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The words ‘incite’ and ‘insight’ sound similar but are spelled differently. They also mean very...
The words ‘knit’ and ‘nit’ sound the same despite their different spellings. And since they...
The words ‘our’ and ‘hour’ sound the same but have very different meanings. And to...
The words ‘heard’ and ‘herd’ sound identical and look similar written down. But these words...
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‘Aisle’ and ‘isle’ sound almost identical. But these words differ completely in meaning (and one...
The words ‘cue’ and ‘queue’ sound the same, but these are very different terms! To...
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When spoken, ‘idle’ and ‘idol’ sound very similar. But these words differ in spelling and...
The words ‘key’ and ‘quay’ sound the same. But while ‘key’ has many meanings in...
‘Or’, ‘oar’, and ‘ore’ sound identical, but these words have very different meanings. Make sure...
Although ‘not’ and ‘knot’ sound the same, they have very different meanings. As a result,...
It’s easy to mix up words that sound the same, like ‘gamble’ and ‘gambol’, especially...
‘Veil’ and ‘vale’ sound the same but have different meanings. So, how do you make...