Letters to sounds

English alphabet letters make 44 sounds (phonemes), however these sounds are represented by over 280 letter or letter combinations, with many letter combinations having more than one sound associated to them.

Click on the alphabet key to see the sounds the letter or letter combinations make and to watch videos that include the letter or letter combinations making those sounds in popular words.

The alphabet keyboard

'a' starting - letter combinations

'b' starting - letter combinations

'c' starting - letter combinations

'd' starting - letter combinations

'e' starting - letter combinations

'f' starting - letter combinations

'g' starting - letter combinations

'h' starting - letter combinations

'i' starting - letter combinations

'j' starting - letter combinations

'k' starting - letter combinations

'l' starting - letter combinations

'm' starting - letter combinations

'n' starting - letter combinations

'o' starting - letter combinations

'p' starting - letter combinations

'q' starting - letter combinations

'r' starting - letter combinations

's' starting - letter combinations

't' starting - letter combinations

'u' starting - letter combinations

'v' starting - letter combinations

'w' starting - letter combinations

'x' starting - letter combinations

'y' starting - letter combinations

'z' starting - letter combinations