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| accessary | accessory | |
|---|---|---|
| ad | add | |
| ail | ale | |
| air | heir | |
| aisle | i'll | |
| aisle | isle | |
| i'll | isle | |
| all | awl | |
| allowed | aloud | |
| alms | arms | |
| altar | alter | |
| arc | ark | |
| aren't | aunt | |
| ate | eight | |
| auger | augur | |
| auk | orc | |
| aural | oral | |
| away | aweigh | |
| awe | oar | |
| or | ore | |
| awe | or | |
| awe | ore | |
| oar | or | |
| oar | ore | |
| axel | axle | |
| aye | eye | |
| aye | i | |
| eye | i | |
| bail | bale | |
| bait | bate | |
| baize | bays | |
| bald | bawled | |
| ball | bawl | |
| band | banned | |
| bard | barred | |
| bare | bear | |
| bark | barque | |
| baron | barren | |
| base | bass | |
| bay | bey | |
| bazaar | bizarre | |
| be | bee | |
| beach | beech | |
| bean | been | |
| beat | beet | |
| beau | bow | |
| beer | bier | |
| bel | bell | |
| bel | belle | |
| bell | belle | |
| berry | bury | |
| berth | birth | |
| bight | bite | |
| bight | byte | |
| bite | byte | |
| billed | build | |
| bitten | bittern | |
| blew | blue | |
| bloc | block | |
| boar | bore | |
| board | bored | |
| boarder | border | |
| bold | bowled | |
| boos | booze | |
| born | borne | |
| bough | bow | |
| boy | buoy | |
| brae | bray | |
| braid | brayed | |
| braise | brays | |
| braise | braze | |
| brays | braze | |
| brake | break | |
| bread | bred | |
| brews | bruise | |
| bridal | bridle | |
| broach | brooch | |
| bur | burr | |
| but | butt | |
| buy | by | |
| buy | bye | |
| by | bye | |
| buyer | byre | |
| calendar | calender | |
| call | caul | |
| canvas | canvass | |
| cast | caste | |
| caster | castor | |
| caught | court | |
| caw | core | |
| caw | corps | |
| core | corps | |
| cede | seed | |
| ceiling | sealing | |
| cell | sell | |
| censer | censor | |
| censer | sensor | |
| censor | sensor | |
| cent | scent | |
| cent | sent | |
| scent | sent | |
| cereal | serial | |
| cheap | cheep | |
| check | cheque | |
| choir | quire | |
| chord | cord | |
| cite | sight | |
| cite | site | |
| sight | site | |
| clack | claque | |
| clew | clue | |
| climb | clime | |
| close | cloze | |
| coal | kohl | |
| coarse | course | |
| coign | coin | |
| colonel | kernel | |
| complacent | complaisant | |
| complement | compliment | |
| coo | coup | |
| cops | copse | |
| council | counsel | |
| cousin | cozen | |
| creak | creek | |
| crews | cruise | |
| cue | kyu | |
| cue | queue | |
| kyu | queue | |
| curb | kerb | |
| currant | current | |
| cymbol | symbol | |
| dam | damn | |
| days | daze | |
| dear | deer | |
| descent | dissent | |
| desert | dessert | |
| deviser | divisor | |
| dew | due | |
| die | dye | |
| discreet | discrete | |
| doe | doh | |
| doe | dough | |
| doh | dough | |
| done | dun | |
| douse | dowse | |
| draft | draught | |
| dual | duel | |
| earn | urn | |
| eery | eyrie | |
| ewe | yew | |
| ewe | you | |
| yew | you | |
| faint | feint | |
| fah | far | |
| fair | fare | |
| farther | father | |
| fate | fête | |
| faun | fawn | |
| fay | fey | |
| faze | phase | |
| feat | feet | |
| ferrule | ferule | |
| few | phew | |
| fie | phi | |
| file | phial | |
| find | fined | |
| fir | fur | |
| fizz | phiz | |
| flair | flare | |
| flaw | floor | |
| flea | flee | |
| flex | flecks | |
| flew | flu | |
| flew | flue | |
| flu | flue | |
| floe | flow | |
| flour | flower | |
| foaled | fold | |
| for | fore | |
| for | four | |
| fore | four | |
