Learn to Pronounce Sounds in American English
Learn the pronunciation for each sound, how to spell each sound, and practice each sound for free.
General Lessons
- The Vocal Tract
- Introduction to Vowels
- Introduction to Long Vowels
- Introduction to Short Vowels
- Introduction to Other Vowels
- Introduction to Approximates
- R-controlled Vowels
- Introduction to Stops
- Introduction to Affricates
- Introduction to Fricatives
- Introduction to Nasal Sounds
Vowel Sounds
- long a /eɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- short a /æ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- long e /i/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- short e /ɛ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- long i /ɑɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- short i /ɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- long o /oʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- short o /ɑ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- long u /ju/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- short u /ʌ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- other u /ʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- oo sound /u/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- aw sound /ɔ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- oi sound /ɔɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- ow sound /aʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
R-controlled vowels
- schwa+r /ɚ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- ar sound /ɑr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- or sound /ɔr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- air sound /ɛr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
Consonant Sounds
- b sound /b/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- ch sound /ʧ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- d sound /d/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- f sound /f/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- g sound /g/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- h sound /h/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- j sound /ʤ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- k sound /k/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- l sound /l/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- m sound /m/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- n sound /n/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- ng sound /ŋ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- p sound /p/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- r sound /r/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- s sound /s/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- sh sound /ʃ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- t sound /t/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- th sound (unvoiced) /θ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- th sound (voiced) /ð/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- v sound /v/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- w sound /w/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- y sound /y/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- z sound /z/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
- zh sound /ʒ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)