Appendix:Pronunciation list of English words

This is a list of pronunciation with audio and IPA of 1000 most used words (Wiktionary:Frequency lists). The table have both IPA and the audio file to assist non native speakers in learning word pronunciations. (This list of IPA pronunciations is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items!)

Pronunciation list of most commonly used English words

#	Word	Audio (US)	IPA
1	the	(stressed) (unstressed)	IPA(key): /ˈðiː/ (stressed) IPA(key): /ðə/ (unstressed and preconsonantal)
2	of	(stressed) (unstressed)	(US)IPA(key): /ɒv/ (US)IPA(key): /ʌv/, /əv/, (before a consonant) /ə/
3	and	(unstressed)	IPA(key): /ænd/, /ɛnd/ (stressed) IPA(key): /ənd/, /ən/, /ɛn/, /ɛnd/, /n̩d/, /n̩/ (unstressed)
4	in	(stressed)	IPA(key): /ɪn/ (stressed) IPA(key): /ɪn/
5	to	(unstressed)	(UK) IPA(key): /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː] (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟] (US) IPA(key): /tə/, /tʊ/ (unstressed)
	a	(stressed) (unstressed)	IPA(key): /ˈeɪ/ (stressed) IPA(key): /ə/ (unstressed)
	I		IPA(key): /aɪ/
6	was	(stressed) (unstressed)	(UK) IPA(key): /wɒz/, /wʌz/ (US) IPA(key): /wʌz/, /wɑz/ (stressed) (UK, US) IPA(key): /wəz/ (unstressed)
7	is
8	for
9	on
10	as
11	with		(UK) IPA(key): /wɪð/ (US) IPA(key): /wɪθ/
12	by
13	he		(UK) IPA(key): /ˈhiː/ (stressed) (US) IPA(key): /hi/, [hi], [çi] (UK) IPA(key): /hi/, /i/ (unstressed)
14	that	(stressed)	IPA(key): /ˈðæt/(stressed) IPA(key): /ðət/(unstressed)
15	at
16	from
17	his		(UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪz/ (stressed) IPA(key): /ɪ̈z/ (unstressed)
18	it
19	an
20	were
22	which
23	are
24	this
25	also
26	be
27	had
28	or
29	has
30	first
31	their
32	after
33	its
34	one
35	new
36	but
37	who
38	her
39	not
40	she
41	they
42	have
43	two
44	been
45	other
46	when
47	during
48	all
49	into
50	there
51	time
52	may
53	more
54	school	(Received Pronunciation)
55	years
56	over
57	only
58	would
59	later
60	most
61	where
62	between
63	some
64	up
65	world
66	city
67	national
68	about
69	such
70	him
71	then
72	made
73	out
74	state
75	three
76	while
77	used
78	university
79	can
80	united
81	under
82	known
83	season
84	many
85	year
86	part
87	became
88	born
89	film
90	these
91	than
92	team
93	no
94	second
95	including
96	states
97	being
98	through
99	before
100	both
101	American	(UK Audio)
102	south
103	early
104	war
105	history
106	against
107	however
108	family
109	until
110	well
111	since
112	them
113	work
114	life
115	following
116	area
117	people
118	series
119	north
120	name
121	career
122	album	(UK Audio)
123	music
124	played
125	group
126	district
127	number
128	several
129	high
130	released
131	county
132	de	File:en-us-de.ogg
133	company
134	called
135	will
136	league
137	won
138	four
139	house	Verb:
140	government
141	each
142	March
143	same
144	game
145	international
146	September
147	January
148	club
149	found
150	June
151	October
152	began
153	located
154	July
155	so
156	west
157	use
158	August
159	now
160	college
161	John
162	station
163	population
164	April
165	public
166	home
167	end
168	November
169	member
170	place
171	general
172	town
173	former
174	December
175	church
176	if
177	age
178	held
179	named
180	system
181	because
182	York	New York:
183	took
184	day
185	river
186	around
187	football	Audio (AU)
188	British	File:en-us-british.ogg UK:
189	line
190	east
191	local
192	any
193	song
194	due
195	along
196	service
197	party
198	best
199	February
