Rules of reading

Rules of reading in French

Letters	Transcription	Examples
d, p, s, t, x, z	[-] at the end	sport, fruit, expert, nez
qu	[k]
c	[s] before i and y [k] exept before i and y
g	[ʒ] before i and y [g] exept before i and y
ti, tie	[s] in the middle or end of a word
x	[gz] between vowels [ks] in other cases

Letters	Transcription	Examples
ai	[ε]	lait, paire
ay	[εj]	payer
au	[ɔ] before r [o]	laure, taure haut, faux
eau	[o]	eau, peau, bateau
an, am	[ɑ̃]	bandit, océan,lampe
é	[e]	métal, vélo, métro
è	[ε]	problème, sirène, poème
ê	[ε]	fête, tête, fenêtre
e	[ε] in closed syllable [ə] in open syllable [-] at the end	duel, buffet, terrasse semestre, souvenir registre
eu	[ø] in the end [œ]	peu, jeu, deux, ceux neuve, seul, visiteur
i	[j] before vowels
ô	[o]	dôme, rôle, hôte
ou	[u]	journal, tour
oi	[wa]	toilette, histoire
oy	[waj]	voyage
on, om	[ɔ̃]	balcon, concert, complexe, bombe
un, um	[ε̃]	un, brun, parfum
y	[j] before vowels