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The words ‘waist’ and ‘waste’ are homophones, so they sound the same but have different...
Since ‘in’ and ‘inn’ sound the same, it is easy to mix up these terms....
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...
The words ‘meat’ and ‘meet’ sound the same, but they have very different meanings. Make...
‘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...
Although ‘fate’ and ‘fete’ sound alike, they have very different meanings. Check out our advice...
Are ‘dialogue’ and ‘dialog’ just different spellings of the same word? Or is there a...
The words ‘air’ and ‘heir’ sound the same, which makes it easy to confuse them...
The words ‘yoke’ and ‘yolk’ sound similar, but they mean different things. As such, you...
The words ‘gorilla’ and ‘guerrilla’ sound similar, so it is easy to get them confused....