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What words end with ey?

What words end with ey?

7-letter words that end in ey

  • journey.
  • turnkey.
  • odyssey.
  • parsley.
  • trolley.
  • chimney.
  • langley.
  • paisley.

What word is ey?

1. An interj. of wonder or inquiry.

How many ey words are there?

There are only 255 English words total ending in EY, and many of these are rare or end in the sound /ā/, the other sound represented by this phonogram. There are thousands of words, on the other hand, that end in the long /ē/ sound spelled with a single-vowel y.

What are some ey words?

Study the word list: -ey words

key I have lost my door key again.
money I haven’t got enough money to buy those shoes.
honey Bees make honey.
parsley Mint, thyme and parsley are herbs.
donkey A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.

What starts with ey?

6-letter words that start with ey

  • eyelid.
  • eyeful.
  • eyelet.
  • eyecup.
  • eyeing.
  • eyases.
  • eyebar.
  • eyries.

Is ey a phoneme?

The grapheme ‘ey’ is another way of representing the /ai/ phoneme. This grapheme is used rarely to represent the /ai/ sound but some words like “they”, “grey” and “survey” are commonly-used words.

Is ey a Digraph?

A digraph is two letters that spell one sound. Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw.

What is the EY rule?

Y as a long E: When y or ey ends a word in an unaccented syllable, the y has the long sound of e. Examples: money, honey, many, key, funny.

Is ey a special sound?

What word starts with EP?

11-letter words that start with ep

  • epinephrine.
  • epithelioid.
  • epithelioma.
  • epiphytotic.
  • epidiascope.
  • epidemicity.
  • epidendrums.
  • epidermises.

What starts with EC?

9-letter words that start with ec

  • economics.
  • economist.
  • eccentric.
  • ecosystem.
  • ecumenism.
  • economize.
  • ecclesial.
  • echinacea.

Is ey a grapheme?