Used after consonants and non-“short” vowels

bounce

chance

choice

dance

dunce

farce

fence

fierce

fleece

flounce

force

France

glance

Greece

hence

Joyce

juice

lance

mince

niece

nonce

ounce

peace

pence

piece

pierce

pounce

plaice

prance

prince

quince

rance

Reece

sauce

scarce

since

sluice

source

spence

stance

thence

trance

trounce

Vince

voice

whence

wince

absence

advance

announce

balance

clearance

commence

commerce

convince

defence

denounce

distance

divorce

enforce

enhance

entrance

essence

finance

instance

invoice

licence

nuance

nuisance

offence

patience

presence

pronounce

province

rejoice

resource

romance

science

sentence

sequence

silence

substance

workforce

abundance

acceptance

acquaintance

adolescence

allegiance

alliance

allowance

ambulance

annoyance

appearance

assistance

assurance

attendance

audience

avoidance

brilliance

circumstance

coincidence

competence

compliance

conference

confidence

conscience

consequence

convenience

convergence

correspondence

dependence

difference

disappearance

disturbance

dominance

elegance

emergence

evidence

excellence

existence

experience

ignorance

imbalance

importance

incidence

inconvenience

independence

inference

influence

inheritance

innocence

insistence

insurance

intelligence

interference

maintenance

masterpiece

negligence

obedience

occurrence

performance

preference

prevalence

prominence

reassurance

recurrence

reference

reinforce

relevance

renaissance

resemblance

residence

resistance

significance

surveillance

tolerance

utterance

variance

violence