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Free.","Type a word or a sentence and get its phonetic transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet, American English.",[14,15,16],"Transcribes words and sentences into IPA (American English)","Shows syllables and the stressed syllable","Explains the sounds Spanish and Portuguese speakers find hard",[18,23,28],{"heading":19,"paragraphs":20},"What the IPA shows",[21,22],"English spelling does not tell you how a word sounds: “though”, “through” and “thought” share four letters and no vowel sound. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) writes each sound with one symbol, so \u002Fθ\u002F is always the th in think and \u002Fð\u002F is always the th in this. Dictionaries use it, and once you know the symbols you can read the pronunciation of any word.","The stress mark ˈ comes before the stressed syllable: \u002Fˈwɔtɚ\u002F (water), \u002Fəˈbaʊt\u002F (about). The mark ˌ shows a weaker, secondary stress.",{"heading":24,"paragraphs":25},"Sounds that Spanish and Portuguese do not have",[26,27],"The two th sounds, \u002Fθ\u002F and \u002Fð\u002F, do not exist in Portuguese and only \u002Fθ\u002F exists in Spain. English also separates short \u002Fɪ\u002F (ship) from long \u002Fi\u002F (sheep), and has three vowels, \u002Fæ\u002F (cat), \u002Fʌ\u002F (cut) and \u002Fɑ\u002F (hot), where Spanish has one a. The schwa \u002Fə\u002F is the most common English vowel: it is the weak sound in about, banana and problem.","To hear how -ed and -s endings sound, use the \u003Ca href=\"\u002Ftools\u002Fed-pronunciation\" class=\"text-blue-700 underline\">-ed pronunciation checker\u003C\u002Fa>, and train your ear with the \u003Ca href=\"\u002Flistening\u002Flocal-radio-news\" class=\"text-blue-700 underline\">listening practice\u003C\u002Fa>.",{"heading":29,"paragraphs":30},"Where the transcriptions come from",[31],"The tool uses the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary from Carnegie Mellon University, which lists more than 120,000 words in American English, and turns its codes into IPA. Some words have two pronunciations, such as “read” (present and past); both are shown. Names and rare words may be missing.",[33,36,39,42],{"question":34,"answer":35},"Is this British or American pronunciation?","American. The dictionary records General American English, so “water” is \u002Fˈwɔtɚ\u002F with an r. British dictionaries would show \u002Fˈwɔːtə\u002F.",{"question":37,"answer":38},"What does the symbol ə mean?","It is the schwa, a short, relaxed vowel used in weak syllables: the a in about, the e in teacher (\u002Fˈtitʃɚ\u002F) and the o in problem.",{"question":40,"answer":41},"Why are there two transcriptions for some words?","Some words are said in two ways, either because they mean different things (read in the present and the past) or because speakers vary. The dictionary lists both.",{"question":43,"answer":44},"Is the text I type sent anywhere?","No. The converter runs in your browser. 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