Words with the [ɛ] sound
Open-mid front; relaxed 'eh' with the tongue mid-high.
Common spellings: e, ea. Examples: bed, head, men.
- elie
- embry
- emphysema
- emporia
- enclaves
- endangering
- entertains
- enticing
- erratically
- escalating
- escher
- estefan
- exasperation
- excavate
- expositions
- extramarital
- mam
- airfoil
- airspeed
- airtime
- aran
- aronson
- eckert
- edgerton
- editorship
- edson
- egbert
- electrolysis
- elegantly
- elfman
- elgar
- elkton
- ellery
- eloquently
- elvira
- embalming
- embattled
- emcee
- emmeline
- enactments
- encrypt
- ender
- endow
- engels
- enlists
- enrolls
- entrant
- epidermal
- epigenetic
- erudition
- esmond
- esprit
- everts
- excavating
- execrable
- expos
- extraterrestrial
- heirloom
- airwaves
- ary
- effortless
- eggleston
- eldridge
- elevating
- ell
- ellen's
- eller
- elsevier
- emanates
- emmaus
- enchant
- enchanters
- endeared
- endorsing
- enlarges
- enslave
- enslavement
- enz
- epidemiological
- escarpments
- est
- estate's
- ethnology
- excrement
- exhumed
- exothermic
- explosively
- extravagantly
- heirlooms
- x's
- airforce
- aix
- anyone's
- arizona's
- arrow's
- arrowsmith
- ebbed
- ecuador's
- ed's
- edel