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	88%
Voiced alveolar nasal	n	tin	88%
Voiceless bilabial plosive	p	pit	88%
Voiceless labiodental fricative	f	fat	85%
Voiced labiodental fricative	v	vat	85%
Voiceless alveolar fricative	s	sap	81%
Voiceless alveolar plosive	t	tin	81%
Voiced alveolar fricative	z	zap	81%
Voiced alveolar plosive	d	din	77%
Voiced velar plosive	g	gut	73%
Voiceless glottal fricative	h	ham	73%
Voiceless velar plosive	k	cut	73%
Voiced alveolar lateral approximant	l	lump	73%
Voiced dental fricative	θ	thigh	62%
Voiced velar nasal	ŋ	ring	62%
Voiced alveolar approximant	ɹ	rump	62%
Voiceless dental fricative	ð	thy	62%
Voiced labio-velar approximant	w	wore	58%
Voiceless velar fricative	x	loch	58%
Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative	ʃ	mesh	54%
Voiced postalveolar fricative	ʒ	measure	46%
Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate	d͡ʒ	jeep	46%
Voiced palatal approximant	j	your	46%
Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate	tʃ	cheap	46%