A lot of words can sound the same when spoken but have different spellings.
Call them out here. Challenges may be made, so make sure you get it right (or is that write?)!
peek and peak
plane - plain
board - bored
rain reign rein
my personal pet peeve: to/too
but - butt
ate/eight
(homonyms)
hare, hear, here, hair.
My pet peeve (especially as a third grade teacher): there/their/they're!!! No matter how much I teach it they still mix it up (as do many teachers...aaarrrggghhh).
hole -- whole
one - won
steel-steal
weak-week
die-dye
wait- weight
red - read
and
reed - read
night - knight - nite
sun - son
piece ~ peace
led - lead
lead - leed
leek ~ leak
waist
waste
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