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How to Pronounce the /ɛ/ Sound

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Here, we're gonna teach you all there is about the /ɛ/ sound. Are you ready? Still interested in improving your language proficiency?

How to Pronounce the /ɛ/ Sound

In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /ɛ/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.

What Type of Sound Is /ɛ/?

/ɛ/ is similar to /e/ but always shorter. In other words, it is between /æ/ and /e/. Notice that /ɛ/ is mainly found in some dialects of English and mostly in General American English that is based on a Bostonian accent. Therefore, if you see any examples of this lesson with the sound /e/ instead of /ɛ/, that is accepted too.

How to Produce /ɛ/?

how to pronounce /ɛ/

To produce it, open your mouth like /e/, and stretch out your lips a little bit like /ɪ/. It is produced when the mouth is half-open and lips are unrounded, the jaw is then lowered a bit. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is wider than when we produce the /e/ sound, but the lips are not as stretched as when we want to pronounce the /ɪ/ sound.

/ɛ/ is seen in such letters:

said /sɛd/

laid /lɛd/

bed /bɛd/

red /rɛd/

dead /dɛd/

breath /brɛθ/

Listening

Let's listen to the pronunciation of the /ɛ/ sound which has been mentioned below:

Down below, there are two other sounds similar to the /ɛ/ sound. At first, listen to the /e/ sound and then listen to the /ɪ/ sound:

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