The table below lists pairs of related words. In the words in the left-hand column the vowel in the stressed syllable is iː, while for the words in the right-hand column it is e.
| iː | e |
| breathe | breath |
| clean | cleanse |
| compete | competitive |
| convene | convention |
| deal | dealt |
| deceive | deceptive |
| dream | dreamt |
| extreme | extremity |
| heal | health |
| impede | impediment |
| intervene | intervention |
| lean | leant |
| legal | legislate |
| mean | meant |
| meter | metric(al) |
| obscene | obscenity |
| read | read (past tense) |
| regent | regicide |
| repeat | repetitive |
| serene | serenity |
| semen | seminal |
| species | specimen |
| steal | stealth |
| supreme | supremacy |
With thanks to Petr Rȍsel for additions
2014_04_30
Updated 2014_06_19