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Yes. The word "weigh" is a homophone (sound alike) for the word "way".

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Is weigh a long or short vowel?

"Weigh" has a long vowel sound. It is pronounced as /weɪ/.


Does weigh have a long or short a sound?

The word 'weigh' has a long 'a' sound. It is pronounced exactly the same as the word 'way'.


What rhymes with weigh with the long e sound?

say


Is the word made a long a sound word?

Yes, the word made has a long a sound. Other examples of long a words are say, cake, paid, and weigh. There are many ways to spell the long a sound.


Does sleigh have a short e sound?

No. It has a long A sound., as in the homophone "slay." It has the EIGH spelling as in weigh.


What is the vowel sound in weight?

The EIGH in "weight" and "weigh" is a long A vowel sound (sound like wait and way).


Does eigh have a long vowel sound?

Yes, the letters EIGH are pronounced as a long A sound (ay). The words include neigh, sleigh, weigh, eight, weight, and neighbor.


Is neighbor a long e word?

No. The EIGH in neigh and neighbor has the long A sound, as in weigh and sleigh.


Does weight have a short or long e?

Neither. The EIGH in weight has a long A sound, as in weigh, neigh, and eight. The homophone is 'wait."


Different spelling of an a sound?

Weigh, (ie="a" sound) Hey (ey="a" sound) This is the "long" a sound, as opposed to short: HaHa Mama; or in the northern UK, "Ta"(rhymes with Ha) means thank you.


Does the word eight have a short a or long a?

The EI pair has a long A (ay) sound, so that eight is pronounced the same as ate. The EI have this same sound in the words weigh (way) and weight (wait).


Is neighbor a long a word?

Yes. The EI pair has the long A sound as in vein or weigh.