If your spell checker or predictive text is writing nonsense it could be because of one of these confusions. I shall add to this list regularly.
hangar - aircraft hangar
hanger - clothes hanger
peer - equal, upper class
pier - walkway from beach out into sea, or projection into sea for boats
principal - chief person, first person, such as head of the school
Principle - rule or belief, such as it is one of my principles to be honest and tell the truth
to - direction towards
two - number, one, two, three
too - too much, too many
Pronunciation Confusions
career - emphasis on second syllable, profession
carrier - emphasis on first syllable, then second, then third, ca as in cat, re as in reverse, er as in the second syllable in error, carries something
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