French Phonemes

The tables below list the full set of phonemes supported by Capacity Private Cloud Neural and LLM TTS for French. Both regional variants are covered: French (France) (fr-FR) and French (Canada) (fr-CA). Each phoneme is shown with its Unicode code point(s), decimal value(s), IPA symbol, X-SAMPA representation, viseme, and an example word. Consonants and vowels are listed separately.

Phonemes can be supplied in SSML using the <phoneme> element (with alphabet="ipa" or alphabet="x-sampa") to override the default pronunciation of a word. For the complete list of Neural TTS voices, see Neural TTS Languages.

French (France) — fr-FR

These phonemes apply to the following French (France) Neural TTS voices:

Laurent
Suzanne

Supplementary English phonemes. In addition to the native French (France) inventory, this phoneme set includes a number of English phonemes (marked with ^* and grouped at the end of each table). These are provided so that English words and loanwords that appear within French (France) text are pronounced correctly.

Consonants

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0062	98	b	b	DIS_1	bas
U+0283	643	ʃ	S	DIS_8	chat
U+0064	100	d	d	DIS_7	deux
U+0066	102	f	f	DIS_4	faim
U+0067	103	g	g	DIS_9	gain
U+0292	658	ʒ	Z	DIS_8	joue
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	coup
U+006C	108	l	l	DIS_6	loup
U+006D	109	m	m	DIS_1	mou
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	nous
U+0272	626	ɲ	J	DIS_7	poigne
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	pas
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	riz
U+0073	115	s	s	DIS_7	sa
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	ta
U+0265	613	ɥ	H	DIS_3	lui
U+0076	118	v	v	DIS_4	va
U+0077	119	w	w	DIS_2	fois
U+006A	106	j	j	DIS_10	nier
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	aise
U+0077 U+0061	119 97	wa	wa	DIS_2	poids
U+0077 U+025B U+0303	119 603 771	wɛ̃	wE~	DIS_2	point
U+006A U+0254 U+0303	106 596 771	jɔ̃	jO~	DIS_10	pion
U+006A U+0061	106 97	ja	ja	DIS_10	fia
U+006A U+006F	106 111	jo	jo	DIS_10	rafiot
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	pas
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	doit
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	rien
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	gag
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	drap
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	premier
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	hache
U+0074 U+0283	116 643	tʃ	tS	DIS_8	each ^*
U+00F0	240	ð	D	DIS_5	then ^*
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	hat ^*
U+0064 U+0292	100 658	dʒ	dZ	DIS_8	edge ^*
U+014B	331	ŋ	N	DIS_9	song ^*
U+0279	633	ɹ	r\	DIS_3	ray ^*
U+03B8	952	θ	T	DIS_5	thin ^*
U+0279	633	ɹ	r\	DIS_3	for ^*
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	cats ^*

Vowels

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0251	593	ɑ	A	DIS_13	palm
U+0061	97	a	a	DIS_13	pas
U+025B	603	ɛ	E	DIS_11	paix
U+0251 U+0303	593 771	ɑ̃	A~	DIS_13	pan
U+006F	111	o	o	DIS_12	peau
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	ce
U+0065	101	e	e	DIS_11	les
U+00F8	248	ø	2	DIS_3	deux
U+0069	105	i	i	DIS_10	pis
U+025B U+0303	603 771	ɛ̃	E~	DIS_11	pain
U+0153	339	œ	9	DIS_12	peur
U+0254 U+0303	596 771	ɔ̃	O~	DIS_13	pont
U+0254	596	ɔ	O	DIS_13	port
U+0075	117	u	u	DIS_3	pou
U+0079 U+0303	121 771	ỹ	y~	DIS_13	dumping
U+0079	121	y	y	DIS_3	put
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	centre
U+0061 U+026A	97 618	aɪ	aI	DIS_9	price ^*
U+025B U+0259	603 601	ɛə	E@	DIS_11	square ^*
U+025B U+026A	603 618	ɛɪ	EI	DIS_11	face ^*
U+026A	618	ɪ	I	DIS_10	kit ^*
U+026A U+0259	618 601	ɪə	I@	DIS_10	near ^*
U+0254 U+026A	596 618	ɔɪ	OI	DIS_12	choice ^*
U+0259 U+028A	601 650	əʊ	@U	DIS_9	goat ^*
U+028A U+0259	650 601	ʊə	U@	DIS_11	cure ^*
U+028C	652	ʌ	V	DIS_13	strut ^*

^* Supplementary English phoneme — included so that English words and loanwords embedded in French (France) text render with correct pronunciation.

