Letters in English

In this lesson, you'll learn the names of the letters of the English alphabet. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. There are five vowels in English (A, E, I, O, U), but the letter Y sometimes acts as a vowel in English.

You can practice with the pronunciation of the letters in the following table. If you click on a letter, you'll hear its pronunciation. First, click on each letter in the list and repeat the pronunciation. Then, return to the beginning of the list and try pronouncing the letter before listening to the audio. After pronouncing it, click the audio link to hear the audio and compare it with your pronunciation.

How do you pronounce letters in English?

Click on each letter below to hear and repeat the pronunciation.

Letter - phonetic pronunciation

A: /eɪ/
B: /biː/
C: /siː/
D: /diː/
E: /iː/
F: /ɛf/
G: /dʒiː/
H: /eɪtʃ/
I: /aɪ/
J: /dʒeɪ/
K: /keɪ/
L: /ɛl/
M: /ɛm/

N: /ɛn/
O: /oʊ/
P: /piː/
Q: /kjuː/
R: /ɑːr/
S: /ɛs/
T: /tiː/
U: /juː/
V: /viː/
W: /ˈdʌbəl.juː/
X: /ɛks/
Y: /waɪ/
Z: /ziː/

This list in pdf

Video - Pronunciation of the Letters

Watch a video about pronouncing the letters of the alphabet. Listen and repeat the pronunciation. Follow our "The English Minute" YouTube Channel and learn English in just a few minutes with our short video lessons.