发音与拼写的相对应（国际音标注音）
元音 Vowels
IPA
spelling
example
/i/
e, ea, ee, e…e, ae, ei, i…e, ie, eo, oe, ie...e, ay, ey, i, y, oi, ue, ey
be, beach, bee, cede, Caesar, deceit, machine, field, people, amoeba, hygiene, quay, key, ski, city, chamois, Portugue, geyr (Br)
/?/
i, y, ui, e, ee, ie, o, u, a, ei, ee, ia, ea, i...e, ai, ey, oe
bit, myth, build, pretty, been (some accents), sieve, women, busy, damage, counterfeit, carriage, mileage, medicine, bargain, Ceylon, oedema
/u/
oo, u, o, u…e, ou, ew, ue, o…e, ui, eu, oeu, oe, ough, wo, ioux, ieu, ault, oup, w
tool, luminous, who, flute, soup, jewel, true, lose, fruit, maneuver (US), manoeuvre (Br), canoe, through, two, Sioux, lieutenant (US), Sault Sainte Marie, coup, cwm
/?/
oo, u, o, oo...e, or, ou, oul
look, full, wolf, gooseberry, worsted, courier, should
/e/
a, a…e, ay, ai, ai...e, aig, aigh, ao, au, e (é), e...e, ea, ei, ei...e, eig, eigh, ee (ée), eh, et, ey, ez, er, ie, ae, eg
paper, rate, pay, rain, cocaine, arraign, straight, gaol (Br), gauge, ukulele (café), crepe, steak, veil, beige, reign, eight, matinee (soirée), eh, ballet, obey, chez, dossier, lingerie (US), reggae, thegn
/?/
a, e, o, u, ai, ou, eig, y, ah, ough, gh, ae, oi
another, anthem, awesome, atrium, mountain, callous, foreign, beryl, Messiah, borough (Br), Edinburgh, Michael, porpoi
/o/
o, o…e, oa, ow, ou, oe, oo, eau, oh, ew, au, aoh, ough, eo
so, bone, boat, know, soul, foe, brooch, beau, oh, sew, mauve, pharaoh, furlough, yeoman
/?/
e, ea, a, ae, ai, ay, ea…e, ei, eo, ie, ieu, u, ue, oe
met, weather, many, aesthetic, said, says, cleanse, heifer, jeopardy, friend, lieutenant (Br), bury, guess, foetid
/?/
a, ai, al, au, i
hand, plaid, salmon, laugh (some accents), meringue
/?/
u, o, o…e, oe, ou, oo, wo
sun, son, come, does, touch, flood, twopennce
/?/
a, au, aw, ough, augh, o, oa, oo, al, uo, u
fall, author, jaw, bought, caught, cord, broad, door, walk, fluorine (Br), sure (some accents)
/ɑ/
o, a, eau, ach, au, ou
lock, watch, bureaucracy, yacht, sausage, cough
/a?/
i…e, i, y, igh, ie, ei, eigh, uy, ai, ey, ye, eye, y…e, ae, ais, is, ig, ic, ay, ui
fine, Christ, try, high, tie, eidos, height, buy, aisle, geyr (US), dye, eye, type, maestro, aisle, isle, sign, indict, kayak, guide
/ɑr/
ar, a, er, ear, a…e, ua, aa, au, ou
car, father, sergeant, heart, are, guard, bazaar, aunt, our (some accents)
/?r/
er, ar, ere, are, aire, eir, air, aa, aer, ayr, ear
stationery (some accents), vary, where, ware, millionaire, heir, hair, Aaron, aerial, Ayr, bear
/??/
oi, oy, aw, uoy oy…e, eu
foil, toy, lawyer, buoy, gargoyle, Freudian
/a?/
ou, ow, ough, au, ao
out, now, bough, tau, Laos
/?r/
er, or, ur, ir, yr, our, ear, err, eur, yrrh, ar, oeu, olo, uer
fern, worst, turn, thirst, myrtle, journey, earth, err, amateur, myrrh, grammar, hors d'oeuvre, colonel, Guerny
/ju/
u, u…e, eu, ue, iew, eau, ieu, ueue, ui, ewe, ew
music*, use, feud, cue, view, beautiful*, adieu*, queue, nuisance*, ewe, few, * in some dialects, e Yod dropping
