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Look up the phonetic pattern for any sound when you're building a custom respelling.
These charts map common sounds to the letter combinations respellings use, so you can look up a sound instead of guessing at it. For the syllable-break and stress rules that tie those patterns together into a full respelling, see Using Respellings.
How to use the charts
- Identify the sounds in the word.
- Find the matching phonetic pattern in the chart.
- Combine those patterns into syllables, separated by hyphens.
- Capitalize the syllable that should be emphasized.
For example, the sound "a" as in "all" maps to the pattern AW, so "all" respells as AWL. Combined with hyphenated syllables and capitalized stress, that same pattern builds a full respelling:
sask-ACH-oo-when
Vowel and consonant charts
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VOWELS |
CONSONANTS |
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To hear |
as in |
type |
Example |
To hear |
as in |
type |
Example |
|
a |
ant |
A |
::ANT:: |
b |
bunk |
B |
::BUHNK:: |
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a |
spa |
AH |
::SPAH:: |
ch |
chart |
CH |
::CHAHRT:: |
|
a |
all |
AW |
::AWL:: |
d |
dust |
D |
::DUHST:: |
|
a |
eight |
AY |
::AYT:: |
f |
first |
F |
::FURST:: |
|
e |
egg |
EH |
::EHG:: |
g |
glow |
G |
::GLOH:: |
|
e |
ease |
EE |
::EEZ:: |
h |
horse |
H |
::HORS:: |
|
i |
in |
IH |
::IHN:: |
j |
jell |
J |
::JEHL:: |
|
i |
isle |
Y |
::YL:: |
k |
kite |
K |
::KYT:: |
|
o |
oat |
OH |
::OHT:: |
l |
laugh |
L |
::LAF:: |
|
o |
ooh |
OO |
::OO:: |
m |
mask |
M |
::MASK:: |
| o | foot | UU | ::FUUT:: |
n |
nest |
N |
::NEHST:: |
| u | up | UH | ::UHP:: |
ng |
ring |
NG |
::RIHNG:: |
|
nk |
rink |
NK |
::RIHNK:: |
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| VOWELS COMBOS |
p |
pop |
P |
::PAHP:: |
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| To hear | as in | type | Example | qu | quote | KW | ::KWOHT:: |
| ar | car | AR | ::KAR:: |
r |
rain |
R |
::RAYN:: |
| er | error | ERR | ::ERR-ur:: |
s |
slice |
S |
::SLYS:: |
| or | more | OR | ::MOR:: | sh | shy | SH | ::SHY:: |
| ow | cow | OW | ::KOW:: |
t |
tarte |
T |
::TART:: |
| oy | oy | OY | ::OY:: | th | though | DH | ::DHOH:: |
| ur | urn | UR | ::URN:: |
th |
think |
TH |
::THIHNK:: |
|
v |
van |
V |
::VAN:: |
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| w |
win |
W |
::WIHN:: |
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| x | axe | KS | ::AKS:: | ||||
|
y |
yes |
Y |
::YEHS:: |
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|
z |
zen |
Z |
::ZEHN:: |
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|
zh |
measure |
ZH |
::MEH-zhur:: |
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Respellings for Acronyms
Acronyms are typically built by combining the phonetic spelling for each individual letter.
Example:
TBD
TEE-BEE-DEE
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A → ::AY:: |
N → ::EHN:: |
|
B → ::BEE:: |
O → ::OH:: |
|
C → ::SEE:: |
P → ::PEE:: |
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D → ::DEE:: |
Q → ::KYOO:: |
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E → ::EE:: |
R → ::AR:: |
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F → ::EHF:: |
S → ::EHS:: |
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G → ::JEE:: |
T → ::TEE:: |
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H → ::AYCH:: |
U → ::YOO:: |
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I → ::Y:: |
V → ::VEE:: |
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J → ::JAY:: |
W → ::DUH-buhl-yoo:: |
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K → ::KAY:: |
X → ::EHKS:: |
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L → ::EHL:: |
Y → ::WY:: |
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M → ::EHM:: |
Z → ::ZEE:: or ::ZEHD:: |