| foreword | forward | |
| fort | fought | |
| forth | fourth | |
| foul | fowl | |
| franc | frank | |
| freeze | frieze | |
| friar | fryer | |
| furs | furze | |
| gait | gate | |
| galipot | gallipot | |
| gallop | galop | |
| gamble | gambol | |
| gays | gaze | |
| genes | jeans | |
| gild | guild | |
| gilt | guilt | |
| giro | gyro | |
| gnaw | nor | |
| gneiss | nice | |
| gorilla | guerilla | |
| grate | great | |
| greave | grieve | |
| greys | graze | |
| grisly | grizzly | |
| groan | grown | |
| guessed | guest | |
| hail | hale | |
| hair | hare | |
| hall | haul | |
| hangar | hanger | |
| hart | heart | |
| haw | hoar | |
| haw | whore | |
| hoar | whore | |
| hay | hey | |
| heal | heel | |
| heal | he'll | |
| heel | he'll | |
| hear | here | |
| heard | herd | |
| he'd | heed | |
| heroin | heroine | |
| hew | hue | |
| hi | high | |
| higher | hire | |
| him | hymn | |
| ho | hoe | |
| hoard | horde | |
| hoarse | horse | |
| holey | holy | |
| holey | wholly | |
| holy | wholly | |
| hour | our | |
| idle | idol | |
| in | inn | |
| indict | indite | |
| it's | its | |
| jewel | joule | |
| key | quay | |
| knave | nave | |
| knead | need | |
| knew | new | |
| knight | night | |
| knit | nit | |
| knob | nob | |
| knock | nock | |
| knot | not | |
| know | no | |
| knows | nose | |
| laager | lager | |
| lac | lack | |
| lade | laid | |
| lain | lane | |
| lam | lamb | |
| laps | lapse | |
| larva | lava | |
| lase | laze | |
| law | lore | |
| lay | ley | |
| lea | lee | |
| leach | leech | |
| lead | led | |
| leak | leek | |
| lean | lien | |
| lessen | lesson | |
| levee | levy | |
| liar | lyre | |
| licence | license | |
| licker | liquor | |
| lie | lye | |
| lieu | loo | |
| links | lynx | |
| lo | low | |
| load | lode | |
| loan | lone | |
| locks | lox | |
| loop | loupe | |
| loot | lute | |
| made | maid | |
| male | ||
| main | mane | |
| maize | maze | |
| mall | maul | |
| manna | manner | |
| mantel | mantle | |
| mare | mayor | |
| mark | marque | |
| marshal | martial | |
| marten | martin | |
| mask | masque | |
| maw | more | |
| me | mi | |
| mean | mien | |
| meat | meet | |
| meat | mete | |
| meet | mete | |
| medal | meddle | |
| metal | mettle | |
| meter | metre | |
| might | mite | |
| miner | minor | |
| miner | mynah | |
| minor | mynah | |
| mind | mined | |
| missed | mist | |
| moat | mote | |
| mode | mowed | |
| moor | more | |
| moose | mousse | |
| morning | mourning | |
| muscle | mussel | |
| naval | navel | |
| nay | neigh | |
| nigh | nye | |
| none | nun | |
| od | odd | |
| ode | owed | |
| oh | owe | |
| one | won | |
| packed | pact | |
| packs | pax | |
| pail | pale | |
| pain | pane | |
| pair | pare | |
| pair | pear | |
| pare | pear | |
| palate | palette | |
| palate | pallet | |
| palette | pallet | |
| pascal | paschal | |
| paten | patten | |
| paten | pattern | |
| patten | pattern | |
| pause | paws | |
| pores | pours | |
| pause | pores | |
| pause | pours | |
| paws | pores | |
| paws | pours | |
| pawn | porn | |
| pea | pee | |
| peace | piece | |
| peak | peek | |
| peke | pique | |
| peak | peke | |
| peak | pique | |
| peek | peke | |
| peek | pique | |
| peal | peel | |
| pearl | purl | |
| pedal | peddle | |
| peer | pier | |
| pi | pie | |
| pica | pika | |
| place | plaice | |
| plain | plane | |
| pleas | please | |
| plum | plumb | |
| pole | poll | |
| poof | pouffe | |
| practice | practise | |
| praise | prays | |
| praise | preys | |
| prays | preys | |
