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ie and ei: spelling bee words

I before e, except after c: believe, field, receive, ceiling, and the words that break the rule, like weird and their.

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ie and ei

Write i before e, except after c, when the sound is long e. Eight, weigh and their say other sounds, and weird and seize just break the rule.

  • untie
  • theirβ€œThe kids put on their coats.”
  • eightβ€œA spider has eight legs.”
  • reign
  • weigh
  • weight
  • freight
  • neighbor
  • vein
  • rein
  • beige
  • veil
  • eighty
  • eighteen
  • neigh
  • believe
  • field
  • pieceβ€œMay I have a piece of cake?”
  • chief
  • shield
  • thief
  • niece
  • brief
  • yield
  • receive
  • ceiling
  • receipt
  • preview
  • friend
  • kaleidoscope
  • weird
  • mischievous
  • hierarchy
  • leisure
  • deceive
  • deficiency
  • handkerchief
  • sovereign
  • quiescentquiet and still, at restβ€œThe quiescent lake reflected the mountains.”

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Also on Peabody: the Words place, words that start with each letter, spelling games and the Daily Word. Teachers: the weekly lists these come from are on Peabody Teach.

How this list was made: Every word in Peabody's grade banks spelled with ie or ei, except plurals and past tenses like flies and cried.

These are Peabody's own words, built from our grade word banks. They are not the Scripps School Spelling Bee Study List, which belongs to Scripps and is given to enrolled schools. Have the school's sheet? Ask the teacher; schools get it from Scripps at spellingbee.com. Checked 31 October 2026 Β· Free, no account, nothing you do here leaves this device Β· v0.2.0

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