Homographs ...

Another great example of words that can easily be confused is the homographs ...

I used Richard Nordquist's About.com Guide as reference for this study.

• Homographs
  
  Homographs are words that share the same spelling but have different origin and meaning. Sometimes they also have different pronounciation too.
  Example: bear (v. to carry, to endure), bear (a mammal from the Ursidae family)

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