| principal | principle | |
| profit | prophet | |
| quarts | quartz | |
| quean | queen | |
| rain | reign | |
| rain | rein | |
| reign | rein | |
| raise | rays | |
| raise | raze | |
| rays | raze | |
| rap | wrap | |
| raw | roar | |
| read | reed | |
| read | red | |
| real | reel | |
| reek | wreak | |
| rest | wrest | |
| retch | wretch | |
| review | revue | |
| rheum | room | |
| right | rite | |
| wright | write | |
| right | wright | |
| right | write | |
| rite | wright | |
| rite | write | |
| ring | wring | |
| road | rode | |
| roe | row | |
| role | roll | |
| roo | roux | |
| roo | rue | |
| roux | rue | |
| rood | rude | |
| root | route | |
| rose | rows | |
| rota | rotor | |
| rote | wrote | |
| rough | ruff | |
| rouse | rows | |
| rung | wrung | |
| rye | wry | |
| saver | savour | |
| spade | spayed | |
| sale | sail | |
| sane | seine | |
| satire | satyr | |
| sauce | source | |
| saw | soar | |
| saw | sore | |
| soar | sore | |
| scene | seen | |
| scull | skull | |
| sea | see | |
| seam | seem | |
| sear | seer | |
| sear | sere | |
| seer | sere | |
| seas | sees | |
| seas | seize | |
| sees | seize | |
| sew | so | |
| sew | sow | |
| so | sow | |
| shake | sheikh | |
| shear | sheer | |
| shoe | shoo | |
| sic | sick | |
| side | sighed | |
| sign | sine | |
| sink | synch | |
| slay | sleigh | |
| sloe | slow | |
| sole | soul | |
| some | sum | |
| son | sun | |
| sort | sought | |
| spa | spar | |
| staid | stayed | |
| stair | stare | |
| stake | steak | |
| stalk | stork | |
| stationary | stationery | |
| steal | steel | |
| stile | style | |
| storey | story | |
| straight | strait | |
| sweet | suite | |
| swat | swot | |
| tacks | tax | |
| tale | tail | |
| talk | torque | |
| tare | tear | |
| taught | taut | |
| taught | tort | |
| taut | tort | |
| te | tea | |
| te | tee | |
| tea | tee | |
| team | teem | |
| tear | tier | |
| teas | tease | |
| terce | terse | |
| tern | turn | |
| there | their | |
| there | they're | |
| their | they're | |
| threw | through | |
| throes | throws | |
| throne | thrown | |
| thyme | time | |
| tic | tick | |
| tide | tied | |
| tire | tyre | |
| to | too | |
| to | two | |
| too | two | |
| toad | toed | |
| toad | towed | |
| toed | towed | |
| told | tolled | |
| tole | toll | |
| ton | tun | |
| tor | tore | |
| tough | tuff | |
| troop | troupe | |
| tuba | tuber | |
| vain | vane | |
| vain | vein | |
| vane | vein | |
| vale | veil | |
| vial | vile | |
| wail | wale | |
| wail | whale | |
| wale | whale | |
| wain | wane | |
| waist | waste | |
| wait | weight | |
| waive | wave | |
| wall | waul | |
| war | wore | |
| ware | wear | |
| ware | where | |
| wear | where | |
| warn | worn | |
| wart | wort | |
| watt | what | |
| wax | whacks | |
| way | weigh | |
| way | whey | |
| weight | whey | |
| we | wee | |
| we | whee | |
| wee | whee | |
| weak | week | |
| we'd | weed | |
| weal | we'll | |
| weal | wheel | |
| we'll | wheel | |
| wean | ween | |
| weather | whether | |
| weaver | weever | |
| weir | we're | |
| were | whirr | |
| wet | whet | |
| wheald | wheeled | |
| which | witch | |
| whig | wig | |
| while | wile | |
| whine | wine | |
| whirl | whorl | |
| whirled | world | |
| whit | wit | |
| white | wight | |
| who's | whose | |
| woe | whoa | |
| wood | would | |
| yaw | yore | |
| your | you're | |
| yaw | your | |
| yaw | you're | |
| yore | your | |
| yore | you're | |
| yoke | yolk | |
| you'll | yule |
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