200	served
201	did	(CA Audio)
202	back
203	another
204	based
205	could
206	within
207	received
208	century
209	village
210	built
211	like
212	members
213	building
214	major
215	final
216	show
217	games
218	although
219	include
220	species
221	death
222	band
223	small
224	main
225	left
226	president
227	said
228	published
229	died	(UK Audio)
230	large
231	last
232	five
233	order
234	st	street:
235	single
236	set
237	third
238	own
239	those
240	education
241	according
242	included
243	long
244	very
245	park
246	still
247	road
248	army
249	division
250	book
251	development
252	among
253	law
254	often
255	French
256	moved
257	times
258	what
259	community
260	central
261	led
262	English
263	original
264	old
265	son
266	children
267	million
268	different
269	near
270	just
271	top
272	late
273	again
274	water
275	air
276	great
277	center
278	form
279	much
280	research
281	side
282	us
283	art
284	court
285	play
286	down
287	country
288	off
289	even
290	council
291	German
292	street
293	record	Noun: Verb:
294	power
295	established
296	ii	File:en-us-ii.ogg
297	London	(UK Audio)
298	land
299	cup
300	having
301	title
302	started
303	support
304	political
305	students
306	award
307	military
308	period
309	came
310	went
311	production
312	white
313	way
314	given
315	island
316	make
317	next
318	role
319	television
320	king
321	region
322	works
323	total
324	championship	File:en-us-championship.ogg
325	using
326	various
327	head
328	office
329	six
330	do	File:en-us-do.ogg
331	player	(UK Audio)
332	become
333	father
334	list
335	business
336	western
337	produced
338	director
339	married
340	program
341	association
342	England
343	field
344	worked
345	election
346	black	(UK Audio)
347	department
348	joined
349	announced
350	created
351	point
352	returned
353	professional
354	union
355	written
356	few
357	you
358	young
359	without
360	take
361	described	File:en-us-described.ogg
362	site
363	royal
364	services
365	radio
366	together
367	social
368	force
369	northern
370	per
371	founded
372	act
373	though
374	society
375	wrote
376	further
377	women	(UK Audio)
378	days
379	lost
380	continued
381	design
382	William	(Received Pronunciation)
383	every
384	version
385	project
386	summer
387	live	Adjective:
388	men
389	man
390	European	Audio (AU)
391	we
392	southern
393	position
394	board
395	India
396	France
397	round
398	railway
399	open
400	level
401	considered
402	control
403	opened
404	run
405	Australia
406	recorded
407	important
408	san
409	once
410	video
411	California
412	special
413	win
414	popular
415	appeared
416	match
417	release
418	common
419	battle
420	areas
421	hall
422	event
423	working
424	records
425	James	(UK Audio)
426	formed
427	right
428	playing
429	see
430	average
431	others
432	short
433	similar
434	teams	File:en-us-teams.ogg
435	elected
436	George	Audio (AU)
437	currently
438	making
439	example
440	awards	File:en-us-awards.ogg
441	construction
442	story
443	living
444	red
445	originally
446	debut
447	race
448	language
449	forces
450	lead	Verb: Metal:
451	la
452	signed
453	developed
454	modern
455	appointed
456	case
457	addition
458	police
459	wife
460	result
461	minister
462	schools	File:en-us-schools.ogg
463	events
464	America
465	route
466	little
467	lake
468	Canada
469	himself
470	songs
471	current
472	upon
473	how
474	points
475	rock
476	present	Noun, Adj: Verb:
477	never
478	free
479	science
480	information
481	health
482	training
483	class
484	throughout
485	track
486	good
