Contraction Homophones

The following is a list of very common contractions with words that have a different spelling and meaning but exactly the same sound (homophones).

you're / your

it's / its

we're / weir

they're / their, there

aren't / aunt

we've / weave

I'd / eyed

he'd / heed

we'd / weed

I'll / isle

you'll / yule

he'll / heel, heal

we'll / wheel

here's / hears

there's / theirs

what's / watts

who's / whose

You should be particularly careful with the spelling of the words in bold. They are often misspelled - even by native English speakers!