Exhaustive Correspondences for Standard Northern English

This is a scoring system for early spellers of English. It is based on an exhaustive alignment of Northern English pronunciations with the words found in the CPWD in both reception year and grade 1. A complete list of words with each of them aligned is in the Excel file eng-north-exh-vocab.

The following table illustrates the phonetic transcription system used in the eng-north-exh method. The table is sorted by spelling. The aforementioned Excel file includes a listing sorted by pronunciation.

stimulusresponsepenaltyExample
a0a able accelerate ache aches acorn acorns aeroplane age aged …
æa0abbey abdomen abracadabra abracadabra absolute absolutely accelerate accident accidentally accidents …
ɑːa0balaclava banana bananas camouflage camouflaged faraway father fathers garage garages …
ɒa0dishwasher dishwashers quads quality quantities quantity quarrelling quarrelsome quarry restaurant …
ɔːa0alder all almost already alright also although altogether always ball …
əa0aboard about above abracadabra abracadabra abracadabra abroad accordion across actually …
ɛa0any anybody anymore anyone anything anyway anywhere dairy fairy hairy …
ɛəa0area areas caring godparents grandparents librarian parent parents pharaoh preparing …
ɪa0bandages captain chamberlain cottage cottages damage damaged damages furnaces guinea …
ɛəae0aeroplane
ɪae0antennae larvae
əah0cheetah loofah yeah
ai0afraid aid ailments aim available bait brain brainiest brains chain …
əai0Britain certain certainly
ɛai0again against questionnaire said
aigh0straight
ain0curtain curtains
ɛəair0air aircraft airhole airport airports armchair chair chairs downstairs fair …
al0animal animals arrivals capital carnival chemicals festival festivals final hospital …
æal0calf
ɑːal0almond almonds calm calmed calmly half halfway halves palm
ɔːal0chalk sleepwalking sleepwalks stalks talk talked talking talks walk walked …
lall0frantically
all0accidentally finally totally
an0nuisance servants thousand thousands
aoh0pharaoh
ɑːar0alarm apart arctic arguments arm armchair armies arms army art …
ɔːar0dwarf quarter towards ward wardens wardrobe wards warm warmer warms …
əar0afterwards backwards binoculars burglars caterpillar caterpillars cellar collar custard downwards …
ɹar0secretary
ɑːare0are
ɛəare0bare care cared careful carefully careless cares caretaker dare dared …
æau0aunt auntie laugh laughed laughing laughter
ɒau0because sausages
ɔːau0applause astronaut astronauts auctioneer audience audition automatic autumn cause caused …
ɔːaugh0caught daughter granddaughter naughty slaughter taught
ɔːaur0dinosaur dinosaurs
ɹaur0restaurant restaurants
ɔːaw0awful clawed claws crawl crawling dawn draw drawn draws jaws …
ɔːɹaw0drawing drawings
ɔːawer0drawer
ay0always anyway away bay birthday birthdays bricklayer bricklayers clay crayon …
ɛay0says
ɛəayer0prayer
ɛəayor0mayor
bb0abdomen able aboard about above abracadabra abracadabra abroad absolute absolutely …
bbb0abbey blubber bobble bubble bubbles dabbed gobble grabbed hobbies jabbed …
bbe0robe wardrobe
tbt0doubt
kc0abracadabra accelerate accident accidentally accidents acorn acorns acrobat acrobats across …
sc0accelerate accident accidentally accidents acid ambulances announced balanced balancing bicycle …
ʃc0ancient artificial delicious efficacious electricians especially gracious ocean oceans optician …
kcc0accordion hiccup hiccups moccasins occasions
sce0ambulance announcement appearance audience bounce bracelet bracelets ceiling chance choice …
d͡ʒch0sandwich sandwiches
kch0chaos chemicals chemistry chlorine choir christened christening Christian Christians Christmas …
t͡ʃch0approach armchair beach beaches beech belch bench branch branches brooch …
ʃch0machine machinery machines parachute pistachio
kche0ache aches headaches toothache
tcht0yacht yachts
kck0attack back backed backs backstage backwards barracks bickering black blackbird …
