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"Spelling rules" are observed tendencies in spelling. People trying to learn spelling look for patterns in the way words are spelled to try to make them easier to remember. However, their purpose is description only, and never prescription, and they are rarely foolproof.

One of the more famous or notorious such rules is designed to help the speller remember the order of the "ie" or "ei" vowel combination: "I before E except after C". This is helpful when you are trying to remember whether it is "friend" or "freind" (it is, of course, "friend") but is bound to steer you wrong when you are trying to spell "science" or "reign"

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