the vowel pair i with e and SOLUTIONS

false: "I before E except after C?" noticed word "seize" and more! 

except "E sound" in word seize, and in word neither and in leisure. THAT is the exception. i found a good sample and will show SOLUTIONS.

an added vowel changes bed to bead, led to lead, same added i is an added vowel influenced word neither, first syllable sounds like words bee eat seize! the e is first. same as leisure too!

we can say this "rule" is not an exact +++science see? but if we can remove "c" then "sience" would match rule. rhyme: "we learnt a false rule,

when we were in scool!"

c part false too! +++"ancient"... but i offer SOLUTIONS by groups. we find after a "c", rule false: "ancient" after the c has "i before e" and in species too!

also not ONLY vowel "a" sound "veil their" as exceptions, because as above, also "neither" but word neither matches the pattern.

veil does not match the pattern, so isolate the one that matches patterns. 

i exclude added prefix or suffix +ing because separate categories: ignite > reignite, or agree > agreeing any suffix: de+ism. also aging is valid.

SOLUTIONS

marked by arrow > go to solution. RULE: science > sience like rule.

a, sound "A", group wait: eight > ait =8, 18, 80 etc. so ait, aiteen, aitey, aith 1/8 etc., freight > *frait, heir > *air SAME as we hear and ears distinguish. horses neigh > nai, kings reign > rain EARS can distinguish so can spell same. hold reins > rains,  their > thair, weigh > *wai, weight > *wait ears can distinguish! veil > vail. despite can group the vowel a sound that is not the pattern of words "even and saving" so better to isolate vowel e sound and add e sounds as i will show.

She wore a *vail. they combed *thair hair, i feel cold air and i am his *air. EARS distinguished. he heard the horses *nai. but neigh is pattern of seize and leisure! and different sound.

b, sound "E" group me: basis: "seize, neither" because e sound because added vowel changed "bed to bead"

atheist, caffein, ceiling, "conceit", deist, deity, either, *feild, leisure, neither, protein, *sheild, *speceis,  *weild, weird, *yeild,    

note: decaffeinated prefix and suffix category.

c, group eve, like vowel i influenced vowel in words "saving" "date" or "dating":  +++beige > bage, *dradil, neighbor > nabir like sound saving.

d, group in: ancient > *aincint. conscience > *conscince. counterfeit > counterfit, foreign >farrin, forfeit > forfit,  sovereign > *sovrin, sufficient > *sufficint.

e, group my: apartheid > apartyd, feisty > fystey,  height > hyt, heist >hyst, kaleidoscope > *kalydoscope, poltergeist > poltergyst, seismic > *sysmic, 

notes: reveille rare i will not bother with rare nor sleigh. name category: nonpareil candy name like Keith and title sheik. reindeer  like blood vessel named vein.