French Phonemic Chart (Clickable Audio)

French Phonemic Chart — cliquez sur un son pour l’entendre

Works two ways: (1) If you add MP3/WAV URLs, it plays the real recording. (2) If no audio URL is set, it uses your browser’s fr-FR voice to speak an example word (approximate).

Click / tap a symbol Keyboard: Tab → Enter Default voice: fr-FR (if available)

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
/i/si /a/la /u/loup
/e/été /ə/petit /o/eau
/ɛ/mer /y/lune /ɔ/porte
/ø/peu /œ/sœur /ɑ̃/sans

Nasal vowels

/ɑ̃//ɛ̃//ɔ̃//œ̃/
/ɑ̃/sans /ɛ̃/pain /ɔ̃/nom /œ̃/un

Consonants (standard French set)

Plosives Fricatives Nasals Approximants
/p/papa
/b/bébé
/t/thé
/d/deux
/k/car
/g/gare
/f/fou
/v/vous
/s/sac
/z/zéro
/ʃ/chat
/ʒ/jour
/ʁ/rue
/m/maman
/n/non
/ɲ/montagne
/ŋ/parking
/l/lire
/j/hier
/w/oui
/ɥ/huit

Extra (common sound pairs)

SoundExampleNote
/ks/taxi taxi x often → /ks/
/ɡz/exact exact x sometimes → /ɡz/
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