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Give you 40 English words whose meaning and pronouncation are same but their spellings different?

You're asking for a list of homophones, which are words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

It's important to note that there are many more than 40 homophones in the English language. I've listed 40 common examples below, along with their pronunciations:

Common Homophones

1. to, too, two (tu)

2. there, their, they're (thɛr)

3. here, hear (hɪr)

4. see, sea (si)

5. know, no (noʊ)

6. write, right (raɪt)

7. buy, by, bye (baɪ)

8. hear, here (hɪr)

9. flower, flour (flaʊər)

10. hour, our (aʊər)

11. week, weak (wiːk)

12. new, knew (nu)

13. sun, son (sʌn)

14. air, heir (ɛr)

15. one, won (wʌn)

16. doe, dough (doʊ)

17. break, brake (breɪk)

18. hole, whole (hoʊl)

19. bare, bear (bɛr)

20. allowed, aloud (əˈlaʊd)

21. ate, eight (eɪt)

22. for, four (fɔr)

23. peace, piece (piːs)

24. then, than (ðɛn)

25. weather, whether (wɛðər)

26. which, witch (wɪtʃ)

27. desert, dessert (ˈdɛzərt)

28. to, two, too (tuː)

29. him, hymn (hɪm)

30. idle, idol (ˈaɪdl)

31. sail, sale (seɪl)

32. soar, sore (sɔr)

33. pail, pale (peɪl)

34. lead, led (lɛd)

35. some, sum (sʌm)

36. principal, principle (ˈprɪnsəpəl)

37. mail, male (meɪl)

38. waist, waste (weɪst)

39. write, right (raɪt)

40. stationary, stationery (ˈsteɪʃənɛri)

Note: These pronunciations are based on standard American English.

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