Phonetic expressions allowed in a custom dictionary

Last Updated : Jun 05, 2026 |

Phonetic Symbols

Orthographic Example

Phonetic Example

i

f(ee)l

'fil

I

f(i)ll

'fIl

E

f(e)ll

'fEl

@

c(a)t

'k@t

A

g(o)t

'gAt

^

c(u)t

'k^t

O

f(a)ll

'fOl

U

f(u)ll

'fUl#\

u

f(oo)l

'ful

E0

c(u)rt

'kE0R+t

e&I

f(ai)l

'fe&Il

O&I

f(oi)l

'fO&Il

a&I

f(i)le

'fa&Il

a&U

f(ou)l

'fa&Ul

o&U

g(oa)l

'go&Ul

j

(y)es

'jEs

w

(wh)y

'wa&I

R+

(r)ip

'R+Ip

l

(l)ip

'lIp

p

(p)it

'pIt

t

(t)op

'tAp

k

(c)at

'k@t

b

(b)it

'bIt

d

(d)ig

'dIg

g

(g)ot

'gAt

?

()illness

'?Il.nIs

f

(f)at

'f@t

T

(th)in

'TIn

s

(s)eal

'sil

S

(sh)ip

'SIp

v

(v)at

'v@t

D

(th)en

'DEn

z

(z)eal

'zil

Z

lei(s)ure

'li.Z$R+”

h

(h)at

'h@t

t&S

ca(tch)

'k@t&S

d&Z

(j)ourney

'd&ZE0R+.ni

m

(m)an

'm@n

n

(n)ut

'n^t

nK

ri(ng)

'R+InK

.

syllable break

'

primary stress

'2

secondary stress

sentence accent

#

silence (pause)

_

word delimiter

*.

end of declarative

*,

comma

*!

end of exclamation

*?

end of question

*;

semicolon

*:

colon

$

(a)llow

$.'la&U

I%)

batt(le)

'b@.r6l%)

n%)

did(n’)t

'dI.dn%)t

r6

bu(tt)er

'b^.r6$R+