In the word "pail," the letter "a" is followed by the letter "i" which often creates a long "a" sound in English. This is a common spelling pattern where the second vowel influences the pronunciation of the first vowel.
The word "pail" has a long a sound. It is pronounced as "pay-ul".
No. The AI vowel pair has a long A sound, as in pale.
Yes, they both have a long A vowel sound. The same sound is heard in their homophones, reign and pale.
Yes. The AI pair is pronounced as a long A sound (same as pale).
They both have a long A sound (pail sounds like pale, and the AY in always).
The word "pail" has a long a sound. It is pronounced as "pay-ul".
No. The AI vowel pair has a long A sound, as in pale.
Yes, they both have a long A vowel sound. The same sound is heard in their homophones, reign and pale.
Yes. The AI pair is pronounced as a long A sound (same as pale).
They both have a long A sound (pail sounds like pale, and the AY in always).
The 'a' in Pale is a long sound (like Pail). The 'a' in pal is a short sound.
Yes, "pail" has a short 'a' sound, pronounced as /eɪ/ in phonetics.
The AI vowel pair has the long A sound (AY) as in pail and pale.
No. The AI pair has a long A sound as in pail and pale, or sail and sale.
Yes, as with pail and sail. Most words with AI are pronounced as a long A (ay). Most of those that are not are still sounded similarly in the R-shaped AI words (air).
Since a bucket is a pail, the homonym for pail is pale. Homonyms are words that sound similar but are spelled differently.
When doing short a sounds the letter a will make a sound such as in the word cat. In the word cat the a is making a short 'a' sound. To make the long a sound another vowel has to be changing or contradicting the a. Some long a words are - lake, take & make. There are many words with the long a sound that don't follow that pattern such as mail hail and hair as well as pail.