French Alphabet

Letter	Sound in French
a	father
ai	ay sound in pain
au	o sound in taupe
b	boy
c	both k and s sounds like in English cow or ceiling
ç	s facade
ch	sh sound in champagne
d	dog
e, eu	eu sound in
é	ay sound in fiancé
é	eh sound in bet
eau	o sound in bow
f	frog
g	go, but can also sound like zh in mirage
h	silent
i	ee sound in street
j	zh sound in mirage
k	kit -rarely used
l	long
m	monkey
n	nose
o	open
oi	sounds like wah
ou	oo sound in soup
p	pan
ph	f sound in phone
q	k sound in kit, always followed by silent u
r	softer sound almost an h
s, ti	sing, and for example: attention would be pronounced ah-TEN-si-on
t, th	time
u	ou sound in you or too
ue	weh sound in suede
ui	wee sound in cuisine
v	violin
w	v sound, rarely used
x	exit
y	yellow
z	zebra

Note: Do not pronouce d, s, t, or x when it is the last letter of the word. For example, the word français (French) would sound like frahnSAY. Stress generally falls on the last syllable of a word.

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