Why are accept and except commonly confused for each other when writing? This is unlike most cases, where misspellings come from homophones.
In my idiolect at least, accept is /ək.'sɛpt/, and except is /ɪk.'sɛpt/. They are not homophonic, and are about as close as butter and bitter. However, this pair seems strangely prone to misspelling all over the place. Are these words homophonic in standard English? I am technically not a native speaker (picked up English while really young), live in Canada, and people tend to comment me having a weird accent...