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Sound to Spelling	Examples	AES	Sort	Instances	Percentage for This Sound
[a1]=<a>	act	12.2.1	1	1192	99.67%
[a1]=<au>	laugh	12.3	2	4	0.33%
[e1]=<a>	any		3	8	0.59%
[e1]=<ai>	said	13.4.1	4	3	0.22%
[e1]=<ay>	says	13.4.1	4.1	1	0.07%
[e1]=<e>	met	13.3.1	5	1275	93.41%
[e1]=<ea>	head	13.3.2	6	73	5.35%
[e1]=<eo>	leopard	13.4.4	6.1	2	0.15%
[e1]=<ie>	friend	13.4.2	7	3	0.22%
[i1]=<a> (unstressed)	chocolate		8	89	2.80%
[i1]=<ai> (unstressed)	bargain		9	3	0.09%
[i1]=<e> (unstressed)	closet		10	731	23.04%
[i1]=<ee>	been	14.4.4	11	1	0.03%
[i1]=<ei>	foreign	14.4.5	12	5	0.16%
[i1]=<i>	hit	14.3.1	13	2250	70.91%
[i1]= <ia> (unstressed)	carriage		14	3	0.09%
[i1]=<ie>	mischief		15	2	0.06%
[i1]=<o>	women	14.4.2	16	1	0.03%
[i1]=<u>	busy	14.4.3	17	4	0.13%
[i1]=<ui>	build	14.4.6	18	4	0.13%
[i1]=<y>	crystal	14.3.2	19	80	2.52%
[o1]=<a>	watch	15.3.2.2	20	32	4.15%
[o1]=<e>	entrepreneur	15.2.2.3	20.1	2	0.26%
[o1]=<eau>	bureaucracy		20.2	1	0.13%
[o1]=<o>	block	15.3.1.2	21	732	94.94%
[o1]=<oh>	John	15.3.1.1	22	2	0.26%
[o1]=<ow>	knowledge	15.3.2.1	23	2	0.26%
[o3]=<a>	father	15.2.1.1	26	49	89.09%
[o3]=<ah>	hurrah	15.2.2.2	27	2	3.64%
[o3]=<e>	genre	15.2.2.3	27.1	4	7.27%
[o4]=<a>	false	15.2.1.2	28	73	38.02%
[o4]=<ah>	Utah	15.2.2.2	28.1	1	0.52%
[o4]=<au>	caught	11.3	29	69	35.94%
[o4]=<aw>	awful	15.2.2.1	30	31	16.15%
[o4]=<o>	strong	15.3.2.1	36	3	1.56%
[o4]=<oa>	broad	15.3.2.4	37	4	2.08%
[o4]=<ou>	thought	15.3.2.3	38	11	5.73%
[u1]=<a>	was and what	18.3.2	39	9	1.47%
[u1]=<o>	among	17.1.2	40	100	16.29%
[u1]=<oe>	does	17.1.2	41	2	0.33%
[u1]=<oo>	flood	17.2.1	42	5	0.81%
[u1]=<ou>	rough	17.2.2	43	18	2.93%
[u1]=<u>	cut	17.1.1	44	480	78.18%
[u3]=<eu>	neurosis		44.1	2	2.00%
[u3]=<o>	wolf	16.4.2	45	5	5.00%
[u3]=<oo>	wood	16.3.1	46	46	46.00%
[u3]=<ou>	could	16.4.1	47	9	9.00%
[u3]=<u>	cushion	16.3.2	48	37	37.00%
[u3]=<uo>	fluorescent		48.1	1	1.00%
[a2]=<a>	late	18.2.1	49	709	73.32%
[a2]=<ai>	paid	18.2.2	50	135	13.96%
[a2]=<au>	gauge	18.3.6	50.1	1	0.10%
[a2]=<ay>	pay	18.2.2	51	70	7.24%
[a2]=<e>	nucleic	18.3.5	51.1	14	1.45%
[a2]=<é>	cliché		51.2	1	0.10%
[a2]=<ea>	great	18.3.3	52	9	0.93%
[a2]=<ee>	Beethoven	18.3.5	53	1	0.10%
[a2]=<ei>	veil	18.3.1	54	17	1.76%
