- The French alphabet is pronounced differently from the way it is pronounced in English. Use the list below to help you sound out the letters.
| A, a | [ɑ] | (ah) | like ‘a’ in ‘la’ |
| B, b | [be] | (bay) | |
| C, c | [se] | (say) | |
| D, d | [de] | (day) | |
| E, e | [ə] | (uh) | like ‘e’ in ‘le’ |
| F, f | [εf] | (eff) | |
| G, g | [Ze] | (jay) | |
| H, h | [aʃ] | (ash) | |
| I, i | [i] | (ee) | |
| J, j | [Zi] | (jee) | |
| K, k | [ka] | (ka) | |
| L, l | [εl] | (ell) | |
| M, m | [εm] | (emm) | |
| N, n | [εn] | (enn) | |
| O, o | [o] | (oh) | |
| P, p | [pe] | (pay) | |
| Q, q | [ky] | (ku) | like ‘u’ in ‘une’ |
| R, r | [εr] | (air) | |
| S, s | [εs] | (ess) | |
| T, t | [te] | (tay) | |
| U, u | [y] | (u) | like ‘u’ in ‘une’ |
| V, v | [ve] | (vay) | |
| W, w | [dubləve] | (doobla-vay) | |
| X, x | [iks] | (eex) | |
| Y, y | [igrεk] | (ee-grek) | |
| Z, z | [zεd] | (zed) | |
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