This page teaches controlled sound targets from our reviewed catalogue. It does not claim one universal whole-word IPA transcription: the sounds in a word can vary by speaker and target variety.
Reviewed sound focus
/ʊ/
Received Pronunciation (British) · Cockney (British) · General American
High back, rounded lips, short. 'Foot' /fʊt/.
Common slip: No universal substitution is claimed; compare the recording with the target-accent reference.
Real recordings from our search library that contain “foot”.
Public domain
“He placed a foot on her small body and began laughing.”
General American
From "'A Princess of Mars,' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Part Three" (2017). VOA Learning English. Public domain (US government work). — “'A Princess of Mars,' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Part Three”