The word "Tharpe" is spelled with six letters and pronounced as /θɑrp/. The IPA symbol /θ/ represents a voiceless dental fricative sound, which is created by placing the tip of the tongue behind the upper front teeth and blowing air out. The following syllable is pronounced with an open vowel /ɑ/ as in "car" and ends with a voiced alveolar plosive /p/. The spelling of "Tharpe" reflects the phonetic sounds of the word and is distinctively pronounced as pronounced "th-arp."