List of ie words sorted by commonness (*): https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 Not sure I'd be i

List of ie words sorted by commonness (*): https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 Not sure I'd be in a rush to say "aye" was the default pronunciation. At best it may be marginally the single most common one. (*) meaning the number of dictionaries the word is found in, not frequency of usage.