The word "SOAN" is spelled with four letters comprising of two vowels and two consonants. The pronunciation of "SOAN" is /soʊn/, which is written in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The first sound, /s/, is a voiceless alveolar fricative, followed by the diphthong /oʊ/, which represents the sound of "ow" in "how". The last sound, /n/, is a voiced alveolar nasal. The spelling of "SOAN" follows regular English phonetic rules and can be pronounced accurately using the IPA transcription.