French (Canada) — fr-CA

These phonemes apply to the following French (Canada) Neural TTS voices:

Florence
Emma

Supplementary English phonemes. In addition to the native French (Canada) inventory, this phoneme set includes a number of English phonemes (marked with ^* and grouped at the end of each table). These are provided so that English words and loanwords that appear within French (Canada) text are pronounced correctly.

Consonants

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0062	98	b	b	DIS_1	bas
U+0283	643	ʃ	S	DIS_8	chat
U+0064	100	d	d	DIS_7	deux
U+02A3	675	ʣ	dz	DIS_7	dire
U+0066	102	f	f	DIS_4	faim
U+0067	103	g	g	DIS_9	gain
U+0292	658	ʒ	Z	DIS_8	joue
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	coup
U+006C	108	l	l	DIS_6	loup
U+006D	109	m	m	DIS_1	mou
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	nous
U+0272	626	ɲ	J	DIS_7	poigne
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	pas
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	riz
U+0073	115	s	s	DIS_7	sa
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	ta
U+02A6	678	ʦ	ts	DIS_7	tire
U+0265	613	ɥ	H	DIS_3	lui
U+0076	118	v	v	DIS_4	va
U+0077	119	w	w	DIS_2	fois
U+006A	106	j	j	DIS_10	nier
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	aise
U+0077 U+0061	119 97	wa	wa	DIS_2	poids
U+0077 U+025B U+0303	119 603 771	wɛ̃	wE~	DIS_2	point
U+006A U+0254 U+0303	106 596 771	jɔ̃	jO~	DIS_10	pion
U+006A U+0061	106 97	ja	ja	DIS_10	fia
U+006A U+006F	106 111	jo	jo	DIS_10	rafiot
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	pas
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	doit
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	rien
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	gag
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	drap
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	premier
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	hache
U+014B	331	ŋ	N	DIS_9	song ^*
U+0074 U+0283	116 643	tʃ	tS	DIS_8	each ^*
U+00F0	240	ð	D	DIS_5	then ^*
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	hat ^*
U+0064 U+0292	100 658	dʒ	dZ	DIS_8	edge ^*
U+0279	633	ɹ	r\	DIS_3	ray ^*
U+03B8	952	θ	T	DIS_5	thin ^*

Vowels

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0251	593	ɑ	A	DIS_13	palm
U+0061	97	a	a	DIS_13	pas
U+025B	603	ɛ	E	DIS_11	paix
U+025B U+02D0	603 720	ɛː	E:	DIS_11	être
U+0251 U+0303	593 771	ɑ̃	A~	DIS_13	pan
U+006F	111	o	o	DIS_12	peau
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	ce
U+0065	101	e	e	DIS_11	été
U+00F8	248	ø	2	DIS_3	deux
U+0069	105	i	i	DIS_10	pis
U+025B U+0303	603 771	ɛ̃	E~	DIS_11	pain
U+0153	339	œ	9	DIS_12	peur
U+0254 U+0303	596 771	ɔ̃	O~	DIS_13	pont
U+0254	596	ɔ	O	DIS_13	port
U+0075	117	u	u	DIS_3	pou
U+0079 U+0303	121 771	ỹ	y~	DIS_13	dumping
U+0079	121	y	y	DIS_3	put
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	centre
U+0061 U+028A	97 650	aʊ	aU	DIS_9	mouth ^*
U+0061 U+026A	97 618	aɪ	aI	DIS_9	rice ^*
U+0259 U+02DE	601 734	ə˞	@`	DIS_7	butter ^*
U+025B U+026A	603 618	ɛɪ	EI	DIS_11	face ^*
U+026A	618	ɪ	I	DIS_10	hit ^*
U+0254 U+026A	596 618	ɔɪ	OI	DIS_12	choice ^*
U+006F U+028A	111 650	oʊ	oU	DIS_12	goat ^*
U+028A	650	ʊ	U	DIS_11	foot ^*

^* Supplementary English phoneme — included so that English words and loanwords embedded in French (Canada) text render with correct pronunciation.

Viseme values use the standard Capacity viseme set (for lip-sync and avatar animation). X-SAMPA is the ASCII-encoded equivalent of the IPA symbol.

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