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It is easy to confuse ‘incidence’ and ‘incidents’ because they sound similar. They’re also both...
The words ‘complacent’ and ‘complaisant’ are homophones: words that sound similar but have different meanings....
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The words ‘need’ and ‘knead’ sound identical, but they don’t mean the same thing. In...
‘Feet’ and ‘feat’ are homophones, which means they sound the same but are spelled differently...
The words ‘definite’ and ‘definitive’ sound similar and are spelled similarly. They have different meanings,...
The words ‘banned’ and ‘band’ sound the same but have different meanings. As they are...
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The words ‘meditation’ and ‘mediation’ look and sound similar, but they mean different things. To...
‘Serial’ and ‘cereal’ are homophones: i.e. words that sound the same but differ in meaning...
The words ‘guessed’ and ‘guest’ sound quite similar, but they are spelled differently. Since these...
The words ‘vial’ and ‘vile’ are homophones: words that sound the same but have different...
The words ‘genes’ and ‘jeans’ may sound alike, but they’re spelled differently and have different...
The words ‘metre’ and ‘meter’ sound the same, but they can have different meanings depending...