Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Monosyllabic English words with 'ea': A-M

A * is used when the pronunciations is not /i:/. Generally pronounced /ɛ:/ before the Great Vowel Shift, which rose to /e:/ then /i:/.

each
ear
earl*
earn*
earth*
ease
east
eat
eave

flea

beach
bead
beak
beam
bean
bear*
beard
beast
beat
bleach
bleak
bleat
breach
bread*
breadth*
break*
bream
breast*
breath*
breathe
cease
dead*
deaf*
deal
dean
dear
dearth*
death*
dread*
dream

fear
feast
feat
freak
gear
gleam
glean
grease
great*
head*
heal
health*
heap
hear
heard*
hearse*
heart*
hearth*
heat
heath
heave
jeans
leach
lead[*]
leaf
league
leak
lean
leap
learn*
lease
least
leave
leaves
mead
meal
mean
means
meant*
meat

Others:

feather*
heather*
heaven*
jealous*
leather*
leaven*
meadow*
measure*

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