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affect/effect
aisle/isle
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altar/alter
ascent/assent
ball/bawl
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be/bee
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er
fir/fur
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grate/great
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heel/heal/he’ll
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morning/mourning
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oar/or
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rain/rein/reign
real/reel
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seam/seem
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steal/steel
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sun/son
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way/weigh
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wear/where
weather/whether
who’s/whose
whose/who’s
witch/which
write/right
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