wait/weight - I can’t ___ any longer! Tell me!
wait
knows/nose - My ___ is all stuffed up from this horrible cold.
nose
genes/jeans - I inherited great ___ from both parents. I might live to be 100!
genes
witch/which - The ___ needs to replace her old cauldron; it leaks horribly.
witch
base/bass - The man with the impressive ___ voice is auditioning in person next week.
bass
night/knight - The ___ looks impressive in his shining armor.
knight
sea/see - I can’t ___ the image. The screen is blurry.
see
muscles/mussels - Some people are allergic to shellfish like ___, oysters, and clams.
mussels
beech/beach - The ___ tree out back looks awful. We need to cut it down before it falls on the house.
beech
mood/mooed - The cow ___ discontentedly when I moved her to another pasture.
mooed
flour/flower - We are out of ___, so I can’t make bread tonight.
flour
pore/pour - Be careful while you ___. That pitcher is heavy.
pour
grate/great - Will you ___ some parmesan for me? I want some cheese to accompany the pasta.
grate
board/bored - The ___ is filthy. I hope one of my students cleans it for me later.
board
beat/beet - This ___ is still hard, and I boiled it for 30 minutes.
beet
tow/toe - My little ___ still hurts from when I ran into the coffee table.
toe
air/heir - The ___ to the throne is in the newspapers again with the latest scandal.
heir
thyme/time - There wasn’t any ___ in the garden, so I didn’t include it in the sauce.
thyme
cell/sell - The suspect stayed in the police station's holding ___ overnight.
cell
guessed/guest - Our ___ is staying with us for two weeks.
guest
pair/pear - That ___ of shoes is way too expensive. I can’t afford them.
pair
urn/earn - How much money do you ___ as a professional musician?
earn
dye/die - Did you ___ your hair? It looks a bit darker.
dye
cereal/serial - This ___ seems stale.
cereal
colonel/kernel - Ow! I just bit down on a ___ that didn’t pop.
kernel
pause/paws - I checked my dog’s ___ for splinters. He is fine.
paws
ate/eight - I ___ four eggs this morning, I was so hungry.
ate
pale/pail - The ___ is in the garage. Bring it here, please.
pail
ferry/fairy - Drat! We just missed the ___. Get comfortable. It’s going to be an hour wait.
ferry
hoarse/horse - The man is ___ from all that yelling to support his team at the championship.
hoarse