English alphabet: letter names

Hear a letter name and choose its written letter. Read a spelling example after every answer.

Ten questions per round, no timer. These are the names used to spell words aloud; letters can represent different sounds in words.

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The hints use ordinary English spelling, not IPA. General American usually calls Z zee; many British speakers call it zed. Letter names help spell a word aloud; they are different from its sounds.

A · name hint: ay
A as in airport.
B · name hint: bee
B as in book.
C · name hint: see
C as in city.
D · name hint: dee
D as in doctor.
E · name hint: ee
E as in enjoy.
F · name hint: ef
F as in food.
G · name hint: jee
G as in good.
H · name hint: aitch
H as in home.
I · name hint: eye
I as in invite.
J · name hint: jay
J as in job.
K · name hint: kay
K as in kind.
L · name hint: el
L as in learn.
M · name hint: em
M as in money.
N · name hint: en
N as in night.
O · name hint: oh
O as in owner.
P · name hint: pee
P as in phone.
Q · name hint: cue
Q as in question.
R · name hint: ar
R as in read.
S · name hint: ess
S as in school.
T · name hint: tee
T as in table.
U · name hint: you
U as in use.
V · name hint: vee
V as in vegetable.
W · name hint: double U
W as in water.
X · name hint: ex
X as in X-ray.
Y · name hint: why
Y as in year.
Z · name hint: zee
Z as in zoo.

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