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What is it?
Before the 16th century ended, people spelled heterographs randomly. One day, a person might spell a word one way, and then spell it another way on a different day. There was no standardized spelling. But we primarily have Samuel Johnson, who created the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, to thank for giving us a baseline for spelling heterographs differently from one another.
Heterographs are words that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently. They also usually have different meanings. The only thing that links one heterograph to another is the identical pronunciation.
Examples
All vs Awl
One vs Won
Dear vs Deer
Knew vs New
For the English language learner or for young students, these words can be very confusing. There are 335 heterographs in the English language.
Heal vs Heel
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