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Spelling Entry 1362 / 1605 60-second read

Seize vs. Sieze

One of the few "I before E" exceptions.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

They will sieze the property.

✓ Correct

They will seize the property — SEIZE is spelled E-I, breaking the "I before E except after C" rule. Other exceptions: weird, weight, neither.

The ruleii

SEIZE — E before I.

"I before E except after C" gives the right answer most of the time. SEIZE is famous as one of the holdouts where neither the I-before-E nor the after-C rule applies. Memorise it as an exception, alongside WEIRD and HEIGHT.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Seize the EI moment.

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