Can you name the 20 most common phonemes?

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Example from EnglishPhonemePercent of languages it occurs in
'm' in mouse94.24%
'ea' in seat87.14%
'a' in father86.92%
'y' in you83.81%
'p' in pat83.15%
'ou' in soup81.82%
'w' in wet73.61%
'b' in bird63.64%
'h' in hot61.86%
'g' in ghost56.10%
Example from EnglishPhonemePercent of languages it occurs in
'ng' in song52.55%
- in uh-oh47.89%
'n' in net44.79%
's' in snake43.46%
'ch' in chew41.69%
'sh' in shine41.46%
'e' in bed41.24%
't' in table40.13%
'ew' in sew40.13%
'k' in kite89.36%
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20 most common phonemes Quiz

  1. by Delia
  • Created Oct 11, 2009 in Language
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