[a2]=<ey>	prey	18.3.1	56	10	1.03%
[e2]=<a>	Israel		56.1	2	0.11%
[e2]=<ae>	Caesar	19.3.3	57	5	0.28%
[e2]=<ay>	Sunday	19.3.6	58	7	0.40%
[e2]=<e>	complete	19.2.1	59	287	16.33%
[e2]=<ea>	cream	19.2.4	60	165	9.39%
[e2]=<ee>	creep	19.2.4	61	158	8.99%
[e2]=<ei>	neither	19.3.1	62	14	0.80%
[e2]=<eo>	people	19.3.4	63	1	0.06%
[e2]=<ey>	key	19.3.2	64	20	1.14%
[e2]=<i>	machine	19.2.3	65	264	15.03%
[e2]=<ie>	movie	19.3.1	66	54	3.07%
[e2]=<oe>	phoebe	19.3.3	67	4	0.23%
[e2]=<y> (Weakly stressed)	many	19.2.2	68	776	44.17%
[i2]=<ae>	maestro		68.1	1	0.14%
[i2]=<ai>	aisle	20.3.4	69	3	0.41%
[i2]=<ay>	aye	20.3.5	70	3	0.41%
[i2]=<ei>	height	20.3.2	71	6	0.82%
[i2]=<ey>	geyser	20.3.6	72	3	0.41%
[i2]=<i>	dime	20.2.1	73	574	78.63%
[i2]=<ie>	lie	20.3.1	74	20	2.74%
[i2]=<uy>	buy	20.3.7	75	4	0.55%
[i2]=<y>	type	20.2.2	76	116	15.89%
[o2]=<aoh>	pharaoh		76.1	1	0.13%
[o2]=<au>	chauvinism	21.3.2	76.2	1	0.13%
[o2]=<eau>	bureau	21.3.2	77	2	0.27%
[o2]=<eo>	yeoman	21.3.3	78	1	0.13%
[o2]=<ew>	sew	21.3.3	79	2	0.27%
[o2]=<io>	ratio		80	1	0.13%
[o2]=<o>	go and toe	21.2.1	81	621	82.36%
[o2]=<oa>	boat	21.2.2	82	39	5.17%
[o2]=<oh>	oh	21.3.3	83	2	0.27%
[o2]=<oo>	Roosevelt	21.3.3	84	1	0.13%
[o2]=<ou>	poultry	21.3.1	85	8	1.06%
[o2]=<ow>	rainbow	21.2.3	86	75	9.95%
[u2]=<eu>	neutral	22.4.5	87	7	1.83%
[u2]=<ew>	new	22.4.4	88	33	8.64%
[u2]=<ieu>	lieutenant	22.4.5	89	1	0.26%
[u2]=<oe>	shoe	22.4.1	90	2	0.52%
[u2]=<o>	prove	22.4.1	90	27	7.07%
[u2]=<oo>	room	22.3.1	91	87	22.77%
[u2]=<ou>	routine	22.4.3	91.1	20	5.24%
[u2]=<u>	ruin and statue	22.3.2	92	194	50.79%
[u2]=<ue>	Tuesday		92.1	1	0.26%
[u2]=<ui>	suit	22.4.6	93	10	2.62%
[oi]=<oi>	boil	24.2.1.2	94	52	63.41%
[oi]=<oy>	boy	24.2.1.1	95	29	35.37%
[oi]=<uoy>	buoyancy	24.2.2	95.1	1	1.22%
[ou]=<ao>	Taoism		95.15	1	0.51%
[ou]=<au>	glaucoma		95.2	2	1.01%
[ou]=<ou>	bounce	24.3.1.5	96	134	67.68%
[ou]=<ow>	brown	24.3.1.1	97	61	30.81%
[u4]=<a> (Schwa)	above		98	1147	33.62%
[u4]=<ae>	anaerobic		98.1	1	0.03%
[u4]=<ah>	Sarah		99	8	0.23%
[u4]=<ai>	villain		100	5	0.15%
[u4]=<au>	authority		100.1	2	0.06%
[u4]=<e>	alien		101	561	16.44%
[u4]=<ea>	ocean		102	5	0.15%
[u4]=<eau>	bureaucrat		102.1	1	0.03%
[u4]=<ei>	foreigner		102.2	1	0.03%
[u4]=<eo>	pigeon		103	4	0.12%
[u4]=<eou>	gorgeous		104	3	0.09%
