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What word has a short e sound but is spelled with an ie?
The word "friend" has a short e sound but is spelled with an ie.
Does friend have a long vowel sound?
No, it does not. The IE vowel pair has a short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send.(In the similarly-spelled word fiend, the IE has a long E sound.)
What long vowel sound does title have?
The long vowel sound in the word "title" is the "i" sound, pronounced like "IE" in words such as "pie" or "lie."
What words end in ie but have a long I sound?
The shortest ones are die, lie, pie, and tie. The longer ones are versions of these (untie, magpie, bowtie).
What are ie words with a long i sound?
There are many based on words that end in ie : die, lie, pie, tie, vie. Also, the past tense or plurals of some words that end in Y : denies, replies, tried, complied.
How many words have a long i spelled as IE?
There are a large number. These words are forms of the shorter words such as die, lie, pie, tie, and vie, and the plurals or past tenses of words ending in consonant Y (e.g. cry, deny, ply). They include dies, died, diehard, denies, replies, tried, complied, cried, relied, replied, and so forth.
What are some words with the long e sound?
Words with the long E sound are spelled with E, AE, EA, EE, EI, IE, or an ending Y:agreebeatcarry (y often has the long e sound)deep , departeelfeelingsgeesehealivy (y = long e)jeep, jeanskeep, keyleave, lethal, litermeat , mediateneedleonlypeacequeen, queasyreason, retreatsea, see, seasonteen, teeth, teamunique ( i = long e)veal , venialwe, wheat, wheel,yeast, yieldzeal, zebrastoryhistory
Does twice have an I or IE vowel sound?
There is no IE vowel sound. The I in twice has a long I sound, and the E is silent.
Does relieve have a long E sound?
Yes. The IE has the same long E sound as EI in words such as believe, relieve, and reprieve.
Does chief have a long e sound?
Yes. The IE vowel pair has a long E sound (cheef).The sound is also seen in the words brief, grief, and thief.
What words have the ie sound?
Words with the "ie" sound include: chief, belief, achieve, pierce, piece, thief, and retrieve.
What words with a long I sound are spelled with a y?
These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.Words ending in consonant-Yby, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, whyWords having or ending in UYbuy, guy,Words containing consonant-YExamples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygoteThe -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)dying, lying, tying, vying
