The word "tedford" can be spelled using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as /ˈtɛdfərd/. The first syllable is pronounced with a short "e" sound, followed by a "d" sound and the schwa sound, which is an unstressed vowel sound. The second syllable is pronounced with the "f" sound, followed by the schwa sound and the "d" sound. This spelling follows the general phonetic rules of English, where each letter or combination of letters represents a specific sound or phoneme.