120 Words Containing the
Short English Vowel /e/, and Its Different Spellings
a
any ˈen.i; ate et,
eɪt; many ˈmen.i; Thames temz
ae
aesthetic
esˈθet.ɪk, iːsˈθet.ɪk
ai
again əˈɡen; said sed
ay
says sez
e
beg beɡ;
bell bel; better ˈbet.əʳ; beverage ˈbev.ᵊr.ɪdʒ; bred bred; check tʃek; cleft kleft; den den; desk desk; dwell dwel; ebb eb; edge edʒ; education ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃᵊn,
ˌed.jʊˈkeɪ.ʃən; effort ˈef.ət;
egg eɡ; enemy
ˈen.ə.mi; fell fel; felt felt;
fence fents; fend fend; festive
ˈfes.tɪv; fetch fetʃ;
fetter ˈfet.əʳ; get ɡet; help help;
heroin ˈher.əʊ.ɪn; legend ˈledʒ.ənd;
meant ment; met met;
method ˈmeθ.əd; mettle ˈmet.ᵊl; net net; peg
peɡ;
pen pen; prep prep; red red; senate ˈsen.ɪt; send send; sent sent; set set; shed ʃed; smell smel;
spend spend; step step; swept swept; tell tel;
tennis ˈten.ɪs; tetanus ˈtet.ᵊn.əs;
vend vend; wed wed; wept wept; west west; wet wet; when wen, hwen; wreck rek; zenith ˈzen.ɪθ
ea
already ɔːlˈred.i;
bread bred; breadth
bretθ; breakfast ˈbrek.fəst; breath
breθ; cleanse klenz;
dead ded; deaf def; dread dred; dreadful
ˈdred.fᵊl; feather ˈfeð.əʳ;
head ˈleð.əʳ; health
helθ; healthy ˈhel.θi;
heaven ˈhev.ᵊn; heavy ˈhev.i; instead
ɪnˈsted; jealous ˈdʒel.əs;
lead(mineral) led; meant ment; measure
ˈmeʒ.əʳ; peasant ˈpez.ᵊnt;
pleasant ˈplez.ᵊnt; pleasure
ˈpleʒ.əʳ; read(past) red; ready
ˈred.i; spread spred;
stead sted; steadfast ˈsted.fɑːst; stealth
stelθ; thread θred;
treachery ˈtretʃ.ᵊr.i; tread
tred; wealth welθ; wealthy ˈwel.θi;
weapon ˈwep.ən; weather ˈweð.əʳ; zealot ˈzel.ət;
zealous ˈzel.əs
ei
heifer ˈhef.əʳ;
Leicester ˈles.təʳ; leisure ˈleʒ.əʳ
eo
Geoffrey ˈdʒef.ri;
jeopardy ˈdʒep.ə.di; Leonard
ˈlen.əd; leopard ˈlep.əd
ie
friend frend
ieu
lieutenant lefˈten.ənt
u
bury ˈber.i
ue
arquette ɑːˈket;
etiquette ˈet.ɪ.ket; guess ɡes; guest ɡest; netiquette ˈnet.ɪ.ket