[u4]=<eu>	pasteurized		104.1	1	0.03%
[u4]=<i>	horrible		105	216	6.33%
[u4]=<ia>	parliament		106	44	1.29%
[u4]=<ie>	patience		107	11	0.32%
[u4]=<io>	region		108	422	12.37%
[u4]=<iou>	religious		109	18	0.53%
[u4]=<iu>	Belgium		110	1	0.03%
[u4]=<o>	million		111	688	20.16%
[u4]=<ou>	courteous		112	51	1.49%
[u4]=<u>	awful		113	215	6.30%
[u4]=<y>	ethyl		113.1	7	0.21%
[u4m]=<m>	chasm		113.2	123	100.00%
[u5]=<a> (Full schwa to silent)	diamond		114	2	50.00%
[u5]=<e> (Full schwa to silent)	Frederic		115	1	25.00%
[u5]=<o> (Full schwa to silent)	Dorothy		117	1	25.00%
[a1r]=<ahr>	Fahrenheit	25.2	117.1	1	1.32%
[a1r]=<ar>	tariff	25.2.1.2	118	52	68.42%
[a1r]=<arr>	carriage	25.2.1.2	119	22	28.95%
[a1r]=<uar>	guarantee	25.2.1.2	120	1	1.32%
[a3r]=<air>	pair	25.2.2	121	19	17.12%
[a3r]=<ar>	scarce and rare	25.2.1.2	122	56	50.45%
[a3r]=<ayer>	prayer	25.2.2	124	1	0.90%
[a3r]=<ear>	wear	25.2.2	125	9	8.11%
[a3r]=<eir>	heir	25.2.2	126	2	1.80%
[a3r]=<er>	wherever	25.2.1.3	127	23	20.72%
[a3r]=<ey'r>	they're	25.2.2	129	1	0.90%
[e1r]=<ar>	dictionary	25.2.1.1	130	43	41.35%
[e1r]=<er>	sheriff	25.2.1.3	131	41	39.42%
[e1r]=<err>	strawberry	25.2.1.3	132	18	17.31%
[e1r]= <ur>	bury	25.2.1.1	133	2	1.92%
[e3r]=<ear>	dear	25.4.2.1	134	32	31.07%
[e3r]=<eer>	deer	25.4.2.1	135	16	15.53%
[e3r]=<eir>	weird	25.4.2.4	135.1	1	0.97%
[e3r]=<er>	era	25.4.1.1	136	46	44.66%
[e3r]=<e'r>	we're		136.1	1	0.97%
[e3r]=<ier>	pier	25.4.2.3	138	7	6.80%
[i1r]=<irr>	irritate	25.4.1.2	139.1	4	80.00%
[i1r]=<yr>	tyranny	25.4.1.2	139.2	1	20.00%
[i2r]=<ier>	fiery	25.5.2	140	1	2.78%
[i2r]=<ir>	desirable	25.5.1.1	141	35	97.22%
[o3r]=<ar>	hard	25.3.1.5	144	236	96.72%
[o3r]=<arr>	starred	25.3.1.5	145	1	0.41%
[o3r]=<ear>	heart	25.3.2	146	6	2.46%
[o3r]=<er>	sergeant	25.3.2	147	1	0.41%
[o5r]=<ar>	reward	25.3.1.3	148	31	8.22%
[o5r]=<arr>	warrant	25.3.1.3	149	5	1.33%
[o5r]=<aur>	dinosaur	25.3.2	150	7	1.86%
[o5r]=<eor>	George		151	2	0.53%
[o5r]=<oar>	roar	25.3.2	152	10	2.65%
[o5r]=<oor>	floor	25.3.2	153	6	1.59%
[o5r]=<or>	scorn	25.3.1.2	154	295	78.25%
[o5r]=<o'er>	o'er		155	1	0.27%
[o5r]=<our>	source	25.3.2	156	19	5.04%
[o5r]=<ou'r>	you're		157	1	0.27%
[u1r]=<ear>	earl	25.7.3	160	17	4.94%
[u1r]=<er>	term	25.7.2.2	161	149	43.31%