dd0abdomen aboard abracadabra abroad accident accidentally accidents accordion acid added …
d͡ʒd0deciduous soldiers
ddd0add added adding additives address addresses adds cuddled cuddling cuddly …
dddh0Buddhist
dde0alongside aside beside blade bride bridegroom centipede countryside decide glide …
d͡ʒdg0badger badgers badges bridges edges fridges hedgerows hedges judging nudged …
d͡ʒdge0badge bridge budge dodge edge fridge hedgehog hedgehogs judge nudge …
ddi0medicine medicines
e0cafe
e0area areas be being cathedral centimetre centimetres centipede centipedes cereal …
əe0abdomen accelerate accident accidents actress advertisements agents ailments alien amazement …
ɛe0accelerate accidentally address addresses adventure adventures affect alphabet altogether American …
ɛəe0wherever
ɪe0added addresses admitted aged ages ambulances appetite asses attracted badges …
ɪəe0cereal cereals cheering hero heroes interior material materials mysteriously Nigerian …
ea0break breaking breaks daybreak great
ea0beach beaches beak beaks beam beamed bean beans beast beastie …
ɛea0ahead already bread breadcrumbs breakfast breath dead deaf deafening death …
ɪəea0appearance clearing deary earrings hearing nearer nearest rearing
ean0ocean oceans
ɑːear0heart
ɛəear0bear bears pear pears swears underwear wear wears
ɜːear0earlier early earnestly earth earthworm earthworms heard learn learned learner …
ɪəear0appear appeared beard clear cleared clearly dear disappear disappeared disappears …
juːeau0beautiful beauty
ded0admired allowed amazed answered apologized appeared arranged arrived banged banned …
ted0announced asked astonished backed baked balanced barked basked blinked blocked …
ee0agree agreed asleep bee beech beehive been bees beetle beetles …
ɪee0coffee
ɪəeer0auctioneer beer cheer cheered cheers deer engineer engineers peered peers …
ei0either
ei0veil vein veins
ɛei0leisure
eig0reign weighing
ɪeig0foreign
eigh0height heights
eigh0eight eighteen neighbour neighbours neighed weigh weighed weighs weight weightlessness …
ɛəeir0their
ɪəeir0weird
el0camel camels channel gospel gravel hazel label level levels model …
ell0cancelled marvellous shrivelled travellers travelling
nen0evening evenings fasteners
en0brighten brightened brightening chosen christened christening coincidence concentrate confidence convent …
eo0people
ɛeo0leopard leopards
ɪeo0pigeon pigeons
əer0after afternoon afterwards alder altogether anglers another answer answered answers …
ɜːer0advertisements anniversary certain certainly concern concerned deserted deserve dessert emerged …
ɹer0camera cheering differences different every everybody everyone everything everywhere general …
ɛəere0anywhere everywhere nowhere somewhere there where
ɜːere0were
ern0governor governors modern northern
zes0additives armies arteries babies bakeries batteries becomes bedclothes believes bellies …
et0ballet beret duvet duvets
jʊəeu0European
juːeue0queue queues
juːew0few fewer knew new newer newly newsagent newspaper newspapers newt …
ew0sew sewed sewing sewn
ew0blew chew chewed crew drew flew grew interview jewellery jewels …
ey0grey obeying survey they
ɪey0abbey chimney chimneys donkey dopey honey honeybee honeycomb journey journeys …
eye0eye eyebrows eyeing eyes eyesight
ff0afraid African after afternoon afterwards aircraft artificial awful basketful beautiful …
vf0of
ffe0knife life lifeguards penknife safe safely safety wife wildlife
fff0affect baffled bluff buff chaffinch cliff cliffs coffee cuffs daffodil …
fft0often
d͡ʒg0aged agents ages apologized arranged bandages cages changed changes changing …
ɡg0again against ago agree agreed alligator alligators altogether anglers angry …
ʒg0camouflaged garages
d͡ʒge0age arrangements backstage cage change charge cottage damage deluge dungeons …
ʒge0camouflage garage
d͡ʒgg0suggest suggested suggestions
