Discussion
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: B
Correct answer: Sovereign
The correct spelling is sovereign - e before i, with a silent g. The g is a historical accident. The word came from the Old French soverain and had no g at all; sixteenth-century scribes inserted one by false analogy with reign, supposing a connection with the Latin regnum that does not exist. The word actually derives from super, above. Foreign acquired its silent g in exactly the same way, and the two are worth learning as a pair, since both also break the i before e rule. The -eign ending is confined to a small group: sovereign, foreign, reign, feign and deign. The noun is sovereignty, which keeps every letter and adds a further syllable.
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