[u1r]=<err>	err	25.7.2.2	162	5	1.45%
[u1r]=<eur>	entrepreneur	25.7.3	163	1	0.29%
[u1r]=<ir>	circle	25.7.2.3	164	42	12.21%
[u1r]=<irr>	squirrel	25.7.2.3	164.1	1	0.29%
[u1r]=<ol>	colonel	25.7.3	165	1	0.29%
[u1r]=<or>	word	25.7.2.1	166	20	5.81%
[u1r]=<orr>	worry	25.7.2.1	167	1	0.29%
[u1r]=<our>	courage	25.7.3	168	15	4.36%
[u1r]=<ur>	fur	25.7.2.3	169	79	22.97%
[u1r]=<urr>	burrow	25.7.2.4	170	12	3.49%
[u1r]=<yrrh>	myrrh	25.7.3	170.1	1	0.29%
[u3r]=<eur>	amateur	25.7.3	170.2	2	6.25%
[u3r]=<oor>	poor	25.6.2	171	2	6.25%
[u3r]=<our>	tour	25.6.2	172	4	12.50%
[u3r]=<uor>	fluorocarbon		172.1	1	3.13%
[u3r]=<ur>	during	25.6.1.1	173	23	71.88%
[u4r]=<ar>	coward		175	66	6.96%
[u4r]=<er>	customer		176	648	68.35%
[u4r]=<eur>	pasteurization		176.1	1	0.11%
[u4r]=<ier>	soldier		177	2	0.21%
[u4r]=<ir>	admiral		178	11	1.16%
[u4r]=<oar>	cupboard		179	1	0.11%
[u4r]=<or>	creditor		180	148	15.61%
[u4r]=<r>	acre		180.1	2	0.21%
[u4r]=<ro>	iron		181	1	0.11%
[u4r]=<ur>	injury		182	65	6.86%
[u4r]=<yr>	martyr		184	3	0.32%
[yu2]=<eau>	beauty	23.2.4	185	2	1.35%
[yu2]=<eu>	eulogy	23.2.3	185.1	5	3.38%
[yu2]=<ew>	few	23.2.2	186	4	2.70%
[yu2]=<ieu>	adieu	23.2.4	186.1	1	0.68%
[yu2]=<iew>	view	23.2.2	187	2	1.35%
[yu2]=<ou>	Houston	23.2.4	188	1	0.68%
[yu2]=<u>	use	23.2.1	189	132	89.19%
[yu2]=<uu>	vacuum		189.1	1	0.68%
[yu3]=<u>	refugee		190	5	100.00%
[yu1r]=<ieur>	monsieur	25.6.1.2	191	1	100.00%
[yu3r]=<eur>	Europe		192	2	7.69%
[yu3r]=<ur>	curiosity	25.6.1.2	192.1	24	92.31%
[yu4]=<ia>	pneumonia		193	1	1.52%
[yu4]=<u>	monument		194	65	98.48%
[b]=<b>	baby	26.2.3.2	195	929	97.89%
[b]=<bb>	cabbage	26.2.3.7	196	19	2.00%
[b]=<pb>	cupboard	26.2.2	197	1	0.11%
[ch]=<c>	cello	30.3.1	197.1	2	0.69%
[ch]=<ch>	church	30.3.2	198	159	55.21%
[ch]=<t>	feature	30.3.3	199	94	32.64%
[ch]=<tch>	hatch	30.3.2.1	200	32	11.11%
[ch]=<tsch>	kitsch	30.3.1	200.1	1	0.35%
[d]=<d>	did	26.4.3.1	201	1652	97.81%
[d]=<dd>	ladder	26.4.3.6	202	29	1.72%
[d]=<ld>	should	26.4.2	203	8	0.47%
[f]=<f>	farm	28.2.3.3	204	722	77.97%
[f]=<ff>	offense	28.2.3.2	205	70	7.56%
[f]=<ft>	soften	28.2.2.5	206	3	0.32%
[f]=<gh>	laugh	28.2.2.3	207	8	0.86%
[f]=<lf>	calf	28.2.2.4	208	5	0.54%
[f]=<ph>	phone	28.2.2.1	209	118	12.74%
[g]=<g>	girl	27.2.4.1	210	536	96.23%
[g]=<gg>	struggle	27.2.4.6	211	15	2.69%
