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?)!
weight ~ wait
poll, pole
heir ~ air ~ err
so ~ sew
dough - doh - dow
hmmh, I thought "dow" rhymed with "ow" not "oh" but, whatever.
(these two are not actual homonyms, just commonly confused pronunciations):
When -- win
Pitcher -- picture
Original Post by coach_k:
hmmh, I thought "dow" rhymed with "ow" not "oh" but, whatever.
doh!!!
seriously... I meant to put doe not dow :/ stooooopid 'w' and 'e' being right next to each other ;)
so....
dough - doh- doe
your you're yore
patients ~ patience
(mmm, maybe a pronunciation issue, but you seem them misused in writing too).
four, fore, for
tee - tea
pee - pea
we - wee
be - bee
Sorry, I got carried away
sale ~ sail
male ~ mail
whale ~ wail
Bridal - bridle (or is it bridel?)
altar ~ alter
compliment ~ complement
affect ~ effect
heel ~ heal
steel~steal
stare~stair
principal - principle
asked - axed (haha, just kidding...)
acts - axe
seam ~ seem
hey - hay
you - ewe
sought - sot
