ă	pat	k	kick, cat, pique	o̅o̅	boot
ā	pay	l (nēd'l)	lid, needle*	ou	out
â	care	m	mum	p	pop
ä	father	n (sŭd'n)	no, sudden*	r	roar
b	bib	ng	thing	s	sauce
ch	church	ŏ	pot	sh	ship, dish
d	deed, milled	ō	toe	t	tight, stopped
ĕ	pet	ô	caught, paw, for, horrid, hoarse**	th	thin
ē	bee	oi	noise	th	this
f	fife, phase, rough	o͝o	took	ŭ	cut
g	gag	û	urge, term, firm, word, heard	ər	butter
h	hat	v	valve
hw	which	w	with	Foreign
ĭ	pit	y	yes	œ	French feu, German schön
ī	pie, by	z	zebra, xylem	ű	French tu, German űber
î	pier	zh	vision, pleasure, garage	KH	German ich, Scottish loch
j	judge	ə	about, item, edible, gallop, circus	ⁿ	French bon (bôⁿ)***

*In English the consonants l and n often constitute complete syllables by themselves.

**Regional pronunciations of -or- vary. In pairs such as for, four; horse, hoarse; and morning, mourning, the vowel varies between (ô) and (ō). In this Dictionary these vowels are represented as follows: for (fôr), four (fôr, fōr); horse (hôrs), hoarse (hôrs, hōrs); and morning (môr′ning), mourning (môr′ning, mōr′-). Other words for which both forms are shown include more, glory, and borne. A similar variant occurs in words such as coral, forest, and horrid, where the pronunciation of o before r varies between (ô) and (ŏ). In these words the (ôr) pronunciation is given first: forest (fôr′ist, fŏr′-).

***The Dictionary uses ⁿ to reflect that the preceding vowel is nasalized.