Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Homophones

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Many words (spelled correctly) are confused with another word which sounds the same or is spelled similarly. These are known as homophones.


  • Aaron and Erin
  • bear and bare
  • calvary and cavalry
  • hare and hair
  • here and hear
  • imminent and immanent
  • it's its
  • lose and loose
  • posses and possess and poses and posies
  • see and sea
  • then and than
  • there, their, and they're
  • to, two, and too
  • were, where, and we're
  • your and you're and yaw
  • which and witch
  • who's and whose
  • weight and wait