English Alphabet Pronunciation

Letter

Sounds

Examples

 

A, a

[eɪ]

a-f-t-e-r

a-n-d

a-p-p-l-e

 

B, b

[biː]

b-a-t-h-r-o-o-m

b-a-n-a-n-a

b-o-y

 

C, c

[siː]

c-o-a-t

c-a-r

c-o-l-o-u-r

 

D, d

[diː]

d-r-e-a-m

d-o-g

d-o-l-l-a-r

 

E, e

[iː]

e-y-e

e-l-e-p-h-a-n-t

e-x-t-r-e-m-e

 

F, f

[ɛf]

f-o-u-r

f-i-n-g-e-r

f-i-r-e

 

G, g

[dʒiː]

g-i-r-l

g-i-r-a-f-f-e

g-r-e-e-n

 

H, h

[eɪtʃ]

h-a-p-p-y

h-o-t-e-l

h-o-l-i-d-a-y

 

I, i

[aɪ]

i-s-l-a-n-d

i-m-a-g-e

I-n-d-i-a-n-a

 

J, j

[dʒeɪ]

j-o-l-l-y

j-u-n-g-l-e

J-o-s-e-p-h-i-n-e

 

K, k

[keɪ]

k-o-a-l-a

k-a-n-g-a-r-o-o

k-a-r-a-t-e

 

L, l

[ɛl]

l-e-v-e-l

l-o-w

l-i-o-n

 

M, m

[ɛm]

m-o-m-e-n-t

m-o-t-h-e-r

m-e-s-s

 

N, n

[ɛn]

n-i-g-h-t

n-o

n-o-o-n

 

O, o

[oʊ]

o-b-j-e-c-t

o-l-d

o-a-t

 

P, p

[piː]

p-i-a-n-o

p-e-n-g-u-i-n

p-a-c-k-e-t

 

Q, q

[kjuː]

Q-u-e-e-n

q-u-i-e-t

q-u-o-t-e

 

R, r

[ɑr]

r-i-g-h-t

r-e-d

r-a-b-b-i-t

 

S, s

[ɛs]

s-e-v-e-n

s-t-r-o-n-g

s-i-l-v-e-r

 

T, t

[tiː]

t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d

t-e-a

t-w-o

 

U, u

[juː]

u-n-f-a-i-r

u-s-e

u-n-d-e-r

 

V, v

[viː]

v-e-r-y

v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n

v-a-m-p-i-r-e

 

W, w

[ˈdʌbəl juː]

w-e-s-t

w-h-i-t-e

 

X, x

[ɛks]

x-y-l-o-p-h-o-n-e

X-r-a-y

X-m-a-s

 

Y, y

[waɪ]

y-e-l-l-o-w

y-a-r-d

y-e-a-h

 

Z, z

[zedː] UK

[ziː] US

z-e-b-r-a

z-e-r-o

z-i-l-l-i-o-n