Phonemes

Definition of Phonemes

Phonemes are the individual sounds that make up words in a language.

How should Phonemes divide into syllables

The word 'phonemes' has two syllables. The first syllable is 'pho' and the second syllable is 'ne-mes'. The vowel sounds in 'phonemes' are 'o' and 'e', and the consonant sounds are 'ph', 'n', 'm', and 's'.

Part of Speech - Phonemes

Sentences with Phonemes

• 1. The word 'cat' has three phonemes: /k/, /æ/, and /t/.
• 2. In English, there are approximately 44 phonemes.
• 3. Phonemes can change the meaning of a word. For example, changing the /p/ sound in 'pat' to /b/ creates the word 'bat'.
• 4. Teachers use phonemes to help students learn how to read and spell.
• 5. Some phonemes are easier to pronounce than others.
• 6. Can you identify all the phonemes in the word 'sun'?
• 7. Learning phonemes can help improve your pronunciation in a foreign language.
• 8. Phonemes are important for understanding the sounds of spoken language.
• 9. Different languages have different sets of phonemes.
• 10. Linguists study phonemes to understand how languages work.

Quotes with Phonemes

• 1. 'The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.' - Mark Twain
• 2. 'Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.' - Rudyard Kipling
• 3. 'Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.' - J.K. Rowling
• 4. 'The only way to do great work is to love what you do.' - Steve Jobs
• 5. 'Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.' - Aeschylus
• 6. 'Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you.' - KushandWizdom
• 7. 'Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.' - Mother Teresa
• 8. 'Words are like keys. If you choose them right, they can open any heart and shut any mouth.' - Unknown
• 9. 'The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.' - Mark Twain
• 10. 'Words are a lens to focus one's mind.' - Ayn Rand
• 11. 'Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.' - Brad Sugars
• 12. 'Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.' - Carol Burnett
• 13. 'Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything.' - Aldous Huxley
• 14. 'Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power.' - Patrick Rothfuss
• 15. 'Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.' - Edgar Allan Poe
• 16. 'Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.' - Homer
• 17. 'Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.' - Rudyard Kipling
• 18. 'Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.' - Rumi
• 19. 'Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.' - Joseph Joubert
• 20. 'Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.' - Alexander Pope

Number of characters in Phonemes

8 ( p, h, o, n, e, m, e, s )

Unique letters in Phonemes

7 ( p, h, o, n, e, m, s )

Phonemes Backwards

semenohp

Phonetic Transcription of Phonemes

IPA (International): ˈfəʊni:mz

ARA (American): ˈfonimz

EPA (English): ˈfəʊni:mz

FOW-NIY-MZ