List of Homophones (American-English)
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List contributors: literati
Date started: 2013-05-22
Last updated: 2013-05-22
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Description:
A list of American-English homophones i.e. groups of words that have different spelling, different meaning, but the same pronunciation when spoken in most (if not all) American accents. The pronunciation of some words may vary.
The list should exclude proper nouns and their associated adjectives. The list should also exclude different forms of a word (unless each form has a homophone that isn’t shared by the other, and those homophones aren’t different forms of the same word). The list may include contractions (through use of apostrophes and hyphens), but not informal contractions.
The description contains the number of words in the homophone group.
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1. adds, ads, adz
3
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2. aid, aide
2
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3. ail, ale
2
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4. air, err, heir
3
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5. aisle, I'll, isle
3
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6. all, awl
2
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7. allowed, aloud
2
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8. alms, arms
2
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9. altar, alter
2
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10. ant, aunt
2
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11. arc, ark
2
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12. ascent, assent
2
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13. ate, eight
2
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14. auger, augur
2
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15. auk, orc
2
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16. away, aweigh
2
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17. awe, oar, or, ore
4
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18. axel, axle
2
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19. aye, eye, I
3
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20. bail, bale
2
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21. bait, bate
2
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22. baize, bays
2
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23. bald, bawled
2
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24. ball, bawl
2
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25. band, banned
2
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26. bard, barred
2
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27. bare, bear
2
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28. baron, barren
2
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29. base, bass
2
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30. bay, bey
2
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31. be, bee
2
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32. beach, beech
2
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33. bean, been
2
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34. beat, beet
2
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35. beau, bow
2
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36. beer, bier
2
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37. bel, bell, belle
3
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38. berry, bury
2
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39. berth, birth
2
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40. bight, bite, byte
3
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41. billed, build
2
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42. bite, byte
2
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43. bitten, bittern
2
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44. blew, blue
2
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45. bloc, block
2
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46. boar, bore
2
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47. board, bored
2
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48. boarder, border
2
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49. bode, bowed
2
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50. bold, bowled
2
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51. bolder, boulder
2
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52. boos, booze
2
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53. born, borne
2
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54. bough, bow
2
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55. bouillon, bullion
2
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56. brae, bray
2
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57. braid, brayed
2
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58. braise, brays, braze
3
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59. brake, break
2
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60. bread, bred
2
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61. brewed, brood
2
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62. brews, bruise
2
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63. bridal, bridle
2
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64. broach, brooch
2
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65. brows, browse
2
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66. bur, burr
2
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67. but, butt
2
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68. buy, by, bye
3
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69. buyer, byre
2
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70. cache, cash
2
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71. calendar, calender
2
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72. call, caul
2
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73. callous, callus
2
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74. cannon, canon
2
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75. canvas, canvass
2
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76. caret, carrot, karat
3
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77. carol, carrel
2
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78. cast, caste
2
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79. caster, castor
2
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80. caught, court
2
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81. caw, core, corps
3
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82. cede, seed
2
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83. ceiling, sealing
2
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84. cell, sell
2
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85. cellar, seller
2
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86. censer, censor, sensor
3
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87. cent, scent, sent
3
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88. cereal, serial
2
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89. cession, session
2
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90. cheap, cheep
2
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91. chews, choose
2
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92. chic, sheik
2
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93. chili, chilly
2
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94. choir, quire
2
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95. choral, coral
2
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96. chord, cord
2
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97. chute, shoot
2
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98. cite, sight, site
3
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99. clack, claque
2
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100. clause, claws
2
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101. clew, clue
2
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102. click, clique
2
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103. climb, clime
2
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104. close, cloze
2
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105. coal, cole, kohl
3
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106. coarse, course
2
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107. coign, coin
2
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108. colonel, kernel
2
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109. complacent, complaisant
2
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110. complement, compliment
2
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111. coo, coup
2
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112. coop, coupe
2
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113. cops, copse
2
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114. council, counsel
2
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115. cousin, cozen
2
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116. creak, creek
2
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117. crewel, cruel
2
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118. crews, cruise
2
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119. cue, kyu, queue
3
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120. currant, current
2
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121. curser, cursor
2
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122. cymbal, symbol
2
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123. dam, damn
2
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124. days, daze
2
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125. dear, deer
2
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126. defused, diffused
2
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127. descent, dissent
2
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128. desert (as in abandon), dessert
2
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129. deviser, divisor
2
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130. dew, do, due
3
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131. die, dye
2
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132. discreet, discrete
2
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133. do (musical note), doe, dough
3
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134. done, dun
2
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135. douse, dowse
2
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136. dual, duel
2
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137. earn, urn
2
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138. eery, eyrie
2
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139. ewe, yew, you
3
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140. fa, far
2
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141. faint, feint
2
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142. fair, fare
2
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143. farther, father
2
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144. fate, fête
2
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145. faun, fawn
2
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146. fay, fey
2
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147. faze, phase
2
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148. feat, feet
2
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149. ferrule, ferule
2
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150. few, phew
2
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151. fie, phi
2
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152. file, phial
