/e/ — the /e/ sound
the /e/ sound
Vowels · Single vowels
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How to make it
Mouth half open, tongue mid and forward. The vowel in “bed”.
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Words with this sound
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egg
/eɡ/
able
/ebl̩/
any
/ˈeni/
bed
/bed/
bell
/bɛl/
care
/ker/
chair
/tʃer/
check
/tʃek/
end
/end/
fed
/ˈfed/
fell
/fel/
get
/ɡet/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- e
end
/end/
æand
/ænd/
- e
fell
/fel/
ɪfill
/fɪl/
- e
fed
/ˈfed/
iːfeed
/fiːd/
- e
care
/ker/
ɑːcar
/kɑɹ/
- e
bell
/bɛl/
ɔːball
/bɔl/
- e
fell
/fel/
ʊfull
/fʊl/
- e
fed
/ˈfed/
uːfood
/fu̟(ː)d/
- e
when
/wen/
ʌone
/wʌn/
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