Vowels- Short "e" /ɛ/ Word Lists: English Pronunciation Practice
Short “e” in CVC Words (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant)
*Note, sometimes the IPA symbol /e/ is also used
-eb /ɛb/
ebb
web
-ed, -ead /ɛd/
bed
dead
fed
head
led
med
red
said
wed
zed
-ef /ɛf/
ref
-eg, -egg /ɛg/
egg
beg
keg
leg
peg
-eck, -ech /ɛk/
beck
deck
neck
wreck
tech
-ell /ɛl/
bell
cell /ˈsɛl/ (sounds like “sell”)
dell
fell
gel /ˈʤɛl/ (sounds like “jell”)
hell
quell
sell
tell
well
yell
-em /ɛm/
gem /ˈʤɛl=m/ (sounds like “jem”)
hem
REM
-en /ɛn/
den
hen
men
pen
ten
when
yen
-ep /ɛp/
pep
rep
yep
-es /ɛs/
fess
guess
less
mess
yes
-et /ɛt/
bet
debt (silent b)
get
jet
let
met
net
pet
set
vet
wet
yet
-ev /ɛv/
rev
-ex /ɛks/
hex
pecs
-eth (unvoiced) /ɛθ/
death
-ech, -etch /ɛtʃ/
fetch
retch
-esh /ˈmɛʃ/
mesh