2
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153. find, fined
2
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154. fir, fur
2
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155. fizz, phiz
2
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156. flair, flare
2
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157. flaw, floor
2
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158. flea, flee
2
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159. flecks, flex
2
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160. flew, flu, flue
3
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161. flocks, phlox
2
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162. floe, flow
2
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163. flour, flower
2
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164. foaled, fold
2
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165. for, fore, four
3
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166. foreword, forward
2
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167. fort, fought
2
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168. forth, fourth
2
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169. foul, fowl
2
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170. franc, frank
2
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171. freeze, frieze
2
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172. friar, fryer
2
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173. furs, furze
2
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174. gait, gate
2
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175. galipot, gallipot
2
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176. gallop, galop
2
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177. gamble, gambol
2
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178. gays, gaze
2
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179. gene, jean
2
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180. genes, jeans
2
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181. gild, guild
2
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182. gilt, guilt
2
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183. giro, gyro
2
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184. gnaw, nor
2
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185. gneiss, nice
2
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186. gnu, knew, new
3
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187. gored, gourd
2
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188. grate, great
2
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189. graze, greys
2
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190. greave, grieve
2
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191. grisly, grizzly
2
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192. groan, grown
2
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193. hail, hale
2
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194. hair, hare, hear, here
4
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195. hall, haul
2
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196. halve, have
2
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197. hangar, hanger
2
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198. hart, heart
2
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199. haw, hoar, whore
3
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200. hay, hey
2
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201. heard, herd
2
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202. he'd, heed
2
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203. he'll, heal, heel
3
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204. heroin, heroine
2
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205. hertz, hurts
2
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206. hew, hue
2
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207. hi, high
2
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208. higher, hire
2
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209. him, hymn
2
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210. ho, hoe
2
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211. hoard, horde
2
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212. hoarse, horse
2
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213. hoes, hose
2
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214. hold, holed
2
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215. holey, holy, wholly
3
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216. hostel, hostile
2
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217. hour, our
2
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218. idle, idol
2
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219. in, inn
2
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220. incite, insight
2
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221. indict, indite
2
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222. it's, its
2
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223. jam, jamb
2
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224. key, quay
2
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225. knap, nap
2
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226. knave, nave
2
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227. knead, kneed, need
3
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228. knew, new
2
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229. knight, night
2
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230. knit, nit
2
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231. knob, nob
2
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232. knock, nock
2
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233. knot, not
2
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234. know, no
2
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235. knows, nose
2
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236. laager, lager
2
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237. lac, lack
2
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238. lade, laid
2
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239. lain, lane
2
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240. lam, lamb
2
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241. laps, lapse
2
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242. lase, laze
2
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243. law, lore
2
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244. lay, lei, ley
3
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245. lea, lee
2
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246. leach, leech
2
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247. lead, led
2
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248. leak, leek
2
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249. lean, lien
2
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250. lessen, lesson
2
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251. levee, levy
2
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252. liar, lier, lyre
3
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253. licence, license
2
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254. lichen, liken
2
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255. licker, liquor
2
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256. lieu, loo
2
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257. links, lynx
2
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258. lo, low
2
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259. load, lode
2
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260. loan, lone
2
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261. locks, lox
2
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262. loop, loupe
2
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263. loot, lute
2
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264. made, maid
2
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265. mail, male
2
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266. main, mane
2
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267. maize, maze
2
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268. mall, maul
2
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269. manna, manner, manor
3
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270. mantel, mantle
2
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271. mare, mayor
2
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272. mark, marque
2
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273. marshal, martial
2
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274. marten, martin
2
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275. mask, masque
2
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276. maw, moor, more
3
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277. me, mi
2
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278. mean, mien
2
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279. meat, meet, mete
3
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280. medal, meddle
2
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281. metal, mettle
2
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282. might, mite
2
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283. mind, mined
2
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284. miner, minor, mynah
3
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285. moan, mown
2
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286. moat, mote
2
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287. mode, mowed
2
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288. moose, mousse
2
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289. morning, mourning
2
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290. muscle, mussel
2
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291. mustard, mustered
2
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292. naval, navel
2
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293. nay, neigh
2
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294. nigh, nye
2
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295. none, nun
2
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296. od, odd
2
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297. ode, owed
2
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298. oh, owe
2
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299. one, won
2
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300. overdo, overdue
2
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301. overseas, oversees
2
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302. packs, pax
2
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303. pail, pale
2
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304. pain, pane
2
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305. pair, pare, pear
3
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306. palate, palette, pallet
3
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307. pascal, paschal
2
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308. paten, patten, pattern
3
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309. pause, paws, pores, pours
4
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310. pawn, porn
2
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311. pea, pee
2
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312. peace, piece
2
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313. peak, peek, peke, pique
4
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314. peal, peel
2
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315. pearl, purl
2
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316. pedal, peddle
2
