“A foriegn country.”
Spelling Entry 1373 / 1605 60-second read
Foreign vs. Foriegn
E before I — another exception.
The comparisoni
“A foreign country — FOREIGN spells E-I-G-N. Like SEIZE and WEIRD, this breaks the "I before E" rule.”
The ruleii
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FOR + EIGN.
FOREIGN, SOVEREIGN, REIGN, FEIGN — all keep -EIGN endings (silent G in REIGN). The E-before-I exception cluster is small and worth memorising as a group.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
reIGN, sovereIGN, foreIGN.