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ea in British English

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English Multigraph "ea"

'ea' as a digraph has five sounds that we are going to talk about here.

Digraphs are a set of two letters that stand together and produce a new sound.

Digraph ea
Name ea (pronounced /ˈiː ˈeɪ /)
Sound(s) /e/, /i:/, /eɪ/, /ɪə/, /eə/

The Digraph 'ea'

Sound 1: /e/

'ea' in ead mainly sounds /e/:

spread /spred/

bread /bred/

thread /θred/

head /hed/

Sound 2: /i:/

'ea' in the middle or at the end of words sounds /i:/:

pea /piː/

seat /siːt/

teacher /ˈtiːtʃə(r)/

Sound 3: /eɪ/

'ea' in eak mainly sounds /eɪ/:

break /breɪk/

steak /steɪk/

Sound 4: /ɪə/

'ea' also sounds /ɪə/:

idea /aɪˈdɪə/

theatre /ˈθɪə.tə(r)/

appear /əˈpɪə(r)/

Sound 5: /eə/

'ea' in ear mainly sounds /eə/:

wear /weə(r)/

bearing /ˈbeə.rɪŋ/

tear /teə(r)/

pear /peə(r)/

Tip

'ea' sounds /ə/ in the word pageant:

pageant /ˈpædʒ.ənt/

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