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English to IPA Converter for Standard Pronunciation
This English to IPA converter creates a word-by-word IPA baseline before weak forms, linking, or other connected-speech changes are applied.
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This English to IPA converter turns recognized words, sentences, and passages into standard dictionary IPA, giving you citation-form American or British pronunciation free without an account.
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Common IPA Symbols in the Converter's Output
A few symbols account for most of what you will read in an English transcription.
Primary stress — placed before the stressed syllable, as in /ˈrɛkɔːrd/ (noun) vs /rɪˈkɔːrd/ (verb).
Schwa — the relaxed vowel in the first syllable of about, and the most frequent vowel sound in English.
Length mark — the vowel before it is long, as in /siː/ for see.
The two th sounds: quiet /θ/ as in think, voiced /ð/ as in this.
The sh sound in ship and its voiced partner in vision.
The ng sound at the end of sing — one sound, not n plus g.
Standard IPA Questions
What dictionary-form transcription shows and what it leaves for spoken IPA.
Standard IPA, also called citation-form or dictionary IPA, represents a word's careful pronunciation in isolation. It is the form commonly shown in learner dictionaries. The converter also adjusts common articles such as a, an, and the to match the sound that follows.
Standard IPA keeps recognized words in their dictionary forms. Spoken IPA also shows weak forms, linking, and reductions that can appear when words are used together.
Yes. Paste a sentence or longer passage to preserve its structure and generate dictionary-based IPA for recognized words.
Yes. Use the dialect control above the editor to switch between American and British dictionary IPA.
Yes. Standard dictionary IPA is free without an account. Visitors can also try Spoken IPA with 10 one-time credits; sign up for more when those run out.
The tool uses standard IPA notation commonly found in learner dictionaries. Symbols can vary by dictionary, dialect, and editorial convention, so individual entries may differ between sources.
The ˈ symbol sits before the stressed syllable of a word. Stress placement can change meaning — /ˈrɛkɔːrd/ is the noun record, while /rɪˈkɔːrd/ is the verb — so reading the stress mark is often the fastest fix for a mispronounced word.
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