I before E except after "C" what exceptions do you know?

Question

I only know weird and their.... are there any others?

Answer 1

seize, weird, Rottweiler, beige, cleidoic, codeine, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird

- there are a ton of them. there's evena commercial about it on TV.

Answer 2

I before E, except after C . That is why the word "R E C E I V E" is spelled as it is........or else it would have been normally "R E I C E V E" (or something to that effect)

Another is E before I, except after G

I do recall a little song (or ditty) on a "Charlie Brown" episode when Charlie was studying for a spelling bee, and he had to memorize all these little rules and tricks of spelling........... I think if you could watch it and learn what that song is, it will help you.

There was another one that I vaguely remember: O before U.......but that's it :(

Good luck!

Answer 3

The rhyme I learned was

I before e
except after c
or when sounded as A
as in neighbour or weigh

Then their isn't an exception, but weird still is, also foreign and Sheila. My sister Sheila hates that rule.

Answer 4

I learned this little saying in school

i before e
except after c
or when sounding like a
as in neighbor and weigh

Answer 5

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RE:
I before E except after "C" what exceptions do you know?
I only know weird and their.... are there any others?

Answer 6

glacier. that's the one that always got to me the most because it rules out the "except after c" exception.

Answer 7

exceptions

Answer 8

Y is the exception

Answer 9

beige, , codeine, conscience, deity, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, height, neighbour, neither, science, seismic,
society, sovereign, veil, vein, weight,

Answer 10

eight, freight, weight
leisure, seizure
either, neither
efficient, sufficient, proficient