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English to IPA converter

Convert English text to IPA — General American and Received Pronunciation. See the IPA, hear the word, and turn it into review-ready flashcards — without leaving what you are reading.

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English in IPA

A worked example to show what the output looks like.

hello/həˈloʊ/US — General American
hello/həˈləʊ/UK — Received Pronunciation

Why guess English pronunciation?

English spelling froze centuries before its pronunciation did, so the letters on the page are an unreliable guide to the sounds. The same letters give different sounds, silent letters are everywhere, and the unstressed vowel (schwa) hides in plain sight. A transcription removes the guesswork.

The letter cluster "ough" can be pronounced six different ways (though, through, thought, rough, cough, bough).
Most unstressed vowels collapse to the schwa /ə/ — the single most common vowel in English speech.
US and UK transcriptions differ on r-colouring and several vowels, so the dialect matters.
Stress placement changes meaning and rhythm; IPA marks it with ˈ before the stressed syllable.

From English text to IPA in seconds

1

Select the text

Highlight English text anywhere — a PDF, a browser, a subtitle, a chat. Or paste it into the free web converter.

2

Press Alt+Q

IPAtics detects the language automatically and shows the IPA in a floating overlay, right where you are reading.

3

Hear it, save it, study it

Play native audio, tap any symbol to learn it, save the word, and generate Anki cards — all in one place.

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