diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 8e8a0b8..4e4ce38 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -210,21 +210,24 @@
         <div class="split three">
           <div>
             <label>Consonants<br>
-              <input id="editConsonants" class="ipa-field"><br>
+              <small>(Space separated list)</small><br>
+              <input id="editConsonants" class="ipa-field" placeholder="p b m n t ..."><br>
               <a class="label-help-button ipa-field-help-button">Field Help</a>
               <a class="label-button ipa-table-button">IPA Chart</a>
             </label>
           </div>
           <div>
             <label>Vowels<br>
-              <input id="editVowels" class="ipa-field"><br>
+              <small>(Space separated list)</small><br>
+              <input id="editVowels" class="ipa-field" placeholder="æ u e ɪ ..."><br>
               <a class="label-help-button ipa-field-help-button">Field Help</a>
               <a class="label-button ipa-table-button">IPA Chart</a>
             </label>
           </div>
           <div>
             <label>Polyphthongs&nbsp;/ Blends<br>
-              <input id="editBlends" class="ipa-field"><br>
+              <small>(Space separated list)</small><br>
+              <input id="editBlends" class="ipa-field" placeholder="ai ou ue ..."><br>
               <a class="label-help-button ipa-field-help-button">Field Help</a>
               <a class="label-button ipa-table-button">IPA Chart</a>
             </label>
diff --git a/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js b/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
index 2d586fc..f5a0ca6 100644
--- a/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
+++ b/src/js/dictionaryManagement.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export function openEditModal() {
   document.getElementById('editDescription').value = description;
   document.getElementById('editPartsOfSpeech').value = partsOfSpeech.join(',');
 
-  document.getElementById('editConsonants').value = consonants.join(',');
-  document.getElementById('editVowels').value = vowels.join(',');
-  document.getElementById('editBlends').value = blends.join(',');
+  document.getElementById('editConsonants').value = consonants.join(' ');
+  document.getElementById('editVowels').value = vowels.join(' ');
+  document.getElementById('editBlends').value = blends.join(' ');
   document.getElementById('editOnset').value = phonotactics.onset.join(',');
   document.getElementById('editNucleus').value = phonotactics.nucleus.join(',');
   document.getElementById('editCoda').value = phonotactics.coda.join(',');
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export function saveEditModal() {
   window.currentDictionary.description = removeTags(document.getElementById('editDescription').value.trim());
   window.currentDictionary.partsOfSpeech = document.getElementById('editPartsOfSpeech').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
 
-  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.consonants = document.getElementById('editConsonants').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
-  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.vowels = document.getElementById('editVowels').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
-  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.blends = document.getElementById('editBlends').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
+  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.consonants = document.getElementById('editConsonants').value.split(' ').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
+  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.vowels = document.getElementById('editVowels').value.split(' ').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
+  window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.blends = document.getElementById('editBlends').value.split(' ').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
   window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.phonotactics.onset = document.getElementById('editOnset').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
   window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.phonotactics.nucleus = document.getElementById('editNucleus').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');
   window.currentDictionary.details.phonology.phonotactics.coda = document.getElementById('editCoda').value.split(',').map(val => val.trim()).filter(val => val !== '');