[g]=<gh>	ghost	27.2.3	212	5	0.90%
[g]=<tg>	mortgage	27.2.3	213	1	0.18%
[gz]=<x>	exact	27.2.3	214	17	100.00%
[gzh]=<x>	luxury	30.2.3.2	215	1	100.00%
[h]=<ch>	chutzpah		215.1	2	0.48%
[h]=<h>	hold	28.4.1	216	409	97.15%
[h]=<j>	junta		216.1	1	0.24%
[h]=<wh>	who	28.4.2	217	9	2.14%
[hw]=<wh>	why	28.4.3	218	44	100.00%
[j]=<d>	educate	30.4.4	219	14	3.18%
[j]=<dg>	grudge	30.4.3.1	220	20	4.55%
[j]=<dj>	adjective	30.4.2	221	6	1.36%
[j]=<g>	general	30.4.3.2	222	293	66.59%
[j]=<gg>	exaggerate	30.4.2	223	1	0.23%
[j]=<j>	jungle	30.4.3.9	224	106	24.09%
[k]=<c>	lecture	27.3.3.4	225	1412	67.72%
[k]=<cc>	accuse	27.3.2.1	226	31	1.49%
[k]=<ch>	school	27.3.2.3	227	87	4.17%
[k]=<ck>	attack	27.3.3.10	228	118	5.66%
[k]=<cq>	acquaint	27.3.2.5	229	4	0.19%
[k]=<k>	ankle	27.3.3.3	230	309	14.82%
[k]=<lk>	chalk	27.3.2.7	231	10	0.48%
[k]=<q>	banquet	27.3.2.4	232	91	4.36%
[k]=<qu>	conquer	27.3.2.4	233	10	0.48%
[k]=<x>	exceed	27.3.2.6	234	13	0.62%
[ks]=<x>	tax	27.3.3.14	235	153	100.00%
[ksh]=<x>	anxious	30.2.3	236	8	100.00%
[l1]=<l>	lady	32.2.2.2	237	2153	88.35%
[l1]=<ll>	yellow	32.2.2.2	238	279	11.45%
[l1]=<sl>	island	32.2.1.1	239	5	0.21%
[l2]=<l> (Syllabic <l>)	battle	8.1.7.1	240	76	96.20%
[l2]=<ll>	satellite		240.1	3	3.80%
[u4l]=<l>	cable	8.1.7.1	241	156	100.00%
[m]=<gm>	paradigm	31.2.1.4	241.1	2	0.13%
[m]=<lm>	calm	31.2.1.2	242	6	0.38%
[m]=<m>	meteor	31.2.2.1	243	1493	94.67%
[m]=<mb>	bomb	31.2.1.1	244	10	0.63%
[m]=<mm>	comma	31.2.2.5	245	58	3.68%
[m]=<mn>	column	31.2.1.3	246	8	0.51%
[n1]=<gn>	sign	31.3.1.2	247	15	0.49%
[n1]=<kn>	know	31.3.1.1	248	18	0.59%
[n1]=<ln>	Lincoln		249	1	0.03%
[n1]=<n>	none	31.3.2.1	250	2986	97.07%
[n1]=<nn>	connect	31.3.2.5	251	56	1.82%
[n2]=<n> (Syllabic <n>)	forgotten		252	62	100.00%
[ng]=<n>	sink	31.4.2	253	105	28.00%
[ng]=<ng>	sing	31.4.3	254	270	72.00%
[p]=<bp>	subpoena	26.3.2	254.1	1	0.07%
[p]=<p>	pop	26.3.3.1	255	1435	94.53%
[p]=<ph>	shepherd	26.3.2	256	1	0.07%
[p]=<pp>	happy	26.3.3.6	257	81	5.34%
[r]=<r>	reptile	32.3.2.2	258	1804	96.78%
[r]=<rh>	rhythm	32.3.1.2	259	7	0.38%
[r]=<rr>	sorry	32.3.2.2	260	28	1.50%
[r]=<rrh>	cirrhosis	32.3.1.2	260.1	3	0.16%
[r]=<wr>	write	32.3.1.1	261	22	1.18%
[s]=<c>	ceiling	29.2.4	262	505	18.17%
