I told him he would be tolled on that road
told, tolled
told means the past tense of tell
tolled means to have been charged a toll
trussed, trust
trussed means secured or bound with ropes
trust means confidence in someone
vale, veil
vale means valley
veil means a covering meant to obscure the view
Two thousand is too many to count
to, too, two
to means heading toward a destination
too means also
two means more than one and less than three
toad, towed
toad means an amphibian similar to a frog
towed means being pulled behind something
toe, tow
toe means one of the five digits on the end of the foot
tow means to pull something behind
It it time to buy more thyme
thyme, time
thyme mean a type of herb
time means past, present and future
tic, tick
tic means a facial twitch
tick means a clicking sound make by a mechanical clock
tide, tied
tide means the slow rising and falling of the ocean on a beach
tied means to be bound
He threw the ball through the tire swing
theirs, there’s
theirs means something belonging to a group of people
there’s means a contraction of there is or there has
threw, through
threw means that someone caused something to move rapidly through the air
through means to pass from one side of an opening to the other
thrown, throne
thrown means that something had been caused to move rapidly through the air
throne means an ornate chair for a king or queen
The tern made a sharp turn during flight
tear, terror
tear means to rip
terror means fright
tear, tier
tear means a drop of moisture from the eye
tier means a level
tern, turn
tern means a bird
turn means to change direction
Schedule your tee time after tea time
tail, tale
tail means a flexible appendage to the rear of an animal’s body
tale means a story
tea, tee
tea means a beverage made by steeping dried leaves of the tea plant
tee means the area where a golfer hits their first shot toward the hole
team, teem
team means a group of people playing a sport
teem means to be stocked to overflowing
She paid tax when buying tacks
suite, sweet
suite means a group of connected rooms
sweet means having a pleasant taste
surge, serge
surge means a sudden rush
serge means a type of worsted cloth
tacks, tax
tacks means small nails with flat heads
tax means money paid to a government
This is an unusually straight strait
step, steppe
step means one of the platforms in a staircase
steppe means vast cold, dry grass-plains
stile, style
stile means a vertical component of a door frame
style means a manner of doing things
straight, strait
straight means not crooked
strait means a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water
Due to a glue spill, the stationery was stationary
stake, steak
stake means a long, slender, pointed piece of wood
steak means a slice of beef for broiling
stationary, stationery
stationary means incapable of being moved
stationery means writing materials
steal, steel
steal means to rob
steel means iron hardened with carbon
The sun shone on my son at the beach
son, sun
son means a person’s male offspring
sun means the star which the earth revolves around
staid, stayed
staid means serious
stayed means remained in place
stair, stare
stair means a series of steps
stare means to look fixedly at someone or something