If you find yourself confusing you’re and your, it’s and its, or two, to and too, you’re not alone.

Confusion over these English homophones is extremely common but entirely avoidable if you take the time to read the sentence you’re writing and determine which word fits.

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You’re vs. Your You’re is exclusively an English contraction of “you are.” This means, if you cannot expand it to “you are” in your sentence, “you’re” does not fit and should not be used. Your is a possessive adjective (like my, your, his, her, its, our, and their) and should go before another English noun that belongs to “you.”

Examples:

  • “It’s difficult to know when to use certain words properly.”
  • “The cat lifted its paw.”

Two, Too and To

These homophones have drastically different meanings, and despite the fact that they sound the same and look similar, they should never be confused. Use two when you are referring to the English number that is one more than one and one fewer than three. To can be used as an English preposition which often indicates movement from one person, place, or thing to another (as it was used in this sentence!).To can also be used before a verb to start an infinitive.

Example:

  • “She has always wanted to fly to another country.”

Too can mean “also,” “more than enough,” or “very.”

Example:

  • “I went to the library today too!”
  • “I ate too much food.”
  • “Do not watch TV too often.”

Here are some other fun English homophones to think about:

  • pair, pear
  • wear, where
  • hare, hair
  • him, hymn
  • flour, flower
  • hour, our
  • fir, fur
  • mail, male
  • morning, mourning
  • plain, plane
  • won, one
  • sale, sail
  • so, sew
  • write, right
  • some, sum
  • week, weak
  • stationary, stationery
  • pray, prey
  • steel, steal
  • no, know
  • not, knot
  • idle, idol
  • night, knight
  • made, maid
  • compliment, complement

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