• shoe (foot covering); shoo (get away)
• sick (ill); sic (thus)
• sign (indication, write name); sine (mathematical function)
• signet (seal); cygnet (swan)
• slay (kill ); sleigh (snow vehicle)
• slight (small); sleight (dexterity)
• slow (not fast); sloe (a wild plum berry, hence sloe gin)
• soar (fly); sore (painful)
• sole (single, fish); soul (spirit); sol (sun)
• some (a few); sum (add)
• spore (plant reproductive organ); spoor (track of an animal)
• step (walk); steppe (plain)
• straight (direct); strait (narrow water, distress)
• style (design); stile (steps over a fence); sty (pig pen)
• suit (clothes, cards, law case); suite (set, retinue)
• summary (condensation); summery (like summer)
• sword (weapon); sward (turf); soared (flew)
• symbol (sign); cymbal (gong)
• tacit (implied); tacet (musical direction)
• tail (hind part); tale (recital)
• talisman (charm); talesman (juror)
• taper (candle, diminish); tapir (animal)
• tasty (flavorful); tasteful (in good taste)
• taught (past tense of teach); taut (tight)
• taupe (brownish gray); tope (to drink)
• tea (beverage); tee (golfing device)
• team (group); teem (to swarm)
• tear (split); tare (weight, weed); tier (row)
• threw (tossed); through (by way of)
• throw (toss); throe (pang)
• thrown (has been tossed); throne (regal chair )
• time (to clock); thyme (seasoning)
• ton (weight); tun (vat)
• tool (implement); tulle (fabric net)
• tortuous (winding); torturous (painful)
• tough (strong); tuff (rock)
• toxin (poison); tocsin (alarm)
• track (path); tract (pamphlet)
• tray (receptacle); trey (three)
• troop (soldiers); troupe (actors)
• trustee (guardian); trusty (dependable)
• turban (headdress); turbine (engine)
• turn (rotate); tern (bird)
• undo (reverse); undue (excessive)
• up/upped. A wonderful new verb (sarcasm intended), as in, “I upped my income. Up yours.”
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