How Often We Read and Speak Each Soundof US English (dictionary pronunciation)
This video shows the frequency of the 40 phonemes (speech sounds) occurring in popular text for US English (and since reading is the same as speaking, this is the same as the frequency of phonemes we speak in dictionary pronunciation accent). Note that the boxed letters are the same way the phonemes ae spelled in truespel as in traditional spelling (tradspel).
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pho·neme
noun
PHONETICS
The 40 Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English and Sample Words
Phonemes
Traditional Spelling
Truespel Speleeng
1 ~a
mad, hat, apt, and, pal, panda
~mad, ~hat, ~apt, ~and, ~pal, ~pandu
2 ~aa
father, hop, aardvark, knock
~faather, ~haap, ~aardvaark, ~naak
3 ~ae
sundae, make, paid, anchor, eight
~sundae, ~maek, ~paed, ~aenker, ~aet
4 ~au
author, awful, boss, ball, thought
~authher, ~aufool, ~baus, ~baul, ~thhaut
5 ~air
fair, bare, wear, aerate, there, their
~fair, ~bair, ~wair, ~airaet, ~thair, ~thair
6 ~b
born, baby, bullet, bobble, imbibe
~born, ~baebee, ~boolit, ~baabool, ~inbbieb
7 ~ch
chain, church, patch, recharge
~chaen, ~cherch, ~pach, ~reecchhaarj
8 ~d
done, down, dirty, indeed
~dun, ~doun, ~dertee, ~inddeed
9 ~e
get, effort, entrance, gentle
~get, ~efert, ~entrints, ~jentool
10 ~ee
sea, scene, being, sweetly
~see, ~seen, ~beeyeeng, ~sweetlee
11 ~er
sir, fur, sure, courier, murder, word
~ser, ~fer, ~sher, ~kereeyer, ~merder, ~werd
12 ~f
fan, phrase, fluffy, offer, inferred
~fan, ~fraez, ~flufee, ~aufer, ~infferd
13 ~g
gauge, garbage, garage, engorge
~gaej, ~gaarbij, ~gurraaj, ~enggorj
14 ~h
hurt, inhale, heaven, behave
~hert, ~inhhael, ~hevin, ~beehhaev
15 ~i
infant, pilot, witness, invidious, fitted
~infint, ~pielit, ~witnis, ~invvideeyis, ~fitid
16 ~ie
giant, glide, mighty, crying
~jieyint, ~glied, ~mietee, ~krieyeeng
17 ~j
jungle, judge, genius, ingested
~jungool, ~juj, ~jeenyis, ~injjestid
18 ~k
cackle, carry, inquest, encouraged
~kakool, ~kairee, ~inkwest, ~inkkerijd
19 ~l
lama, will, follow, believe
~laamu, ~wil, ~faaloe, ~billeev
20 ~m
mud, mom, immune, tomorrow
~mud, ~maam, ~imyyuen, ~tummaaroe
21 ~n
noon, knight, benign, winning
~nuen, ~niet, ~binnien, ~wineeng
22 ~oo
wool, could, good, bull, full, put
~wool, ~kood, ~good, ~bool, ~fool, ~poot
23 ~oe
go, though, know, don’t, toe, road
~goe, ~thoe, ~noe, ~doent, ~toe, ~roed
24 ~ou
how, proud, vowels, pounce, down
~hou, ~proud, ~voulz, ~pounts, ~doun
25 ~oi
toil, point, enjoy, boy, royal
~toil, ~point, ~enjjoi, ~boi, ~roil
26 ~or
more, floor, warm, hoard
~mor, ~flor, ~worm, ~hord
27 ~p
pop, implore, apply, whipping
~paap, ~impllor, ~upllie, ~wipeeng
28 ~r
rare, crane, impress, roar
~rair, ~kraen, ~imprres, ~ror
29 ~s
sting, pieces, insane, insistence
~steeng, ~peesiz, ~inssaen, ~inssistints
30 ~sh
shine, insure, precious,
~shien, ~inssher, ~preshis, ~
31 ~t
time, start, attack, betting
~tiem, ~staart, ~uttak, ~beteeng
32 ~th
the, that, breathing, without
~thu, ~that, ~breetheeng, ~witthout
33 ~thh
thin, theory, breath, rethink
~thhin, ~thheeree, ~brethh, ~reetthheenk
34 ~u
of, love, above, mother, America
~uv, ~luv, ~ubbuv, ~muther, ~Ummairiku
35 ~ue
true, suite, new, to, huge, balloon
~true, ~suet, ~nue, ~tue, ~hyuej, ~bulluen
36 ~v
vivacious, prove, envy, invade
~vivvaeshis, ~pruev, ~envee, ~invvaed
37 ~w
why, awhile, once, reward
~wie, ~uwwiel, ~wunts, ~riwword
38 ~y
yes, beyond, create, idea
~yes, ~beeyyaand, ~kreeyyaet, ~ieddeeyu
39 ~z
zoo, bizarre, business, choices
~zue, ~bizzaar, ~biznis, ~choisiz
40 ~zh
azure, vision, Georges
~azher, ~vizhin, ~Zhorzh
