phonetic database

dani   Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:12 am GMT
I'm trying to polish up my pronunciation by reading up and documenting myself on phonetics.

I looked everywhere but I can't find any site, search engine or database that will allow me to look up words containing certain sounds. For example today i wanted to find as many words as possible containing the dictong əʊ in coal, sole, soul, dole, whole and so on...
Is there any site that you would recommend?

I even tried googleing the IPA symbol but these characters are completely ignored.
feati   Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:14 pm GMT
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coal
Not exactly a phonetic database but it might do the job.
Davidab   Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:23 pm GMT
You can try here:

http://seas3.elte.hu/epd.html

Note that the accent is non rhotic RP
dani   Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:34 pm GMT
thanks guys. Davidab the that's perfect for what i need