English IPA Visualizer

How it works: Type in some text, and the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) chart to the right will give you its rough phone distribution. For instance, typing "sister Susie sitting on a thistle" will show you that the most common phones in that sentence are /s/ and /ɪ/.

Frequency gradient
Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal m ɱ   n   ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ      
Plosive p b   t d   ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g q ɢ   ʡ ʔ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ
Approximant β̞ ʋ   ɹ   ɻ j ɰ        
Trill ʙ     r         ʀ   я  
Tap or Flap ⱱ̟   ɾ   ɽ     ɢ̆   ʡ̯  
Lateral Fricative       ɬ ɮ          
Lateral Approximant       l   ɭ ʎ ʟ        
Lateral Flap       ɺ   ʎ̯ ʟ̆