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What are words that pronounced the same but have different meaning?

You're looking for homophones! These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and often different spellings.

Here are some examples:

Common Homophones:

* to, too, two

* there, their, they're

* here, hear

* see, sea

* write, right

* know, no

* your, you're

* weather, whether

* buy, by, bye

* week, weak

* for, four

Less Common Homophones:

* air, heir

* allowed, aloud

* brake, break

* ceiling, sealing

* fair, fare

* flower, flour

* grate, great

* heal, heel

* idle, idol

* knight, night

* peace, piece

* principal, principle

* rain, reign

* sail, sale

* son, sun

* stare, stair

* tail, tale

* waist, waste

* wear, where

* whole, hole

* wood, would

This is just a small selection, and there are many more homophones in the English language. Do you have any specific words you'd like to know about, or would you like to play a homophone game? 😊

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