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The words ‘wander’ and ‘wonder’ sound similar. They’re also very close in spelling, with only...
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‘Sauce’ and ‘source’ may sound similar when spoken, but these terms are very different in...
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‘Guilt’ and ‘gilt’ sound very similar. They’re also similarly spelled, with only the ‘u’ in...
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‘Earn’ and ‘urn’ sound the same, making it easy to get them confused. But these...
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Although ‘fate’ and ‘fete’ sound alike, they have very different meanings. Check out our advice...
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Are ‘dialogue’ and ‘dialog’ just different spellings of the same word? Or is there a...
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The words ‘air’ and ‘heir’ sound the same, which makes it easy to confuse them...
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The words ‘yoke’ and ‘yolk’ sound similar, but they mean different things. As such, you...
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The words ‘gorilla’ and ‘guerrilla’ sound similar, so it is easy to get them confused....
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The words ‘incite’ and ‘insight’ sound similar but are spelled differently. They also mean very...
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The words ‘knit’ and ‘nit’ sound the same despite their different spellings. And since they...
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The words ‘our’ and ‘hour’ sound the same but have very different meanings. And to...
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