Sound-to-Phonogram 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. Arranged by sounds.

Sounds represented by one phonogram	a	b	h	l	m	p	qu	v	w
	apt	bib	ha	lot	mum	pop	quid	van	wow
	x	y	ar	ng	or	th	th2	wh	si2(zh)
	ax	yam	far	sing	or	think	the	what	vision
Sounds represented by two phonograms	d	e	f	g	s	t	u	u3
	dad     filled2	ebb hea2d	fife phase	gag ghost	sit c2ite	tick ticked3	us variou4s	pu3t coo2k
	ch	ed	oy	Blends	off	uff
	chest matcha	graded	boy coin		cough4	rough3
Sounds represented by three phonograms	j	r	z	ow
	jug g2em badge	ruff wrap rhaubara	zap as2 Xaerox®	now aloud plough6
Sounds represented by four or five phonograms	i	i2 (I)	k	n	u2 (U)	er	o(ah)
	it forei3gn gy2m lilies valley3	I2 lie2 high by3	kit tick cake ch2ord	no know gnat pnaeu- matic	u2nit jew2el jui2ce Euarope	her first nurse works early	odd a3ll saw pause bough5t
Sounds represented by six or more phonograms	a2 (A)	e2 (E)	o2 (O)	oo	sh
	A2 paid pay eight they stea3k vei3n	be2 bee key2 eat piece receive mosquito	no2 doo3r sow2 oar     toe fou2r dough	boot do3 grew suit through2 you3	ship ch3ef ration session special saure oceaan

^a Denotes less frequently used phonograms.

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