Before it was merged into one letter ( W ), the sound was represented with the the digraph -uu- or double-u. As we noted already, we don’t usually spell vowels out, so we end up with the awkward double-u.

In addition to IPA, this tool also supports several types of phonetic spelling. The letter W is one of the stranger letters in the alphabet, and so is its spelling. It uses the symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) the most popular phonetic transcription system in the world. When reading the complete spelling alphabet from A to Z for practice, umlauts, 'ch', 'sch', and 'ẞ' are often omitted and ' wie' is inserted between a letter and the corresponding name, i.e., 'A wie Anton, B wie Berta, C wie Cäsar, etc. This phonetic translator will help you obtain very accurate phonetic transcription of your English text.

Z – Zacharias (Sometimes ' Zeppelin' is used, which stems from a historic version.).

That’s why in the following, I used a notation for pronunciation that should be easy to understand for non-native speakers, but native speakers should do just fine too.

X – Xanthippe (Sometimes ' Xaver' is used, which stems from Austrian and Swiss versions.) There are a couple of differences in pronunciation of the names of the letters between English and most other European languages, which is a common source of mistakes.

S – Samuel (Often ' Siegfried' is used, which stems from a historic version.).

K – Kaufmann (Sometimes ' Kurfürst' is used, which stems from a historic version.).

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The dictionary database is regularly amended with most popular missing words (shown in red in the output).

If unsure which pronunciation is relevant in your particular case, consult a dictionary. Note that different pronunciations of one word may have different meanings or may represent variations in pronunciation with the same meaning. To see a popup with a list of possible pronunciations move your mouse cursor over the word.

Inoltre nella lingua inglese sono presenti 2 semivocali: W e Y e 19 consonanti. Le vocali sono le medesime della lingua italiana: A, E, I, O e U. Where a word has a number of different pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by clicking on it. L’alfabeto inglese è composto da ben 26 lettere, 5 in più rispetto all’alfabeto italiano: J, K, W, X e Y.Just tick the appropriate checkbox in the input form. You can output the text and its phonetic transcription along each other side-by-side or line-by-line to make back-reference to the original text easier.In addition to commonly used vocabulary the database contains a very substantial amount of place names (including names of countries, their capitals, US states, UK counties), nationalities and popular names.Acronym transcriptions will be shown with hyphens between letters. Words in CAPS are interpreted as acronyms if the word is not found in the database.An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech (checkbox “Show weak forms”).The structure of the text and sentences in it (line breaks, punctuation marks, etc.) is preserved in phonetic transcription output making it easier to read.The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used.When British option is selected the sound at the end of the word is only voiced if followed by a vowel, which follows British phonetic convention.

Choose between British and American* pronunciation.Paste or type your English text in the text field above and click “Show transcription” button (or use shortcut from the text input area). Hi! Got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This online converter of English text to IPA phonetic transcription will translate your English text into its phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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