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What words have the same sound but mean a different things?

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

Common Homophones:

* To, too, two

* There, their, they're

* Your, you're

* See, sea

* Hear, here

* Write, right

* No, know

* Ware, wear, where

* Pair, pear

* Son, sun

* See, sea

* Hear, here

Less Common Homophones:

* Allowed, aloud

* Break, brake

* Buy, by

* Cent, scent, sent

* Choose, chews

* Coarse, course

* Council, counsel

* Dear, deer

* Due, dew

* Eye, I

* For, four

* Grate, great

* Heal, heel

* Hour, our

* Idle, idol

* Its, it's

* Lead (metal), lead (guide)

* Mail, male

* Meat, meet

* None, known

* Peace, piece

* Plain, plane

* Pray, prey

* Principal, principle

* Right, write

* Road, rode

* Sew, sow

* So, sow

* Stair, stare

* Tail, tale

* Than, then

* Their, there, they're

* Through, threw

* To, too, two

* Waist, waste

* Week, weak

* We're, were, where

* Your, you're

Note: This list is not exhaustive, and there are many more homophones in the English language!

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