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The International Phonetic Alphabet writes down exactly how a word sounds, one symbol per sound. Pick a language, type a word, and get its IPA transcription, or read the worked examples on each page. Powered by Lingo7's NLP service.
An IPA translator converts a written word into its International Phonetic Alphabet transcription, a one-symbol-per-sound spelling of how it is pronounced. Pick a language, type a word, and Lingo7's NLP service returns the IPA. This free tool covers 49 languages and ships with worked example tables, so every page is useful the moment it loads.
Ordinary spelling is a poor guide to pronunciation. The same letters sound different across words and languages, and silent letters hide everywhere. The International Phonetic Alphabet fixes this by giving every distinct speech sound its own symbol, so a transcription reads the same way every time.
Type a word on any language page and it is sent to Lingo7's NLP service, the same phonetics engine that powers transcription inside the app. It returns the IPA for that word. Each page also bakes in a table of common words already transcribed, so it stays useful offline and is fully indexable.
IPA is a shortcut, not a substitute for listening. The fastest way to fix pronunciation is to pair the symbols with real audio and meet words again and again in context, which is exactly what reading in Lingo7 is built for.
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Pick your language, type the word, and press Transcribe. The tool returns the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling, where every symbol stands for one distinct sound. Each language page also lists a dozen common words already transcribed, so you can read example pronunciations even before you type anything.
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system where each symbol maps to exactly one speech sound, unlike ordinary spelling. That means /ʃ/ is always the sh sound, in any language. Learning to read IPA lets you look up a word and know how it sounds without needing a recording.
Yes. Every language page is free to use, with no sign-up. Transcription is powered by the Lingo7 NLP phonetics service, the same engine used inside the reading app. The worked example tables are free to read too, and they load instantly.
This tool currently covers 49 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Zulu. Each has its own page with an input box and a table of common words in IPA. More languages follow the same reading-first approach in the Lingo7 app.