A converter from Arpabet to IPA.
This explanation is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpabet :
In Arpabet, every phoneme is represented by one or two capital letters. Digits are used as stress indicators and are placed at the end of the stressed syllabic vowel. Punctuation marks are used like in the written language, to represent intonation changes at the end of clauses and sentences. The stress values are:
| Value |
Description |
| 0 |
No stress |
| 1 |
Primary stress |
| 2 |
Seconary stress |
Vowels:
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word examples |
| AO |
ɔ |
off (AO1 F); fall (F AO1 L); frost (F R AO1 S T) |
| AA |
ɑ |
father (F AA1 DH ER), cot (K AA1 T) |
| IY |
i |
bee (B IY1); she (SH IY1) |
| UW |
u |
you (Y UW1); new (N UW1); food (F UW1 D) |
| EH |
ɛ |
red (R EH1 D); men (M EH1 N) (modern versions use e) |
| IH |
ɪ |
big (B IH1 G); win (W IH1 N) |
| UH |
ʊ |
should (SH UH1 D), could (K UH1 D) |
| AH |
ʌ |
but (B AH1 T), sun (S AH1 N) |
| AH(0) |
ə |
sofa (S OW1 F AH0), alone (AH0 L OW1 N) |
| AX |
ə |
discus (D IH1 S K AX0 S); |
| AE |
æ |
at (AE1 T); fast (F AE1 S T) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| EY |
eɪ |
say (S EY1); eight (EY1 T) |
| AY |
aɪ |
my (M AY1); why (W AY1); ride (R AY1 D) |
| OW |
oʊ |
show (SH OW1); coat (K OW1 T) |
| AW |
a |
how (HH AW1); now (N AW1) |
| OY |
ɔɪ |
boy (B OY1); toy (T OY1) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| ER |
ɝ |
her (HH ER0); bird (B ER1 D); hurt (HH ER1 T), nurse (N ER1 S) |
| AXR |
ɚ |
father (F AA1 DH AXR); coward (K AW1 AXR D) |
| EH R |
ɛr |
air (EH1 R); where (W EH1 R); hair (HH EH1 R) |
| UH R |
ʊr |
cure (K Y UH1 R); bureau (B Y UH1 R OW0), detour (D IH0 T UH1 R) |
| AO R |
ɔr |
more (M AO1 R); bored (B AO1 R D); chord (K AO1 R D) |
| AA R |
ɑr |
large (L AA1 R JH); hard (HH AA1 R D) |
| IH R or IY R |
ɪr |
ear (IY1 R); near (N IH1 R) |
| AW R |
aʊr |
This seems to be a rarely used r-controlled vowel. In some dialects flower (F L AW1 R; in other dialects F L AW1 ER0) |
Consonants
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| P |
p |
pay (P EY1) |
| B |
b |
buy (B AY1) |
| T |
t |
take (T EY1 K) |
| D |
d |
day (D EY1) |
| K |
k |
key (K IY1) |
| G |
ɡ |
go (G OW1) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| CH |
tʃ |
chair (CH EH1 R) |
| JH |
dʒ |
just (JH AH1 S T); gym (JH IH1 M) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| F |
f |
for (F AO1 R) |
| V |
v |
very (V EH1 R IY0) |
| TH |
θ |
thanks (TH AE1 NG K S); Thursday (TH ER1 Z D EY2) |
| DH |
ð |
that (DH AE1 T); the (DH AH0); them (DH EH1 M) |
| S |
s |
say (S EY1) |
| Z |
z |
zoo (Z UW1) |
| SH |
ʃ |
show (SH OW1) |
| ZH |
ʒ |
measure (M EH1 ZH ER0); pleasure (P L EH1 ZH ER) |
| HH |
h |
house (HH AW1 S) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| M |
m |
man (M AE1 N) |
| EM |
m̩ |
keep 'em (K IY1 P EM) |
| N |
n |
no (N OW1) |
| EN |
n̩ |
button (B AH1 T EN) |
| NG |
ŋ |
sing (S IH1 NG) |
| ENG |
ŋ̍ |
Washington (W AO1 SH ENG T EN) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| L |
l or ɫ |
late (L EY1 T); fail (F EY1 L) |
| EL |
ɫ̩ |
bottle (B AO1 DX EL) |
| R |
r or ɹ |
run (R AH1 N) |
| DX |
ɾ |
wetter (W EH1 DX AXR) |
| NX |
ɾ̃ |
wintergreen (W IY2 NX AXR G R IY1 N) |
| Arpabet |
IPA |
Word Examples |
| Y |
j |
yes (Y EH1 S) |
| W |
w |
way (W EY1) |
| Q |
ʔ (glottal stop) |
uh-oh (Q AH1 Q OW) (ʔʌʔoʊ) |
| (missing) |
hw or ʍ |
"when" etc. in some dialects |