# Phonetic notation

The Speechace API returns phoneme level feedback using the [ARPAbet phonetic notation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPABET)

You can map the phoneme notation to the commonly used [IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet) using the below tables:

You can reference the tables in the following sections to map ARPAbet symbols to the commonly used [IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet) for these languages:

* [**US English**](https://api-docs.speechace.com/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/us-english-en-us)
* [**UK English**](https://api-docs.speechace.com/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/uk-english-en-gb)
* [**French**](https://api-docs.speechace.com/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/french-fr-fr-fr-ca) (France and Canada)
* [**Spanish**](https://api-docs.speechace.com/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/spanish-es-es-es-mx) (Spain and Mexico)