An orthotactic rule of thumb that nearly any English-speaking schoolchild has heard is to put 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
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Of course, pronounceability is closely tied to orthotactic regularity: letter strings that are orthotactically irregular will tend to be unpronounceable.
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