Words with the [ɛ] sound
Open-mid front; relaxed 'eh' with the tongue mid-high.
Common spellings: e, ea. Examples: bed, head, men.
- extant
- employer
- enterprises
- emigrated
- airfield
- elevators
- entries
- et
- arrows
- ecuador
- epithet
- explanations
- estimate
- airplane
- esteem
- elbow
- esther
- empress
- ensuing
- edgar
- echo
- evergreen
- airs
- endured
- aerial
- ecclesiastical
- evolutionary
- embraced
- enhanced
- essay
- exquisite
- elders
- edison
- entities
- edmund
- enforced
- enlarged
- excavation
- ellis
- enlightened
- extraction
- energetic
- encoding
- engineered
- equity
- estonia
- exploitation
- eminent
- eccentric
- exercised
- ecological
- erik
- extract
- estuary
- enlisted
- enjoyment
- emblem
- expectation
- embarked
- encompasses
- arid
- exeter
- exits
- estonian
- aires
- edible
- edmonton
- aesthetically
- employs
- estimating
- edwin
- elves
- enhance
- entertained
- excavated
- enclosure
- etymology
- exponentially
- elliott
- espresso
- estimates
- edged
- ere
- area's
- expeditions
- enhancement
- extracted
- aristotle
- economically
- enacted
- encouragement
- excavations
- arithmetic
- elena
- exiled
- enchanted
- entrances
- emerson
- elk
- enraged