciation practice.Pronunciation Games at EnglishClub.com Rhyming pairs, pronunciation of -ed endings and homophones.English pronunciation for Catalan and Spanish speakersEPSS (English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish) Multimedia Lab: exercises and online resources.English Pronunciation (by Rodrigo Brunori) English pronunciation for Catalan speakers (by Lou Hevly)Online course on English pronunciation for Spanish and Catalan speakers (By Núria Gavaldà)Resources to practice transcriptionTranscription of vowels and consonantsJohn Maidment’s phonetic flashIntroductory exercises (reading transcription)Transcription of wordsDavid Brett’s word transcription exercises. Phonetic Pronunciation Of Gaelic WordsTranscription of textsJohn Maidment’s Paratrans: English Jack Windsor Lewis’s PhoneticBlog: texts accompanied by a parallel transcribed texts, you can listen to the SSBE phonemic transcription. You can recording too. listen to the recording too. Paul Carley’s Humour in phonetic transcription and Sherlock Holmes in transcription. You can listen to the recording of sentences and correct your transcription. The author provides useful notes.Transcription system in English and current sound changesJohn Wells on IPA transcription systems for English (current system, current sound changes and some comments on proposals for reforms)Geoff Lindsey’s Cube (Current British English) pronunciation dictionary. Make sure you tick the option “trad” (for traditional symbols) so that you can see the transcription with the symbols that we use in class. With this dictionary, you can also look for words with specific sounds you are interested in or for minimal pairs. You can watch an explanatory video here. Also, visit the section called accent” on sound changes that mark the difference between traditional RP and SSBE and his proposal for a different transcription systemSpelling-pronunciation relationshipJohn Maidment’s site offers pronunciation Silent letters tips, tips on the relationship between spelling (by Pronunciation Studio) and pronunciation, and information about the pronunciation of place names, among others.AngloTIC (U. València)Resources to practice intonationThe following are resources by John Maidment to practice intonation.Introduction to tonality, to focus and to tone (pitch).On Wh-QuestionsPLATO (Place the Tonic): Online Intonation: practice associating practise Tonicity (position of the an intonation pattern with a commonly the sound of nuclear stress). used system of notation in English.Newton: designed to help you recognise Peter Ladefoged’s examples on General British English nuclear tones. intonation. You can listen to some sentences produced with different intonational patterns.Blogs and tutorials on English phonetics and pronunciationIPA phonetics resources and tutorials BBC Learning English PronunciationPeter Ladefoged’s online course. John Wells’s blog Jack Windsor Lewis’s blogJennifer Smith’s phonetic resources Geoff Lindsey’s blog Mark Hukvale’s coursesYoutube channels on English pronunciation and phoneticsPhonetic Pronunciation Of Hebrew WordsDr Geoff Lindsey • speech coachNúria Gavaldà: English pronunciation tips for Spanish and Catalan speakersPhonetic Pronunciation Of Welsh WordsPronunciation & phonetics BBC Learning English (by The English Language Club) Improve your pronunciation