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Two words that sound identical and secretly hate being confused.

means A word that sounds the same as another but differs in meaning, spelling, or bothlike there, their, and they're.

from From Greek homos (same) and phone (sound), literally same-voiced, coined by grammarians tired of explaining the difference.

Spelling chaosThey cause most accidental autocorrect disasters.
Not homonymsHomonyms also share spelling; homophones only share sound.
Pun fuelNearly every groan-worthy pun runs on them.
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