Statistics for Consonant Phonemes of the English Language

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Consonant Phoneme	IPA	Example	% Correct
Voiced bilabial nasal	m	Tim	100%
Voiced bilabial plosive	b	bit	89%
Voiced alveolar nasal	n	tin	89%
Voiceless bilabial plosive	p	pit	89%
Voiceless labiodental fricative	f	fat	86%
Voiced labiodental fricative	v	vat	86%
Voiceless alveolar fricative	s	sap	82%
Voiceless alveolar plosive	t	tin	82%
Voiced alveolar fricative	z	zap	82%
Voiced alveolar plosive	d	din	79%
Voiced velar plosive	g	gut	75%
Voiceless glottal fricative	h	ham	75%
Voiceless velar plosive	k	cut	75%
Voiced alveolar lateral approximant	l	lump	75%
Voiced velar nasal	ŋ	ring	64%
Voiced alveolar approximant	ɹ	rump	64%
Voiced dental fricative	θ	thigh	61%
Voiceless dental fricative	ð	thy	61%
Voiced labio-velar approximant	w	wore	61%
Voiceless velar fricative	x	loch	61%
Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative	ʃ	mesh	54%
Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate	tʃ	cheap	50%
Voiced postalveolar fricative	ʒ	measure	46%
Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate	d͡ʒ	jeep	46%
Voiced palatal approximant	j	your	46%