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What are the words with same sound and different spellings?

You're asking for homophones! These are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Here are some examples:

Common Homophones:

* There, Their, They're

* To, Too, Two

* Your, You're

* See, Sea

* Hear, Here

* Write, Right

* Know, No

* Peace, Piece

* Bare, Bear

* Week, Weak

* Hour, Our

* Buy, By

* Sail, Sale

* Break, Brake

* Pair, Pear

* So, Sow

* Son, Sun

* Waste, Waist

Less Common Homophones:

* Aisle, Isle

* Aloud, Allowed

* Ant, Aunt

* Ate, Eight

* Bough, Bow

* Ceiling, Sealing

* Choose, Chews

* Counsel, Council

* Dear, Deer

* Dye, Die

* Flew, Flu

* Grate, Great

* Heal, Heel

* Hole, Whole

* Idle, Idol

* Knight, Night

* Mail, Male

* Meat, Meet

* None, Nun

* Pair, Pare

* Pray, Prey

* Read, Reed

* Right, Write

* Road, Rode

* See, Sea

* Sew, So

* Stair, Stare

* Tale, Tail

* Threw, Through

* To, Too, Two

* Vain, Vein, Vane

* Way, Weigh

* We're, Were

* Weather, Whether

* Who's, Whose

This is just a small selection. There are many more homophones in the English language!

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