IPA Transcription of "sphere" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “sphere” is /ˈsfɪɹ/.

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sphere

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/sfɪə/
English (United Kingdom)/sˈfɪə/

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