200 Words Containing the
Short English Vowel /ɪ/, and Its Different Spellings
a
vintage ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ; courage ˈkʌr.ɪdʒ; shortage ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ;
wastage ˈweɪs.tɪdʒ; dosage ˈdəʊ.sɪdʒ;
spillage ˈspɪl.ɪdʒ; footage ˈfʊt.ɪdʒ;
haulage ˈhɔː.lɪdʒ; pottage ˈpɒt.ɪdʒ;
cottage ˈkɒt.ɪdʒ; village ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ; wreckage ˈrek.ɪdʒ
e
basket
ˈbɑː.skɪt; blanket ˈblæŋ.kɪt; bonnet ˈbɒn.ɪt; bracket ˈbræk.ɪt;
bucket ˈbʌk.ɪt; bullet ˈbʊl.ɪt; carpet ˈkɑː.pɪt; casket ˈkɑː.skɪt;
college ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ; cricket ˈkrɪk.ɪt;
deposit dɪˈpɒz.ɪt; develop dɪˈvel.əp; divided
dɪˈvaɪdɪd; ebullient ɪˈbʌl.i.ənt; eccentric ɪkˈsen.trɪk; éclair
ɪˈkleəʳ; eclipse ɪˈklɪps;
ecology iˈkɒl.ə.dʒi; economy
iˈkɒn.ə.mi; effect ɪˈfekt; effete ɪˈfiːt; efficient ɪˈfɪʃ.ᵊnt; effusion ɪˈfjuː.ʒᵊn; ejaculate iˈdʒæk.jə.lət; eject iˈdʒekt;
elapse iˈlæps; elastic iˈlæs.tɪk;
elect iˈlekt; electron iˈlek.trɒn; elegy ˈel.ɪ.dʒi; element ˈel.ɪ.mənt; elevate
ˈel.ɪ.veɪt; eleven ɪˈlev.ᵊn; elide iˈlaɪd; elope iˈləʊp; elude
iˈluːd; emaciate iˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪt; embalm ɪmˈbɑːm; embark ɪmˈbɑːk; embed ɪmˈbed; embrace ɪmˈbreɪs; emit iˈmɪt; emotion ɪˈməʊ.ʃᵊn; emphatic ɪmˈfæt.ɪk;
employ ɪmˈplɔɪ;
ended ˈendɪd; endorse ɪnˈdɔːs; endure ɪnˈdʒʊəʳ, ɪnˈdjʊəʳ; engage ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ, ɪŋˈɡeɪdʒ; enjoy ɪnˈdʒɔɪ; enrol ɪnˈrəʊl; entice ɪnˈtaɪs; ephemeral ɪˈfem.ᵊr.ə; epistle ɪˈpɪs.ᵊl; epistolary ɪˈpɪs.tᵊl. ᵊr.i; epitome ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi;
equip ɪˈkwɪp; erase ɪˈreɪz; erect ɪˈrekt; erection ɪˈrek.ʃᵊn;
erosion ɪˈrəʊ.ʒᵊn; erosive ɪˈrəʊ.sɪv; erotic
ɪˈrɒt.ɪk; erupt ɪˈrʌpt; escape ɪˈskeɪp; eschew ɪsˈtʃuː; espouse ɪˈspaʊz; espy
ɪˈspaɪ; estate ɪˈsteɪt;
esteem ɪˈstiːm;
etcetera ɪtˈset.ᵊr.ə;
eternal ɪˈtɜː.nᵊl;
eternity ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti;
ethereal iˈθɪə.ri.əl;
evade ɪˈveɪd;
evasion ɪˈveɪ.ʒᵊn;
event ɪˈvent;
eviction ɪˈvɪk.ʃᵊn;
evince ɪˈvɪnts;
evoke ɪˈvəʊk; evolve ɪˈvɒlv; exam ɪɡˈzæm;
except ɪkˈsept; expect
ɪkˈspekt; expel ɪkˈspel; explain ɪkˈspleɪn;
expose ɪkˈspəʊz;
express ɪkˈspres;
forest ˈfɒr.ɪst;
gadget ˈɡædʒ.ɪt; gasket
ˈɡæs.kɪt; harvest
ˈhɑː.vɪst; hatredˈheɪ.trɪd; honest ˈɒn.ɪst;
houses ˈhaʊ.zɪz; integrate ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡreɪt; jacket ˈdʒæk.ɪt;
linen ˈlɪn.ɪn; market ˈmɑː.kɪt; melted
ˈmel.tɪd; millet ˈmɪl.ɪt; naked
ˈneɪ.kɪd; packet ˈpæk.ɪt; planet ˈplæn.ɪt; pocket
ˈpɒk.ɪt; prophet ˈprɒf.ɪt; receipt rɪˈsiːt;
reported rɪˈpɔː.tɪd;
respect rɪˈspekt;
respond rɪˈspɒnd;
rickets ˈrɪk.ɪts; rocket ˈrɒk.ɪt; select sɪˈlekt;
shouted ʃaʊtɪd;
socket ˈsɒk.ɪt;
sprocket; ˈsprɒk.ɪt;
target ˈtɑː.ɡɪt; telegraph
ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf; television ˈtel.ɪ.vɪʒ.ᵊn; tempest ˈtem.pɪst; tested testɪd;
ticket ˈtɪk.ɪt; trinket ˈtrɪŋ.kɪt; velvet ˈvel.vɪt;
wallet ˈwɒl.ɪt; wanted
wɒntɪd; welded weldɪd; wicked
ˈwɪk.ɪd; women ˈwɪm.ɪn
ee
coffee
ˈkɒf.i; levee ˈlev.i; toffee
ˈtɒf.i; yankee ˈjæŋ.ki
ei
foreign
ˈfɒr.ɪn; forfeit ˈfɔː.fɪt; surfeit ˈsɜː.fɪt
ey
abbey
ˈæb.i; chimney ˈtʃɪm.ni; donkey ˈdɒŋ.ki; Geoffrey
ˈdʒef.ri; hockeyˈhɒk.i; money ˈmʌn.i; monkey ˈmʌŋ.ki
i
big bɪɡ; fish fɪʃ;
fit fɪt; lit lɪt; milk mɪlk; pit
pɪt; rich rɪtʃ
o
women ˈwɪm.ɪn
oe
oesophagus iˈsɒf.ə.ɡəs
ie
auntie
ˈɑːn.ti; babies ˈbeɪ.biz; bodies
ˈbɒdiz; carries ˈkæriz; cowrie ˈkaʊ.ri; ladiesˈleɪ.diz; sieve sɪv
u
business ˈbɪz.nɪs;
busy ˈbɪz.i; lettuceˈlet.ɪs; minutes
ˈmɪnɪts
ui
build bɪld; built
bɪlt; biscuit ˈbɪs.kɪt; guild ɡɪld; guilty
ˈɡɪl.ti; guinea ˈɡɪn.i;
guitar ɡɪˈtɑːʳ
y
body ˈbɒd.i; city ˈsɪt.i; cyst sɪst; ecology iˈkɒl.ə.dʒi; economy iˈkɒn.ə.mi; eternity ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti; gym dʒɪm; gyp dʒɪp; larynx
ˈlær.ɪŋks; lynx
lɪŋks; mystic ˈmɪs.tɪk; myth mɪθ; pity ˈpɪt.i;
rhythm
ˈrɪð.ᵊm; symbol ˈsɪm.bᵊl; crypto
ˈkrɪp.təʊ; hymn hɪm; system
ˈsɪs.təm
