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⟨eigh⟩

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⟨eigh⟩ is an English vowel tetragraph. It is quite common[1] and fairly reliably represents the ꜰᴀᴄᴇ vowel phoneme /eɪ/. This may be part of an open syllable, e.g. weigh, or it may be followed by t, e.g. weight, or with eighth, th.

The exception to this pronunciation pattern is the word height /haɪt/ which has a ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ vowel phoneme /aɪ/, following high.

The other exception to this is Leigh which is the ꜰʟᴇᴇᴄᴇ vowel phoneme /iː/. Sometimes this is unstressed and reduced to a 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱ʏ vowel, e.g. Ashleigh, Kayleigh, Ryleigh, etc.

Another exception is Keighley, which is just odd. That’s pronounced /i:θ/, i.e. /ˈki:θ.li/.

The tetragraph ⟨aigh⟩ can be considered a variation.

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