[s]=<ps>	psychology	29.2.2.2	263	13	0.47%
[s]=<s>	sit	29.2.3.2	264	1992	71.68%
[s]=<sc>	scene	29.2.2.1	265	30	1.08%
[s]=<ss>	miss	29.2.3.1	266	211	7.59%
[s]=<st>	fasten	29.2.2.3	267	18	0.65%
[s]=<sth>	isthmus	29.2.2.3	267.1	1	0.04%
[s]=<sw>	sword	29.2.2.3	268	2	0.07%
[s]=<z>	quartz	29.2.2.3	269	7	0.25%
[sh]=<c>	social	30.2.3.5	270	42	6.10%
[sh]=<ch>	Chicago	30.2.1	271	10	1.45%
[sh]=<s>	sugar	30.2.3.2	272	16	2.32%
[sh]=<sc>	conscience	30.2.3.4	273	8	1.16%
[sh]=<sh>	shoe	30.2.2	274	215	31.20%
[sh]=<ss>	issue	30.2.3.3	275	39	5.66%
[sh]=<t>	nation	30.2.3.1	276	359	52.10%
[t]=<bt>	doubt	26.5.2	277	7	0.23%
[t]=<cht>	yacht	26.5.2	277.1	1	0.03%
[t]=<d>	finished	26.5.2	278	25	0.82%
[t]=<ght>	flight	26.5.2	279	76	2.48%
[t]=<pt>	receipt	26.5.2	280	1	0.03%
[t]=<t>	time	26.5.3.1	281	2851	92.96%
[t]=<th>	Thomas	26.5.2	282	2	0.07%
[t]=<tt>	kitten	26.5.3.6	283	103	3.36%
[t]=<tw>	two	26.5.2	284	1	0.03%
[th1]=<h>	eighth	26.5.2	285	1	0.38%
[th1]=<th>	thin	28.3.3.1	286	260	99.62%
[th2]=<th>	this	28.3.3.2	287	84	100.00%
[ts]=<z>	schizophrenia		287.1	2	100.00%
[v]=<f>	of	28.1.2.3	288	1	0.15%
[v]=<v>	value	28.1.3	289	671	99.85%
[w]=<o>	choir	33.2.1	289.1	1	0.22%
[w]=<oi>	bourgeoisie		289.2	1	0.22%
[w]=<u>	distinguish	33.2.2.1	290	100	22.42%
[w]=<w>	wash	33.2.2.2	291	344	77.13%
[wu1]=<o>	one	33.2.1	292	5	100.00%
[y]=<i>	genius	33.3.2	293	40	47.06%
[y]=<j>	fjord		293.1	1	1.18%
[y]=<y>	yet	33.3.1	294	44	51.76%
[z]=<cz>	czar	29.1.2	294.1	1	0.14%
[z]=<s>	observe	29.1.3.2	295	621	86.01%
[z]=<ss>	possess	29.1.3.2	296	6	0.83%
[z]=<ts>	tsar	29.1.2	296.1	1	0.14%
[z]=<x>	anxiety	31.4.2.5	297	3	0.42%
[z]=<z>	zone	29.1.3.1	298	83	11.50%
[z]=<zz>	buzz	29.1.3.1	299	7	0.97%
[zh]=<g>	garage	30.5.2.1	300	8	13.33%
[zh]=<s>	casual	30.5.3	301	51	85.00%
[zh]=<t>	equation	30.5.3	302	1	1.67%
{D}=<e>	hide		303	1458
{D}=<u>	guess		304	23
{ND}=<d>	handkerchief		305	3
{ND}=<e>	hooked		306	541
{ND}=<gh>	neighbor		307	24
{ND}=<h>	exhaust		308	16
{ND}=<i>	business		309	16
{ND}=<n>	monsieur		310	1
{ND}=<o>	laboratory		312	9
{ND}=<u>	guard		313	2
' (Apostrophe)	hadn't		314	48
- (Hyphen)	old-fashioned		315	28
. (Period)	Dr.		316	5
[space] (Space) (Tagged with3 spaces)	United States		317	17

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