There are 1,828 words containing "ei" inthe TWL, (the Scrabble dictionary). Here is a small sample:weightinessesweightingweightlessweightlesslyweightlessnessweightsweightyweimaranerweimaranersweinerweinersweirweirdweirdedweirderweirdestweirdieweirdiesweirdingweirdlyweirdnessweirdnessesweirdoweirdoesweirdosweirdsweirdyweirsweisenheimerweisenheimerswelterweightwelterweightswhereinwhereintowhingeingwisenheimerwisenheimersxantheinxantheinsxenogeneicyahrzeityahrzeitsyuppieishzeinzeinszeitgeberzeitgeberszeitgeistzeitgeistszoogloeic
vein, sleigh, freight, eight weigh, their, beige, veil,
Many words end with a double-e and a long e sound. Referee is a common one, but abductee, addressee, honeybee, pedigree, and guarantee all match this description as well.
Words that have double E in them are:agreebeebeenbeerbeetbleedbreedcheekcheercheesecreedcreekcreepdecreedeeddeemdegreedungareeeerieemceeemployeeengineerfeedfeelfleecefleetfreefreedomfreezegeegleegreedgreengreetHalloweenheedheelkeelkeepkneeleeleerlesseeleveemarqueemeekmeetpeepeekpeelpreenqueenqueerredeemreedreefreekreelscreechscreenseeseedseekseenseepsheensheepsheetsleepsneezesoireespeechspeedspleenspreesqueeksqueezesteedsteeplesteerteeteemteenTennesseetepeetheethreetreetweedtweettweezersveerveneerweeweedweekweepwheelwheeze
Eel and eerie.
Yes. The EE in eighteen has the long E sound. The EI has a long A sound.
Some examples of words that do not contain the letter combination "ei" or "ie" are: cat, dog, house, car, tree, pen, book, sun.
No, "green" and "vein" do not have the same vowel sound. "Green" has the long 'ee' sound /iː/ while "vein" has the long 'ay' sound /eɪ/.
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In receive it says 'ee'.In freight it says 'ay'. In height it says 'eye'.
The EA pair has a long E vowel sound, as in lean and leak. The EE sound is heard in several spellings: 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 weird IE words such as wield and yield I word marine Y ending words such as baby, crazy, and silly
The EE pair makes a type of long E sound called a caret I (ee-er), as in the rhyming words beer, deer, peer, queer, veer, and steer, as well as in here, hear, gear, clear, rear, and year. It is also heard in the contraction we're and the IE/EI words bier and weird.
The EA pair has a long E sound, as in the rhyming words cleave, peeve, sleeve, grieve, and believe. Other EA words with the long E are beat, team, and mean. The long E sound is also in words with E - reply, repair EE - feet, need, green EI and IE - receive, brief
Yes, the word "weight" ends with two consonant sounds - the "t" sound and the "th" sound.
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The sound in "been" is a short i sound (bin). This is practically a unique sound for the EE pair, although in French words they can have a long A sound (puree, soiree, toupee).
Most words that have the EI pair give it a long E sound (receive) or a long A when it is used with the silent GH (weigh, eight). The words height are sleight are among the few words where EI has a long I sound.