There are 1,828 words containing "ei" inthe TWL, (the Scrabble dictionary). Here is a small sample:weightinessesweightingweightlessweightlesslyweightlessnessweightsweightyweimaranerweimaranersweinerweinersweirweirdweirdedweirderweirdestweirdieweirdiesweirdingweirdlyweirdnessweirdnessesweirdoweirdoesweirdosweirdsweirdyweirsweisenheimerweisenheimerswelterweightwelterweightswhereinwhereintowhingeingwisenheimerwisenheimersxantheinxantheinsxenogeneicyahrzeityahrzeitsyuppieishzeinzeinszeitgeberzeitgeberszeitgeistzeitgeistszoogloeic
deceitconceiveleisurereceiptreceive
agent
'Sound like F' Ph WordsSome words that are spelled with a pH that sounds like an f are: pharmacyphenolphialphlebotomyphonephrasephysical
Villain Certain Captain Britiain
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).
Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
It makes the long a sound
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).
The P is silent. The EI pair sounds like a long E, so the I is not heard either.
The EI vowel pair has a long A sound in seine (sounds like sane).
Yes, the "e" in eight is pronounced with a long "a" sound, like in the word "ate."
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)
There are 1,828 words containing "ei" inthe TWL, (the Scrabble dictionary). Here is a small sample:weightinessesweightingweightlessweightlesslyweightlessnessweightsweightyweimaranerweimaranersweinerweinersweirweirdweirdedweirderweirdestweirdieweirdiesweirdingweirdlyweirdnessweirdnessesweirdoweirdoesweirdosweirdsweirdyweirsweisenheimerweisenheimerswelterweightwelterweightswhereinwhereintowhingeingwisenheimerwisenheimersxantheinxantheinsxenogeneicyahrzeityahrzeitsyuppieishzeinzeinszeitgeberzeitgeberszeitgeistzeitgeistszoogloeic