/e/ versus /e@/: 30 pairs

bed bared 
belly barely 
ben bairn
bens bairns 
bled blared 
cherry chary 
dead dared 
dent daren't 
Des dares
Ed aired
Fed fared
ferries faeries 
ferry faerie 
fez fairs 
fled flared 
head hared 
herring haring 
ken cairn
kens cairns 
lead laird 
leads lairds 
Les lairs
merry Mary 
Pres prayers
shed shared 
sped spared 
stead stared 
very vary
wed wared 
wherry wary