A Few Helpful Definitions

• What are Homophones? - palabras que tienen la misma pronunciación pero diversos significados y que a veces de deletrean de igual forma.

• What are Homonyms? - palabras que tienen la misma pronunciación y deletreo pero diversos significados

• What are Homographs? -palabras que se deletrean de igual forma pero que tiene diversos significado y (a veces) pronunciación.
  

Accept, Except

• accept = significado del verbo aceptar o recibir: He accepted the gift.
• except = es una preposition excepto: All my family went dancing except Alyson.
  

Affect, Effect

• affect = significado del verbo influenciar: The weather will affect the game.
  
• effect = resultado o consecuencia (sustantivo): I drank too much beer and it had an effect on my performance.
  
• effect = efecto ; del verbo causar 0 lograr: The economy has effected a major change in the country.
  

Advise, Advice

• advise = verbo que significa recomendar, sugerir, o aconsejar: My father advised me to be careful.
  
• advice = sustantivo que significa una opinión o una recomendación. Can you give me some advice please?
  

Conscious, Conscience

• conscious = consciente; significado del adjetivo despierto : The patient remained conscious but was taken to the hospital.
  
• conscience = conciencia; sustantivo que significa el sentido de ser bueno: Carlos has a good conscience.
  

Idea, Ideal

• idea = idea ; sustantivo que significa un pensamiento, una creencia, o un concepto llevado a cabo en la mente, o una noción o un concepto general formado por la generalización: William had a brilliant idea.
  
• ideal = ideal; significado del adjetivo que incorpora un último estándar de la excelencia o de la perfección. Marcos was an ideal husband.
  

Its, It's

• its = possessive adjective (possessive form of the pronoun it): The bird went into its cage
  
• it's = contraction for it is or it has (in a verb phrase): It's raining; it's been raining for two weeks. Los pronombres tienen apóstrofes solamente cuando dos palabras se están acortando en una.
  

Their, There, They're

• Their = possessive pronoun: They lost their money..
  
• There = that place: My books are over there.
  
• They're = contraction for they are: They're moving to London next year.
  

To, Too, Two

• To = preposition, or first part of the infinitive form of a verb: They went to the party to dance.
  
• Too = very (demasiado), also (tambien): My father is too old. I was hungry, too.
  
• Two = the number 2: Two thieves came into the store.
  

We're, Where, Were

• We're = contraction for we are: We're going to wait for you at the airport.
  
• Where = location: Where is the party?
  
• Were = a past tense form of the verb be: They were
  

Your, You're

• Your = possessive pronoun: Your house is very far from here.
  
• You're = contraction for you are: You're always making jokes.
  

All ready/already

• all ready: adjetivo expresar el estado de preparación (Estar listo)
• already: un adverbio que expresa tiempo

  At last I was all ready to go, but everyone had already left.
  

Anyone/any one

• anyone: un pronombre que significa cualquier persona : Anyone who has a ferrari is rich.
  
• any one: un adjetivo y un sustantivo que significan un artículo específico en un grupo: Any one of those books are handy to learn English.
  

Note: There are similar distinctions in meaning for everyone and every one

Anyway/any way

• anyway: an adverb meaning in any case or nonetheless: He objected, but she went anyway.
  
• any way: a paired adjective and noun meaning any particular course, direction, or manner: Any way we chose would lead to danger.
  

Awhile/a while

• awhile: an adverb meaning for a short time; some readers consider it nonstandard; usually needs no preposition: Won't you stay awhile?
  
• a while: a paired article and noun meaning a period of time; usually used with for: We talked for a while, and then we said good night.
  

Maybe/may be

• maybe: an adverb meaning perhaps: Maybe we should wait until the rain stops.
  
• may be: a form of the verb be: This may be our only chance to win the champion ship.