487	media	(Received Pronunciation)
488	museum
489	across
490	Australian	(Received Pronunciation)
491	human
492	census
493	Indian
494	style
495	personal
496	love
497	Germany
498	available
499	province
500	tour
501	away
502	eventually
503	body
504	despite
505	Eastern	File:en-us-Eastern.ogg
506	sold
507	committee
508	performance
509	players	File:en-us-players.ogg
510	features
511	festival
512	coach
513	should	(stressed) (unstressed)
514	return
515	taken
516	sea
517	seven
518	centre
519	followed
520	designed	File:en-us-designed.ogg
521	performed
522	official
523	David
524	less
525	gave
526	months
527	finished
528	daughter
529	process
530	refer
531	study
532	Europe
533	institute
534	stage
535	term
536	range
537	chief
538	fire
539	does
540	rights
541	completed
542	arts
543	half
544	remained
545	largest
546	mother
547	character
548	includes
549	civil
550	private
551	light
552	leading
553	reported
554	network
555	help
556	usually
557	seen
558	groups
559	studies
560	featured	File:en-us-featured.ogg
561	federal
562	full
563	episode
564	thus
565	academy
566	night
567	competition
568	women's	File:en-us-women's.ogg
569	space
570	get
571	instead
572	China
573	must
574	Robert	(UK Audio)
575	Japanese
576	go
577	Washington
578	front
579	UK	File:en-us-UK.ogg
580	directed
581	tournament	(UK Audio)
582	my
583	Thomas
584	news
585	books
586	brother
587	involved
588	campaign
589	independent
590	either
591	model
592	countries
593	awarded	(UK Audio)
594	able
595	Japan
596	sports	File:en-us-sports.ogg
597	Charles
598	gold
599	section
600	capital
601	kingdom
602	close	Verb: Noun:
603	middle
604	added
605	fourth
606	sent
607	movement
608	eight
609	studio
610	previous
611	provided
612	conference
613	above
614	soon
615	today
616	grand
617	magazine
618	Canadian	(CA Audio)
619	replaced
620	aircraft
621	change
622	films
623	ten
624	medical
625	organization
626	bank
627	historic
628	coast
629	killed
630	management
631	degree
632	rather
633	industry
634	Russian
635	professor
636	Chinese
637	action
638	car
639	senior
640	systems	File:en-us-systems.ogg
641	green
642	bridge
643	technology	(UK Audio)
644	almost
645	shows
646	big
647	lower
648	week
649	success
650	writing
651	base
652	data	and
653	families	File:en-us-families.ogg
654	post
655	least
656	market
657	primary
658	female
659	reached
660	beginning
661	valley
662	ground
663	type
664	stated
665	tv	File:en-us-tv.ogg
666	operations
667	attack
668	hospital
669	saw
670	approximately	File:en-us-approximately.ogg
671	Paul
672	culture
673	republic
674	size
675	previously
676	decided
677	introduced
678	hill
679	buildings
680	championships	File:en-us-championships.ogg
681	provide
682	native
683	successful
684	outside
685	parts
686	via	(UK Audio)
687	theatre
688	placed
689	behind
690	bay
691	sometimes
692	Los Angeles
693	prior
694	whose
695	natural
696	active
697	future
698	scored	File:en-us-scored.ogg
699	Italian
700	Africa
701	Spanish
702	attended
703	put
704	listed	File:en-us-listed.ogg
705	brought
706	regional
707	structure
708	units	File:en-us-units.ogg
709	Michael
710	possible
711	Henry	(UK Audio)
712	municipality	File:en-us-municipality.ogg
713	higher
714	start
715	collection
716	regular
717	star
718	results
719	square
720	interest
721	leader
722	economic	File:en-us-economic.ogg
723	especially
724	contract	Noun: Verb:
725	too
726	trade
727	Texas
728	goal
729	below
730	winning
731	officer
732	foreign
733	generally
734	operation
735	runs
736	medal	(Received Pronunciation)
