There are many, including these words and words containing them:
allay assay astray away
bay betray bray
cay clay
day defray delay dismay display
essay
flay foray fray
gay gray
hay
jay
lay
may
nay
pay play pray parlay prepay
ray relay repay
say slay spay spray stay stray sway
tray
way waylay
Some words with a long 'a' sound spelled as 'ay' include: play, stay, may, day, and pay.
Some words with a long "a" sound spelled with "ia" include: Liars Dial Liar Crier
The long "a" sound can be spelled in several ways: "a-e" as in "cake," "ea" as in "great," "ai" as in "train," and "ei" as in "reindeer."
The words include some that start with A: able, ace, age, ale, anal, ape, apex, ate, and aviation and words such as cable and table, pace and race, bale and pale, late and latex, that include those words. Other long A words are spelled with AI or AY.
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
Yes, the AY words have a long A sound.
There are words from French spelled with an AY, such as bayou and cayenne.
The long "a" sound can be spelled in several ways: "a-e" as in "cake," "ea" as in "great," "ai" as in "train," and "ei" as in "reindeer."
Some words with a long "a" sound spelled with "ia" include: Liars Dial Liar Crier
The digraph ae is almost always pronounced as a long E (e.g. algae). However, words from Scottish, such as hae (have) and brae are usually pronounced with an "ay" sound.
The words include some that start with A: able, ace, age, ale, anal, ape, apex, ate, and aviation and words such as cable and table, pace and race, bale and pale, late and latex, that include those words. Other long A words are spelled with AI or AY.
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
Yes, the AY words have a long A sound.
The word "says" (sez) is a unique sound for the AY, but it is related to the past tense "said" (sed) where the AI also has a short E sound, as in the words "again" and "against." The A word many also has a short E sound.
Yes, the word "day" contains a long A vowel sound.
No, the word "mail" does not have a long "a" sound. It is pronounced with a short "a" sound like in the word "cat."
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Almost all AI paired words (and AY words) are pronounced with a long A (ay). But those with an R after the AI are classified as R-shaped vowel sounds: a caret A or "air." There are a few exceptions, such as aisle (long I), said (short E) and plaid (short A). A few long A words spelled with AI are: aid, laid, maid, paid, raid waif bail, fail, and other -ail words aim, maim attain, gain, main, pain, rain malaise, raise gait, wait waive