ɡgg0baggy bigger biggest buggy digger digging doggy dragging egg eggs …
fgh0cough coughed coughing enough laugh laughed laughing laughter rough tough …
ɡgh0ghee ghost ghosts
ngn0gnash gnashing gnu
ɡgu0disguise guaranteed guards guess guessed guessing guests guide guidebook lifeguards
hh0ahead airhole beehive behave behind carbohydrate carbohydrates farmhouse farmhouses had …
ɪhi0vehicle vehicles weighing
ɒho0honest honour
aʊəhour0hour hours
i0alive alongside apologized appetite arrivals arrive arrived arriving aside bedtime …
aɪəi0admiringly
i0accordion alien aluminium amphibians audience barrier brainiest brilliant busier calcium …
ji0bunions interview onions preview view views
æi0meringues
əi0admiral charity chemistry dairy definitely electricity facilities fairy gravity hairy …
ɪi0accident accidentally accidents acid acting adding additives additives admiringly admit …
əia0Georgian
ɪia0parliament
ial0artificial special
iall0especially
ian0Egyptians electricians optician technician
ie0die lie magpie pie piebald tie
ie0believe believed believes chief field fields hygiene piece pieces priest …
ɛie0friend friendly friends
ɪie0auntie beastie charlie handkerchief hankie mischief prairie
ien0ancient patiently patients
əier0soldiers
ig0design designed designs sign signed signpost signs
igh0alright bright brighten brightened brightening brighter brightly daylight delighted eyesight …
il0council fossil lentil pencil pupils
nin0business captain chamberlain mountain mountains protein proteins
in0basin cousin medicines raisins
ine0medicine
əio0question questionnaire questionnaires questions region religion suggestions
nion0national
ion0action attention auctioneer audition calculations carnation celebration celebrations collection commission …
əiou0delicious efficacious gracious religious suspiciously
aɪəir0admired choir fires retired tired wires
ɜːir0bird birds birth birthday birthdays blackbird chirpy circle circles circuit …
aɪəire0bonfire empire entire fire fireman firemen fireplace fireplaces firewood fireworks …
aɪəiro0iron ironing
ɜːirr0stirred
is0island islanders islands isle
d͡ʒj0banjo enjoy enjoyed enjoying enjoys injections injure injured jabbed jabber …
kk0ask asked asking asks baked baker bakeries bakers bakery baking …
kke0awake bake bike bikes brake broke cake cakes choke cornflakes …
kkh0sikhs
nkn0knead knee knees knelt knew knife knits knitted knives knock …
ll0absolute absolutely absolutely accelerate admiral admiringly adult adults aeroplane ailments …
l0crinkly cuddling cuddly cycling dangling giggling jugglers juggling nibbler nibbling …
lle0airhole crocodile female hole isle keyhole male meanwhile mile mobile …
le0able apple apples available baffled bangles beetle beetles bicycle bicycles …
lll0actually all alligator alligators allowed ball ballet balloon balloons balls …
mm0abdomen admiral admired admiringly admit admitted advertisements ailments aim alarm …
mmb0bombs breadcrumbs climb climbed climbing climbs comb crumb crumbs honeycomb …
mme0became become bedtime blame came come costume daytime extremely frame …
mmm0commission common commotion cramming drummed hammer hammock humming hummingbird hummingbirds …
mmn0autumn columns hymn
nn0abdomen accident accidentally accidents accordion acorn acorns adventure adventures advertisements …
ŋn0anglers angry bangles bank banks blank blanket blankets blinked blinking …
mnd0grandpa
nnd0grandma handsome sandwich sandwiches
ŋnd0handkerchief
nne0aeroplane alone anyone bone cane cellophane chlorine crane done drone …
ŋng0acting adding admiringly along alongside amazing among amongst anything arriving …
ŋngue0meringues tongue tongues
mnm0environment environments government
nnn0anniversary announced announcement annoy antennae banned banner beginning bonnet cannonball …
o0ago airhole almost alone also antidote banjo bedclothes blindfold boldly …
o0do doing improve into lose loses losing move moved moves …
wo0choir
