vein, sleigh, freight, eight
weigh, their, beige, veil,
There are 1,828 words containing "ei" inthe TWL, (the Scrabble dictionary). Here is a small sample:weightinessesweightingweightlessweightlesslyweightlessnessweightsweightyweimaranerweimaranersweinerweinersweirweirdweirdedweirderweirdestweirdieweirdiesweirdingweirdlyweirdnessweirdnessesweirdoweirdoesweirdosweirdsweirdyweirsweisenheimerweisenheimerswelterweightwelterweightswhereinwhereintowhingeingwisenheimerwisenheimersxantheinxantheinsxenogeneicyahrzeityahrzeitsyuppieishzeinzeinszeitgeberzeitgeberszeitgeistzeitgeistszoogloeic
deceitconceiveleisurereceiptreceive
jalapeno
agent
'Sound like F' Ph WordsSome words that are spelled with a pH that sounds like an f are: pharmacyphenolphialphlebotomyphonephrasephysical
receipt
No. The EI in ceiling has the long E sound as in receive. The EI in neighbor is part of the EIGH form that sounds like a long A (weigh, sleigh, eight).
No. The EI in ceiling has the long E sound as in receive. The EI in neighbor is part of the EIGH form that sounds like a long A (weigh, sleigh, eight).
No, eight is unusual and has a long A sound from the EI (and silent GH), so that it sounds exactly like 'ate'. Some other words like that are sleigh, neigh, and weigh.
No, the word "might" does not have a long "I" sound. It has a short "I" sound, pronounced like "m-ite."
It makes the long a sound
The P is silent. The EI pair sounds like a long E, so the I is not heard either.
No. The EI pair has a type of long A + R sound called a caret A (sounds like air).
The EI vowel pair has a long A sound in seine (sounds like sane).
receive; receipt
vein
Words that have similar vowel sounds can be grouped together, as the same sound can be made by different spellings. For example, all of these words would have the same long I sound: I words (isle, mild, find, sign) IGH and IGHT sounds (high, sigh, light, might) I words with silent E (bite, wine) IE words (die, lie, pie) EI words (stein, fraulein) AI words (aisle) Y words (my, try, type, rhyme) AY Words from French (bayou, cayenne)