English Consonants Table
Table
Here’s a table of the consonants in English.
Manner | Voicing | Symbol | Word | Transcription | More Examples |
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Plosives/Stops | Voiceless | [p] | pat | [pæt] | put, post, apart, spar |
[t] | tie | [taɪ] | type, stem, nasty, mostly | ||
[k] | car | [kɑː] | caught, coin | ||
Voiced | [b] | bat | [bæt] | bash, base, buy | |
[d] | dig | [dɪɡ] | date, day, sled | ||
[g] | get | [get] | give, girl, game, go | ||
Fricatives | Voiceless | [f] | fat | [fæt] | follow, fee, fan, find |
[θ] | thin | [θɪn] | thank, theme, thumb | ||
[s] | sat | [sæt] | set, some, saw, size | ||
[ʃ] | shoe | [ʃuː] | shut, should, show, ship | ||
Voiced | [v] | vat | [væt] | view, via, video, visa | |
[ð] | then | [ðen] | that, they, though | ||
[z] | zoom | [zuːm] | zero, zone, zoo, rose | ||
[ʒ] | measure | [meʒə] | leisure, rouge, zhuzh, geste | ||
Affricates | Voiceless | [ʧ] | church | [tʃɜːtʃ] | chew, chair, choose, change |
Voiced | [ʤ] | judge | [dʒʌdʒ] | jaw, just, join, jack | |
Nasals | [m] | mat | [mæt] | man, mate, most, mean, maybe | |
[n] | not | [nɒt] | night, name, normal, sinner | ||
[ŋ] | sing | [sɪŋ] | singer, singing, ling | ||
Approximants | [r] | rope | [rəʊp] | rank, pray, crime, rest | |
[l] | late | [leɪt] | land, link, play, climb, light | ||
[j] | yet | [jet] | yank, you, new, due | ||
[w] | win | [wɪn] | west, wine, wheel, whine, would | ||
Other Symbols/Sounds | [h] | hard | [hɑːd] | who, whole, hand, here, hat | |
[ç] | huge | [hjuːdʒ] | pew, queue, tube | ||
[ɫ] | help | [help] | table, feel | ||
[ʔ] | football | [fʊtbɔːl] | stop, teaching, chocolate |