o0anyone everyone once one ones someone
ɒo0across albatross along alongside anybody apologized astonished astonishment belong belonged …
ɔːo0boring chlorine explorer explorers exploring pouring snoring storey stories storing …
əo0abdomen absolute absolutely accordion acrobat acrobats aeroplane almond almonds altogether …
ɪo0women
ʊo0policewoman tourist tourists wolf wolves woman
ʌo0above among amongst another become becomes becoming brother brothers colour …
oa0approach boasted boat boating boatman boatmen boats cloak coached coal …
ɔːoa0abroad
ɔːoar0aboard blackboard board boarding cardboard clipboard floorboard floorboards keyboard roar …
əoar0cupboard
oe0hoe hoeing tiptoe
oe0shoe shoes
ɔɪoi0boiled boiler boiling choice disappointed foil join joined joins joints …
əoi0tortoise tortoises
wɑːoir0reservoir reservoirs
lol0chocolate chocolates
ol0symbols
ol0controlled folk roll rolled roller rolling rolls townsfolk troll trolls …
om0blossom
ome0handsome quarrelsome
on0crimson lesson lessons pardon person personal poisoned poisonous poisons prison …
oo0brooch brooches
oo0afternoon balloon balloons bathroom bedroom bloomed boo boom boot boots …
ʊoo0book bookcase books cook cookbook cookbook cooked cooker cookies cooking …
ʌoo0blood flooded floods
ɔːoor0door doormat doors floor floorboard floorboards floors indoor indoors outdoor …
ʊəoor0moor
ɔːor0accordion acorn acorns airport airports bored born chores corks corn …
əor0actors alligator alligators comfort doctor doctors effort escalator forget forgetting …
ɜːor0clockwork earthworm earthworms fireworks homework woodwork word words work workbench …
ɹor0observatory
ɔːore0anymore before core explore more ore score shore snore sore …
ou0about aloud amount amounts announced announcement around blouse bounce bounced …
ou0mould shoulder
ou0group groups routes soup toucan you
ɒou0cough coughed coughing troughs
əou0camouflage camouflaged colouring curious dangerous deciduous enormous famous favourite flavouring …
ʊou0courier couriers
ʌou0countries country countryside couple cousin double enough rough touch touched …
ough0plough
ough0although dough though
ough0through
ɔːough0bought brought nought thought thoughtfully thoughtless thoughts
ʊoul0could should would
aʊəour0flour our ours ourselves sour
ɔːour0course courtyard four fourth pour poured pours your yours yourself
əour0colour coloured colours flavour flavours harbour honour neighbour neighbours vapour
ɜːour0journalists journey journeys
ow0allowed bows brow brown browns clown clowns cow cowboy cowboys …
ow0arrow barrow bellowed below billowing blow blowing blown blows borrow …
ɔɪoy0annoy boy boys cowboy cowboys destroyed enjoy enjoyed enjoying enjoys …
pp0aeroplane airport airports Alps amps apart apologized aprons asleep bump …
bpb0cupboard
ppe0envelope escapes grapes hope hopefully hopes microscope pipe pipes ripe …
fph0alphabet amphibians cellophane dolphin elephant elephants gramophone graphs pharaoh pharmacist …
pph0shepherds
ppp0appear appearance appeared appetite applause apple apples approach chopped chopper …
kq0equipment liquid liquids quack quacked quads quality quantities quantity quarrelling …
kqu0queue queues
ɹr0abracadabra abracadabra abroad accelerate acrobat acrobats across actress address addresses …
əre0centimetre centimetres centre centres ensure fibre here litre litres metres …
ɹrh0rhino rhinoceros rhinoceroses rhyme
ɹrr0arranged arrangements arrivals arrive arrived arriving arrow barracks barrel barrier …
ss0absolute absolutely accidents aches acrobats adults advertisements against agents ailments …
zs0acorns actors addresses adds adventures afterwards ages alligators almonds always …
ʃs0ensure extension mansion sugar sugary sure surely
ʒs0leisure measure measured measurements measuring occasions pleasure television televisions treasure …
ssc0crescent crescents fascinating muscles scene scenery scented science scientist scientists …
