* h /h/ - a voiceless glottal fricative
* o /oʊ/ - a diphthong, starting with a mid-back rounded vowel and moving towards a high-back unrounded vowel
* m /m/ - a bilabial nasal consonant
* ə /ə/ - a mid-central unstressed vowel (the schwa)
* f /f/ - a voiceless labiodental fricative
* o /oʊ/ - same as above
* n /n/ - an alveolar nasal consonant
Therefore, the phonemic transcription of "homophone" is: ˈhoʊ.mə.foʊn