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‘Valuable’ and ‘invaluable’ are tricky words. They look like opposites, but there’s actually a big...
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The words ‘toe’ and ‘tow’ sound the same but have different meanings. And it’s essential...
It can be easy to mix up words that sound the same but have different...
The words ‘gate’ and ‘gait’ sound the same, but they have different meanings. Since they...
‘Tail’ and ‘tale’ sound the same, but these words mean different things. In this post,...
The words ‘sun’ and ‘son’ sound exactly the same, but they have different meanings. This...
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The words ‘flu’, ‘flue’ and ‘flew’ all sound the same, yet they mean completely different...
The words ‘board’ and ‘bored’ sound the same, so it can be easy to mix...
The words ‘wait’ and ‘weight’ sound the same, which can make them confusing! But these...
It is easy to mix up the words ‘sheath’ and ‘sheathe’ as they are related...
The words ‘familiar’ and ‘familial’ look and sound similar, so it is easy to get...
Only one letter separates ‘wreath’ and ‘wreathe’, and these words are related. As such, they’re...