i before e

IE or EI
 

I before E except after C goes the old saying and it works quite well as long as it is an eeee sound.

IE

field

siege

piece

pierce

CEI words

ceiling

receive  

perceive

conceive 

deceive 
receipt

conceit

deceit

EXCEPTIONS

EI exceptions

weird

seize

names: Sheila, Keith, Neil, Stein, Rheims

chemical words: caffeine, protein, codeine

IE exceptions

species

plurals and past tense of -cy words These are not usually a problem.

policy policies (not really an eeee sound)

transparency transparencies

fancy fancied

Foreign words follow their own rules!