Long a towers - Read and Sort Comment “LIST” and I will send you a list of “long vowel a words” sorted by patterns. Some more information: Most frequently seen pattern of long a is as follows: a, a_e, ai, ay Open syllable spelling “a” is about 46% - baby, lady, apron, crazy, basic, acorn, radio Split digraph “a_e” is at 35% - make, cake, take, rake, made, wave, stage, same “ai” is at 9% and comes in the middle - rain, brain, train, pain, faint, snail, wait “ay” is at 6% is at the end of the word