Neither. It is not pronounced. There is the hint of a schwa vowel created by the following L.
The pronunciation (seel) is a long E vowel sound, the same as in the word steel.
The EA vowel pair has the long E sound, as in sea and meal.
No, the word "seal" does not have a long vowel sound. The pronunciation is typically with a short vowel sound.
No, the "e" in "eat" is not a long vowel. It is a short vowel sound. In the word "eat," the letter "e" makes the short /ɛ/ sound.
"Steal" has a long vowel sound, pronounced as [stēl].
Short vowel seal
The EA vowel pair has the long E sound, as in sea and meal.
"Steal" has a long vowel sound, pronounced as [stēl].
No, the "e" in "eat" is not a long vowel. It is a short vowel sound. In the word "eat," the letter "e" makes the short /ɛ/ sound.
No, the word "seal" does not have a long vowel sound. The pronunciation is typically with a short vowel sound.
Short vowel seal
The EA vowel pair in seal has a long E vowel sound, as in deal, feel, kneel, and peel. Other words that have the long E vowel sound are: E words such as be, me, and we E words with a silent E, such as gene, scene, and eve EE words such as feet, meet, and greet EA words such as read, steal, leave, and seat EI words such as receive IE words such as wield and yield I word marine Y ending words such as baby, crazy, and silly
The EA pair has a long E sound, as in tea, sea, seal, and seat.
The EA vowel pair in seal has a long E vowel sound, as in deal, feel, kneel, and peel. Other words that have the long E vowel sound are: E words such as be, me, and we E words with a silent E, such as gene, scene, and eve EE words such as feet, meet, and greet EA words such as read, steal, leave, and seat EI words such as receive IE words such as wield and yield I word marine Y ending words such as baby, crazy, and silly
Yes. The EA in seal has a long E sound as in seat and real.
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Eel, seal, feel, speil, keel, kneel, peel, squeal, meal, heal, deal, congeal, appeal, reel, real, zeal, unreal, teal
meat,beats,eel,seal,veal,quiche,thats pretty much it