Phonogram-to-Sound Chart

Below are 70 phonograms which represent 45 basic sounds of the English language. Also included are 2 blends represented by phonographs and 8 less frequently-used phonograms.

Phonograms which represent one sound	b	d	f	h	j	k	l	m	n
	bib	dad	fife	ha	jug	kit	lot	mum	no
	p	qu (kw)	r	t	v	w	x (ks)	z	ai (A)
	pop	quid	ruff	tick	van	wow	ax	zap	paid
	ar	au (aw)	aw	ay (A)	ci (sh)	ck (k)	dge (j)	ear (er)	ee (E)
	far	pause	saw	pay	special	tick	badge	early	bee
	eigh (A)	er	gh (g)	gn (n)	igh (I)	ir (er)	kn (n)	ng	oa (O)
	eight	her	ghoast	gnat	high	first	know	sing	oar
	oe (O)	oi (oy)	or	oy	ph (f)	sh	ti (sh)	ur (er)	wh (hw)
	toe	coin	or	boy	phase	ship	ration	nurse	what
	wor (er)	wr (r)
	works	wrap
Phonograms which represent two or three sounds	c (k,s)	e (e,E)	g (g,j)	i (i,I)	s (s,z)	ew (oo,U)	ow (ow, O)	si (sh, zh)	th
	cake c2ite	ebb be2	gag g2em	it I2	sit as2	grew jew2el	now sow2	session visi2on	think the
	ui (oo,U)	a (a,A, o-ah)	o (ah,O, oo)	u (u,U,oo)	y (y,i,I)	ch (ch,k,sh)	ea (E,e,A)	ed (ed,d,t)	ei (E,A,i)
	fruit jui2ce	apt A2 a3ll	odd no2 do3	us u2nit pu3t	yam gy2m by3	chest ch2ord ch3ef	eat hea2d stea3k	graded filled2 ticked3	receive vei2n forei3gn
Phonograms which represent three or more sounds	ey (A,E,i)	ie (E,I,i)	oo (oo,u3,O)	ou (ow, O,oo,u)	ough
	they key2 valley3	piece lie2 lilie3s	boo coo2k doo3r	aloud fou2r you3 variou4s	dough       O through2    oo rough3b    uff cough4b     off bough5t  o(ah) plough6    ow
Rarely used phonograms	ce=sh	eu=U	pn=n	rh=r	s=sh	tch=ch	x=z	i=E
	oceaan	Euarope	pnaeu- matic	rhaubarb	saure	matcha	Xaerox®	mosquito

^a Denotes less frequently used phonograms.

^b Denotes blends represented by phonograms.

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