The spelling of the word "berens" may seem confusing, but it is actually easy to understand with the help of IPA phonetic transcription. The first two letters "be" are pronounced /bi/ and the "r" is pronounced /r/. The following "en" is pronounced /ɛn/ and the last letter "s" is pronounced /s/. Therefore, the proper pronunciation of "berens" is /biːrɛns/. Once you know the phonetic values of each letter, it will be much easier to spell and pronounce words correctly.