Words Pronounced the Same but Spelled Different

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  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    edited December 2022
    Coal - cole
  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    Shoo ~ Shoe (shoo is a valid scrabble word) I checked :)
  • LosinSusin
    LosinSusin Posts: 5,447 Member
    Lol JC! That's good to know!

    Roll - role

  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    edited December 2022
    LOL almost 50 years ago I bought a recipe book from Amish country...it had a recipe for Shoo-Fly Pie!! Then there is the song...Shoo Fly don't bother me! So for some reason Shoo came to mind this morning and I had to make sure it was a valid word. :D

    RING ~ WRING
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    edited December 2022
    JC you could add "shew" to your list if you are reading the KJV of the Bible

    Spyder - spider
  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    Good idea, Linda!! :)

    Shoo ~ Shoe ~ Shew (also a valid scrabble word)!! :D
  • LosinSusin
    LosinSusin Posts: 5,447 Member
    Great teamwork, JC and Linda!

    Christmas - Xmas
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,639 Member
    edited December 2022
    Wow awesome words everyone, thank you for keeping up with the team while I have been away struggling with health issues, right now can’t think it will come back later! Appreciate your kindness JC Susan and Linda and Marilyn

    I’m back to try again: 8:45am

    Creak-Creek
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    When I first heard people using X-mas in place of Christmas I was upset thinking people did not want to use the word Christ but I learned differently. You probably know the difference but I looked it up and this is what Google says: "In the Greek alphabet, X is the symbol for the letter 'chi. ' Chi (or X) is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ. In the early days of the Christian church, Christians used the letter X as a secret symbol to indicate their membership in the church to others." Maybe some people are using the X to get rid of Christ but according to this, they are still using what the early Christians did for the word Christ.

    Ascent - assent

  • LosinSusin
    LosinSusin Posts: 5,447 Member
    Yes, I knew some of that, Linda but thank you for finding more information 🙂 Judith, we miss you but do understand about your health. 🙏

    Queue - cue

  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    Bred ~ Bread
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,639 Member
    Thank you Linda for sharing, appreciated!

    It’s good to be back posting with you all! 🤗

    Herd- Heard
  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    Flyer ~ Flier (I couldn't think of any today so borrowed from a previous page)
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    Key - quay

  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,639 Member
    Peer- Pier
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    Kay - que - K (the letter K is not really a word I realize)

  • JC_Willow
    JC_Willow Posts: 4,350 Member
    Seen ~ Scene
  • LosinSusin
    LosinSusin Posts: 5,447 Member
    Lamb - lam
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,639 Member
    Seen - Scene
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,576 Member
    Practice - practise