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Is there any website(s) to look up words with similar pronunciation or spelling?

For example: stack, steak, stake, stick.

(It can help me as a non-native English speaker to learn confusing words.)

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  • I have the same mind with you to better spoken English.
    – firo
    Commented Nov 25, 2016 at 14:53
  • Compare this question, looking for a list of paronyms.
    – Stuart F
    Commented Oct 27, 2023 at 11:08

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Just found rhymezone.com.

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You're describing homographs, words which are spelled the same way but which mean different things and may be pronounced differently (fore example moped,) and homophones, words which sound alike but mean different things and may or may not be spelled the same way (for example away and aweigh.)

There's no search engine for those that I am aware of or could find in Google. There are, however, many lists of these types of words on the internet, such this one.

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  • His examples are neither homographs nor homophones.
    – user4727
    Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 22:04
  • @Tim what are they, then if not homographs and homophones?
    – Andrew Lambert
    Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 22:47
  • Homographs are words that are spelled the same, and homophones are words that are pronounced the same. The words "steak" and "stake" are neither. I'd call them similar words.
    – user4727
    Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 23:26
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    @Tim "Stake" and "steak" are pronounced the same: they're homophones.
    – Andrew Lambert
    Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 2:12
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    Sorry, I took the only two words that actually are homophones :) Stack, stake and stick are neither.
    – user4727
    Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 7:06
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  1. Here's a list of 400+ homophones

http://www.singularis.ltd.uk/bifroest/misc/homophones-list.html

(click "explanation page" link for more info)

  1. Homonyms with definitions. Also explanation of difference between Homophones, Homographs, Homonyms.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/examples-homonyms

  1. Common Homograph Pairs

https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/examples-homographs-same-spelling

  1. Mispronounced Words, even for native speakers (For one, I'm guilty of 'anenome' instead of 'anemone.')

https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/mispronounced-words

  1. Just found this. Homophone Dictionary with definitions

https://www.homophone.com/

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