There are I words with a silent E, such as bite, dime, and while.
There are I words spelled with GH such as high, sigh, light, and right.
There are I words that begin with the prefix bi- which virtually always sounds like BY, or tri- which sounds like TRY. Examples are binary, bimonthly, and trimester.
Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
One example of a long "a" word spelled with "au" is "faucet."
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
The term for these sound-alike words is homophone.The homophone for fur is fir (a coniferous tree).
The other common EA words are break and great.
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Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
The EA sounds like EE in many words, including easy and please.
A phonetically spelled word is when you spell it the way it sounds. For example, "through" would be "thru". A correctly spelled word is when it is spelled as it is found in the dictionary.
Onomatopoeia: Where sounds are spelled out as words; or, when words describing sounds actually sound like the sounds they describe. I heard him gurgling water.
There are words from French spelled with an AY, such as bayou and cayenne.
When words are spelled the way they sound (e.g., slush, croak, sizzle) it is called onomatopoeia.
i don't know. i HATE words like that!!! it should be spelled fonics or something like that. lol
One example of a long "a" word spelled with "au" is "faucet."
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
There are a few words with EA followed by R which sounds like a long A, but is technically a caret A (air) sound: bear, pear, swear, wear and tear (rip).The words that do have a long A include great (grate), break (brake), and steak (stake).
No, the words then and there do not have long e sounds. Then has a short e, and there, rhymes with air, has a short a.