Basic sound-letter correspondence
Basic sound-letter correspondence
See also: Hard and soft C and Hard and soft G
| IPA | Alphabetic representation | Dialect-specific |
| p | | |
| b | | |
| t, th (rarely) thyme, | ||
| d | th that (African American, | |
| c (+ a, o, u, consonants), k, ck, ch, qu (rarely) conquer, kh (in foreign words) | | |
| g, gh, gu (+ a, e, i), gue (final position) | | |
| m | | |
| n | | |
| n (before g or k), ng | | |
| f, ph, gh (final, infrequent) laugh, rough | th thing (many forms of English language in | |
| v | th with (Cockney, Estuary English) | |
| th thick, think, through | | |
| th that, this, the | | |
| s, c (+ e, i, y), sc (+ e, i, y), ç often c (façade/facade) | | |
| z, s (finally or occasionally medially), ss (rarely) possess, dessert, word-initial xxylophone | | |
| sh, sch, ti (before vowel) portion, ci/ce (before vowel) suspicion, ocean; si/ssi (before vowel) tension, mission; ch (esp. in words of French origin); rarely s/ss before usugar, issue; chsi in fuchsia only | | |
| medial si (before vowel) division, medial s (before " | | |
| kh, ch, h (in foreign words) | ||
| h (syllable-initially, otherwise silent), j (in words of Spanish origin) jai alai | | |
| ch, tch, t before u future, culture | t (+ u, ue, eu) tune, Tuesday, Teutonic (several dialects – see Phonological history of English consonant clusters) | |
| j, g (+ e, i, y), dg (+ e, i, consonant) badge, judg(e)ment | d (+ u, ue, ew) dune, due, dew (several dialects – another example of yod coalescence) | |
| r, wr (initial) wrangle | | |
| y (initially or surrounded by vowels), j hallelujah | | |
| l | | |
| w | | |
| wh (pronounced hw) | Scottish and Irish English, as well as some varieties of American, |
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