| A | B |
| acheive | i before e except after c |
| believe | i before e except after c |
| brief | i before e except after c |
| perceive | i before e except after c |
| hygiene | i before e except after c |
| grief | i before e except after c |
| chief | i before e except after c |
| friend | i before e except after c |
| ceiling | i before e except after c |
| deceive | i before e except after c |
| receipt | i before e except after c |
| conceit | i before e except after c |
| deceit | i before e except after c |
| receive | i before e except after c |
| friend | i before e except after c |
| pierce | i before e except after c |
| patience | i before e except after c |
| neighbor | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| freight | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| beige | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| sleigh | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| weight | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| vein | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| weigh | i before e except after c unless it says /ay/ like in neighbor or weigh |
| either | Exception |
| neither | Exception |
| foreign | Exception |
| forfeit | Exception |
| height | Exception |