737	changed	File:en-us-changed.ogg
738	taking
739	novel
740	staff
741	significant
742	real
743	standard
744	far
745	limited
746	traditional	File:en-us-traditional.ogg
747	African	(UK Audio)
748	come
749	initially	(UK Audio)
750	itself
751	location
752	commission
753	Roman
754	me
755	artist
756	Christian
757	plays
758	money
759	parliament
760	food
761	hit
762	governor
763	low
764	defeated
765	energy
766	student
767	strong
768	towards
769	notable
770	child
771	assembly
772	owned
773	Catholic
774	course
775	commercial
776	ship
777	foundation
778	channel
779	allowed
780	represented
781	property
782	places
783	navy
784	unit
785	ended
786	annual
787	command
788	Paris
789	km	File:en-us-km.ogg
790	library
791	companies
792	whom
793	met
794	ever
795	activities
796	spent
797	plan
798	numerous
799	blue
800	earlier
801	means
802	highway
803	dr	File:en-us-dr.ogg
804	required
805	musical
806	additional
807	practice
808	bill
809	noted
810	mountain
811	airport
812	Ireland
813	plant
814	security
815	income
816	issues
817	associated
818	manager
819	artists
820	related
821	access
822	brown
823	running
824	Peter
825	individual
826	Richard
827	older
828	victory
829	opening
830	programs	File:en-us-programs.ogg
831	past
832	report
833	sound
834	press
835	woman
836	finally
837	find
838	background
839	policy
840	our
841	youth
842	financial
843	date
844	executive
845	launched	File:en-us-launched.ogg
846	Soviet
847	administration
848	historical
849	closed
850	here
851	mark
852	captain
853	basketball
854	lived
855	ran
856	better
857	edition
858	famous
859	contains
860	Chicago
861	subsequently
862	move
863	selected
864	already
865	legal
866	rural	Audio (GB)
867	religious
868	studied
869	entered
870	cultural
871	lines
872	person
873	test
874	appearance
875	complete
876	increased
877	rest
878	men's	File:en-us-men's.ogg
879	New Zealand
880	secretary
881	complex	Adj: Noun:
882	seat
883	changes
884	matches	File:en-us-matches.ogg
885	majority
886	room
887	loss
888	terms
889	review
890	empire
891	mission
892	Virginia
893	Los Angeles
894	Olympics	File:en-us-Olympics.ogg
895	Italy
896	highest
897	stadium
898	becoming
899	goals
900	starting
901	wide
902	characters
903	writer
904	particularly
905	fact
906	mostly
907	Mexico
908	thought
909	hours
910	stone
911	retired	File:en-us-retired.ogg
912	recording	File:en-us-recording.ogg
913	going
914	give
915	feature
916	cross
917	Smith
918	author
919	operated
920	sir
921	recent
922	status
923	chart
924	theory
925	Greek
926	islands	File:en-us-islands.ogg
927	caused
928	entire
929	got
930	remains
931	nine
932	engine
933	source
934	genus
935	forced
936	issue
937	singles
938	evidence
939	meeting
940	congress
941	port
942	variety
943	Pennsylvania
944	forest
945	passed
946	lord
947	uses	File:en-us-uses.ogg
948	particular
949	key
950	supported
951	word
952	create
953	relationship
954	overall
955	hand
956	democratic
957	certain
958	castle
959	biography
960	nature
961	Mary
962	names
963	fort
964	parish
965	decision
966	serving
967	score
968	cover
969	Wales
970	singer
971	need
972	material
973	shown
974	Florida
975	upper
976	referred
977	larger
978	marriage
979	length
980	leaving
981	weeks
982	movie
983	raised
984	rate
985	justice
986	fall
987	always
988	minutes
989	junior	(UK Audio)
990	competed	File:en-us-competed.ogg
991	stations
992	turn
993	Irish
994	temple
995	cases
996	era
997	individuals
998	township	Audio (AU)
999	claimed
1000	friends

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