“Unlocking the Mystery: How Two Words Can Sound Alike Yet Mean Completely Different Things!”
These words can frustrate people who struggle to memorize variant spellings and meanings for words that sound alike, and spell-check won’t catch the mistake when incorrect homophones are used, because variant spellings are legitimate.
Homophones and Spell-Check
The problem with most homophones is that if we’re typing too quickly or not paying close attention to what we’re writing, we could accidentally end up with a properly spelled word, except it’s the wrong word. It doesn’t work in the context of the sentence.
