> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://api-docs.speechace.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://api-docs.speechace.com/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation.md).

# 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**](/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/us-english-en-us.md)
* [**UK English**](/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/uk-english-en-gb.md)
* [**French**](/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/french-fr-fr-fr-ca.md) (France and Canada)
* [**Spanish**](/guides-on-common-topics/phonetic-notation/spanish-es-es-es-mx.md) (Spain and Mexico)


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