Let's break it down into two categories:
Words with "ei":
* Common Words:
* neighbor
* weigh
* reign
* freight
* veil
* height
* deceive
* receive
* believe
* achieve
* retrieve
* weird
* seize
* their
* neither
* Less Common Words:
* foreign
* ceiling
* conceive
* perceive
* relieve
* sheik
* protein
* reinforce
* weird
* eerie
* siege
* leisure
* debrief
* reimburse
Words with "ie":
* Common Words:
* field
* piece
* chief
* believe
* achieve
* grieving
* thief
* friend
* brief
* shield
* yield
* view
* tie
* lie
* die
* Less Common Words:
* fierce
* pierce
* reprieve
* clientele
* frieze
* siege
* niece
* piecemeal
* retrieve
* reprieve
* debrief
* briefcase
Important Note:
The spelling "ei" and "ie" are often tricky. There are some helpful rules, but there are also many exceptions.
Here's a helpful trick:
* "I before E, except after C" - This rule works for many words (e.g., believe, achieve, piece, field). However, there are exceptions (e.g., weird, seize, neighbor).
Let me know if you'd like more words, want to focus on a particular category, or want to explore the "I before E" rule further. I'm happy to help!