here is a list with lots of wors in
rain
day
cake
train
tame
hate
mate
late
may
cane
pay
lay
chain
plane
plain
tail
plate
cage
cave
pane
lane
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 EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
The common English words that have the I sound are I, aye, and eye.There is also a South American animal called the "ai" (the three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus) that has the same pronunciation.The Spanish song word "ay" has the same sound (no standard translation).
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Not very many words are possible with those letters: aye yea ae ai ay oe oi oy qi ya ye yo
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.
ai, am, an, at, as, ax, ad, ah, Al, ay
Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
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
ay ai ey --- The long A sound is mainly made by A-consonant-E (the silent E), by AY, and by AI. These are the ways in which some words spell a long sound: A words - able, anal, apiary, aviation (2) A words (silent E) - base, cake, late, name AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great, steak EI words - veil, vein, beige EY words - obey, trey, they EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor From French: ET/ IT - buffet, cachet, chalet, crochet, filet, sachet, sorbet, parfait QUE/ QUET (kay) - risque, bouquet, croquet E / EE / ER - cliche, passe, soiree, toupee, dossier
2-letter wordsaa, ae, ai, al, ay, el, la, li, ya, ye3-letter wordsaal, ail, ala, ale, aye, eau, lay, lea, lei, leu, ley, lie, lye, yea4-letter wordsalae, ilea, lieu, yule5-letter wordsaliya29 words found.
The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
Yes, the word "rail" does have a long 'a' sound, pronounced as /reΙͺl/.
wuh-ay-nee