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WIP: Computer-parsable version of Masha Bell's "4,219 unpredictably spelt common words" http://englishspellingproblems.blogspot.com/2014/10/4219-unpredictably-spelt-common-words.html
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| CURRENT | RESPELLING | |
|---|---|---|
| have | hav | |
| meringue | merang | |
| plaid | plad | |
| plait | plat | |
| aunt | ant/ahnt | |
| draught | draft/drahft | |
| laugh | laf/lahf | |
| ale/ail | ale | |
| bale/bail | bale | |
| male/mail | male | |
| pale/pail | pale | |
| sale/sail | sale | |
| tale/tail | tale | |
| whale/wail | wale | |
| aid/aide | ade | |
| made/maid | made | |
| brake/break | brake | |
| stake/steak | stake | |
| place/plaice | place | |
| waste/waist; | waste | |
| ate/eight | ate | |
| bate/bait | bate | |
| grate/great | grate | |
| straight | strate | |
| straits | strates | |
| wait/weight | wate | |
| fate/fête | fate | |
| assail | asale | |
| cocktail | coctale | |
| detail | deetale | |
| fail | fale | |
| hail | hale | |
| jail | jale | |
| nail | nale | |
| prevail | prevale | |
| rail | rale | |
| retail | reetale | |
| snail | snale | |
| trail | trale | |
| braid | brade | |
| laid | lade | |
| paid | pade | |
| raid | rade | |
| afraid | afrade | |
| aim | ame | |
| claim | clame | |
| exclaim | exclame | |
| maim | mame | |
| proclaim | proclame | |
| daisy | dasy | |
| praise | prase | |
| raise | rase | |
| raisin | rasin | |
| traitor | trater | |
| waiter | water* | |
| freight | frate | |
| faith | fathe | |
| halfpenny | hapenny | |
| neighbour | naber | |
| able | abel | |
| apron | aperon | |
| cable | cabel | |
| fable | fabel | |
| gable | gabel | |
| stable | stabel | |
| table | tabel | |
| cradle | cradel | |
| ladle | ladel | |
| sabre | saber | |
| gauge | gage |
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