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317. per, purr
2
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318. pi, pie
2
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319. pica, pika
2
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320. place, plaice
2
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321. plain, plane
2
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322. plait, plate
2
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323. pleas, please
2
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324. plum, plumb
2
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325. pole, poll
2
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326. poof, pouffe
2
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327. pore, pour
2
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328. praise, prays, preys
3
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329. principal, principle
2
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330. profit, prophet
2
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331. quarts, quartz
2
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332. quean, queen
2
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333. rack, wrack
2
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334. rain, reign, rein
3
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335. raise, rays, raze
3
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336. rap, wrap
2
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337. raw, roar
2
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338. read, red
2
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339. read, reed
2
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340. real, reel
2
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341. reek, wreak
2
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342. rest, wrest
2
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343. retch, wretch
2
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344. review, revue
2
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345. rheum, room
2
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346. right, rite, wright, write
4
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347. ring, wring
2
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348. road, rode, rowed
3
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349. roe, row
2
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350. role, roll
2
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351. roo, roux, rue
3
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352. rood, rude
2
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353. root, route
2
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354. rose, rows
2
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355. rota, rotor
2
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356. rote, wrote
2
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357. rough, ruff
2
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358. rouse, rows
2
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359. rung, wrung
2
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360. rye, wry
2
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361. sail, sale
2
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362. sane, seine
2
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363. satire, satyr
2
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364. sauce, source
2
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365. saver, savor
2
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366. saw, soar, sore
3
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367. scene, seen
2
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368. scull, skull
2
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369. seam, seem
2
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370. sear, seer, sere
3
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371. seas, sees, seize
3
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372. serf, surf
2
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373. serge, surge
2
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374. sew, so, sow
3
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375. shake, sheikh
2
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376. shear, sheer
2
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377. shoe, shoo
2
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378. sic, sick
2
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379. side, sighed
2
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380. sighs, size
2
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381. sign, sine
2
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382. sink, synch
2
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383. slay, sleigh
2
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384. sleight, slight
2
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385. slew, slough, slue
3
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386. sloe, slow
2
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387. soar, sore
2
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388. soared, sword
2
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389. sole, soul
2
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390. some, sum
2
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391. son, sun
2
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392. sort, sought
2
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393. spa, spar
2
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394. spade, spayed
2
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395. staid, stayed
2
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396. stair, stare
2
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397. stake, steak
2
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398. stalk, stork
2
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399. stationary, stationery
2
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400. steal, steel
2
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401. step, steppe
2
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402. stile, style
2
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403. straight, strait
2
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404. suite, sweet
2
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405. swat, swot
2
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406. tacks, tax
2
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407. tail, tale
2
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408. talk, torque
2
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409. tare, tear
2
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410. taught, taut, tort, torte
4
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411. te, tea, tee
3
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412. team, teem
2
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413. tear, tier
2
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414. teas, tease
2
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415. terce, terse
2
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416. tern, turn
2
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417. their, there, they're
3
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418. theirs, there's
2
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419. threw, through
2
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420. throes, throws
2
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421. throne, thrown
2
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422. thyme, time
2
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423. tic, tick
2
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424. tide, tied
2
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425. to, too, two
3
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426. toad, toed, towed
3
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427. toe, tow
2
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428. told, tolled
2
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429. tole, toll
2
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430. ton, tun
2
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431. tor, tore
2
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432. tough, tuff
2
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433. troop, troupe
2
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434. tuba, tuber
2
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435. vain, vane, vein
3
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436. vale, veil
2
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437. vary, very
2
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438. vial, vile
2
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439. vice, vise
2
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440. wade, weighed
2
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441. wail, wale, whale
3
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442. wain, wane
2
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443. waist, waste
2
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444. wait, weight
2
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445. waive, wave
2
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446. wall, waul
2
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447. want, wont
2
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448. war, wore
2
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449. ware, wear, where
3
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450. warn, worn
2
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451. wart, wort
2
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452. watt, what
2
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453. wax, whacks
2
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454. way, weigh, whey
3
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455. we, wee, whee
3
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456. weak, week
2
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457. weald, wheeled, wield
3
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458. wean, ween
2
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459. weather, wether, whether
3
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460. weaver, weever
2
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461. we'd, weed
2
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462. we'll, weal, wheel
3
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463. we're, weir
2
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464. were, whirr
2
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465. wet, whet
2
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466. we've, weave
2
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467. whig, wig
2
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468. while, wile
2
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469. whine, wine
2
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470. whirl, whorl
2
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471. whirled, world
2
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472. whit, wit
2
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473. white, wight
2
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474. whoa, woe
2
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475. who's, whose
2
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476. wood, would
2
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477. yaw, yore, you're, your
4
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478. yoke, yolk
2
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479. you'll, yule
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