sse0advertisements base baseball bookcase case chase closely collapse course else …
zse0applause because blouse cause caused cheese Chinese choose chose close …
ʃsh0ash astonished astonishment bash British brush brushed brushes brushing bush …
sss0across actress address addresses albatross assembly asses assistant assistants badness …
zss0dessert scissors
ʃss0commission expression mission permission tissue
sst0castle castles chestnut christened christening Christmas dustbin dustbins fastened fasteners …
ssw0answer answered answers sword swordfish
tt0about accident accidentally accidents acrobat acrobats act acting actors actress …
t͡ʃt0actually adventure adventures captured costume costumes creature creatures eventually fortunately …
ʃt0action attention auctioneer audition calculations carnation celebration celebrations collection commotion …
t͡ʃtch0batches butcher catch catches catching ditches fetched hatch hatched hatches …
tte0absolute absolutely accelerate antidote appetite ate bicarbonate bite carbohydrate carbohydrates …
ðth0although altogether another bedclothes bother bothered breathing brother brothers clothes …
θth0anthem anything arithmetic bath bathing bathroom baths beneath birth birthday …
ðthe0bathe breathe
ttt0admitted attack attendant attendants attention attic attracted batteries battery better …
ttw0two
juːu0aluminium ambulance ambulances arguments binoculars calculations computer computers confused continued …
jʊəu0curious during mural
u0absolute absolutely actually blues clues costume costumes deciduous duvet duvets …
wu0equipment iguana iguanas language languages liquid liquids penguin penguins quack …
əu0album aluminium autumn cactus calcium circus columns crocus fungus genius …
ɛu0buried bury burying
ɪu0busied busier business busy minute minutes
ʊu0basketful beautiful Buddhist bulldozer bulls bush bushes butcher careful cuckoo …
ʌu0adult adults begun blubber bluff breadcrumbs brush brushed brushes brushing …
juːue0barbecue due rescue
ue0blue clue glue rue statue tissue true
juːui0nuisance
ui0cruise fruit fruits juice juicy suit suitable suitcase suits
ɪui0biscuit biscuits build builder builders building buildings built circuit guinea …
ul0awful difficult
ull0carefully gracefully gratefully hopefully tactfully thoughtfully
əur0Saturdays surprise surprised surprises survive
ɜːur0blurt burglars burn burned burning burns burnt burp burps burst …
ɹur0natural pasteurised pouring
jʊəure0cure cured cures manure pure
əure0adventure adventures captured creature creatures figures furniture future horticulture injure …
ɜːurr0blurred purred
juːuu0vacuum
uy0buy buying buys
vv0additives adventure adventures advertisements anniversary arrivals arrived arriving available balaclava …
vve0above alive arrive beehive behave believe brave bravely cave deserve …
vvv0revved
ww0afterwards always anyway awake away backwards between bewildered clockwork dishwasher …
hwh0who whoever whole wholly whose
wwh0anywhere cartwheel cartwheeled everywhere meanwhile nowhere somewhere whale whales what …
ɹwr0handwriting shipwreck shipwrecked unwrapped wrap wrapped wrapping wrecks wrestled wriggle …
ksx0box boxes coaxed exclaimed excuse exercise exercises exit expect expectantly …
ɡzx0exactly examined example
ksxc0excellent except excited excitedly excitement exciting
ksxe0axe
y0butterfly by carbohydrate carbohydrates cry crying cycle cycles cycling cyclist …
y0burying carrying copying emptying key keyboard keyhole keys tidying worrying
jy0beyond courtyard yacht yachts yaks yap yard yards yawn yawned …
əy0pyjamas
ɪy0absolutely accidentally actually admiringly already angry anniversary any anybody anybody …
ye0bye goodbye
yl0vinyl
zz0amazed amazing apologized bulldozer crazy dazed dozes dozing freezer freezers …
zze0amazement breeze daze doze freeze glaze maze prize realize size …
tszz0pizza
zzz0buzzing dizzy fizz fizzy puzzled puzzling whizzed