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Thirty words carry T second and E third, and a cluster of them differ by one letter apiece.
Each runs STEA and changes only the final box. Three are everyday words and the fourth, STEAD, survives in phrases like in good stead.
That makes the last letter the entire decision. Nothing earlier in the word will separate them, and the page offers no distribution that helps.
STEEL, STEPS, STERN, STEEP and ITEMS are the most common alongside the STEA group. STEER, STEMS and STEIN all come up regularly.
S opens twenty seven of the thirty, so almost everything here runs STE. ITEMS, UTERI and CTENE are the exceptions.
CTENE is worth a glance for its opening. Almost no English word begins with CT, and this one names a comb like plate on a jellyfish relative.
STEED, STEEK, STEEL, STEEM, STEEN, STEEP and STEER all double the E. Eight of the thirty carry a repeated letter and this shape supplies nearly all of them.
They differ in the fourth box, which is the main split on this page. Either one tells you whether to look at the A branch or the E branch.
An upright stone slab bearing an inscription, from Greek archaeology. STELA is the same thing with a Latin ending and both appear here.
To bound or leap, in Scots. STENT, meaning to stretch or assess, sits beside it and is unrelated to the medical stent.
A stein is a large beer mug and a stean is an earthenware vessel. Both hold liquid and the resemblance stops there.