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Phonetics Guide

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27 IPA Sounds|42,987 examples
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Syllable RulesMorphology

Vowels

Monophthong vowel sounds

/e/

Short "e" sound as in "bed"

8351
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/
/ɪ/

Short "i" sound as in "sit"

19
hormiguillasteis/oɾ.mi.ɣi.ˈʝa.steɪs/entrecomillaseis/en.tɾe.ko.mi.ˈʎa.seɪs/despanzurrasteis/des.pan.θuˈra.steis/
/ʊ/

Short "oo" sound as in "put"

12
precautelaremos/pɾe.kaʊ̯.te.la.ɾe.mos/precaucionabais/pɾe.kaʊ̯.θjo.na.βais/precaucionarais/pɾe.kaʊ̯.θjo.na.ɾa.is/

Diphthongs

Gliding vowel sounds

/eɪ/

Long "a" sound as in "day"

13
hormiguillasteis/oɾ.mi.ɣi.ˈʝa.steɪs/entrecomillaseis/en.tɾe.ko.mi.ˈʎa.seɪs/despanzurrasteis/des.pan.θuˈra.steis/
/aʊ/

"ow" sound as in "now"

11
precautelaremos/pɾe.kaʊ̯.te.la.ɾe.mos/precaucionabais/pɾe.kaʊ̯.θjo.na.βais/precaucionarais/pɾe.kaʊ̯.θjo.na.ɾa.is/
/aɪ/

Long "i" sound as in "my"

3
sobrexcitariais/soβɾe.eksitaˈɾjaɪ̯s/restableceriais/restaβleθeˈɾiaɪ̯s/lobregueceriais/loβɾeɣeθeˈɾjaɪs/

Consonants

Consonant sounds

/s/

Voiceless alveolar fricative

8069
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/descarretillareis/des.ka.re.ti.ʝa.ɾei̯s/descarretillareis/des.ka.re.ti.ʝa.ɾei̯s/
/t/

Voiceless alveolar plosive

4067
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/descarretillareis/des.ka.re.ti.ʝa.ɾei̯s/despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/
/n/

Alveolar nasal

3930
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/
/m/

Bilabial nasal

3662
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/escarranchariamos/eska.ran.t͡ʃa.ɾi.a.mos/
/k/

Voiceless velar plosive

2007
descarretillareis/des.ka.re.ti.ʝa.ɾei̯s/escarranchariamos/eska.ran.t͡ʃa.ɾi.a.mos/descuacharrangada/des.kwa.tʃa.raŋˈɡa.ða/
/r/

Alveolar approximant

1912
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/
/l/

Alveolar lateral approximant

1803
deslechuguillabas/des.le.t͡ʃu.ˈɡi.ʎa.βas/deslechuguilladas/desle.t͡ʃu.ɣi.ʎa.ðas/deslechuguillados/des.le.t͡ʃu.ɣi.ʎa.ðos/
/p/

Voiceless bilabial plosive

1787
despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/espachurramientos/es.pa.t͡ʃu.raˈmjen.tos/despanchurrasteis/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ɾˈrais/
/j/

"y" sound as in "yes"

1607
espachurramientos/es.pa.t͡ʃu.raˈmjen.tos/achicharronariamos/atʃi.tʃa.ro.na.ɾja.mos/emborrachamientos/em.bo.ra.ʧaˈmjen.tos/
/θ/

Voiceless dental fricative (th as in "think")

1476
villavicenciunas/biʎaβiθenˈθjunaθ/villavicenciunas/biʎaβiθenˈθjunaθ/villavicenciunos/biʎaβiθenˈθjunos/
/d/

Voiced alveolar plosive

1160
descarretillareis/des.ka.re.ti.ʝa.ɾei̯s/despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/desgarrancharamos/des.ɡa.ran.ˈt͡ʃa.ɾa.mos/
/ð/

Voiced dental fricative (th as in "this")

734
deslechuguilladas/desle.t͡ʃu.ɣi.ʎa.ðas/deslechuguillados/des.le.t͡ʃu.ɣi.ʎa.ðos/descuacharrangada/des.kwa.tʃa.raŋˈɡa.ða/
/b/

Voiced bilabial plosive

631
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/emberrenchinabais/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.β̞a.is/emberrenchinaseis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃa.na.ˈse.is/
/ʃ/

"sh" sound as in "she"

604
emberrenchinareis/em.ber.ren.t͡ʃi.na.ˈreis/despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/escarranchariamos/eska.ran.t͡ʃa.ɾi.a.mos/
/f/

Voiceless labiodental fricative

581
escachifollasemos/es.ka.t͡ʃi.fo.ʎa.ˈse.mos/escachifollasteis/es.ka.t͡ʃi.fo.ˈʎas.teis/escachifollariais/es.ka.t͡ʃi.fo.ʎa.ˈɾja.is/
/tʃ/

"ch" sound as in "church"

202
despanchurrasemos/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ˈra.mos/despanchurrasteis/des.pan.tʃu.ra.ɾˈrais/descuacharrangada/des.kwa.tʃa.raŋˈɡa.ða/
/w/

"w" sound as in "we"

169
descuacharrangada/des.kwa.tʃa.raŋˈɡa.ða/descuacharrangado/des.kwa.t͡ʃa.ˈraŋ.ɡa.ðo/parroquialidades/pa.ro.kja.liˈða.ðes/
/ŋ/

"ng" sound as in "sing"

162
desgarrancharemos/des.ɡa.raŋ.ʧa.ɾe.mos/descuacharrangada/des.kwa.tʃa.raŋˈɡa.ða/descuacharrangado/des.kwa.t͡ʃa.ˈraŋ.ɡa.ðo/
/z/

Voiced alveolar fricative

11
ferromagnetismos/fe.ro.ma.ɣneˈti.zmos/ultramontanismo/ul.tɾa.mon.ta.ni.zmo/sadomasoquismos/sado.ma.so.kiˈzmos/
/g/

Voiced velar plosive

2
guillotinariamos/giʎoti.na.ˈɾja.mos/sanguinolencias/sangwi.noˈlen.θjas/
/ʒ/

"zh" sound as in "measure"

2
escabullimientos/es.ka.βu.ʎi.ˈmjen.tos/ or /es.ka.βu.ʝi.ˈmjen.tos/ or /es.ka.βu.ʒi.ˈmjen.tos/amarillecieremos/amaɾiʎeθjeˈɾemos/

Common Patterns

Frequent phonetic patterns

starts with "tr"413 words
trastabillaremostrastabillabamostrastabillaramos
starts with "pr"299 words
prerromanticismoprovidenciaseisprovincianismos
starts with "pl"21 words
planificariamosplantificaremosplantificariais