Game: One letter changes all !

Question

This is a bit of an exercise in vocabulary both English and Spanish.

Some words are often misspelled and have a completely different meaning.

Let's take these:

through - trough (a trevés - abrevadero).

lie - lye (mentira - lejía).

I would like you to write a pair of English or Spanish words that are almost identical except for one letter. Next to it please write the most common Spanish/English meaning.

I'm looking for examples like the above, where the words can be easily confused. Pairs like "train - rain" are not as much fun.

If you can think of Spanish words that work the same way, by all means go ahead and write the Spanish pair, with the English meaning next to them!

Only O N E pair in each post , thanks

Hi , please move this to the game section, thanks, the link to the games does nto work - 006595c6, Jun 26, 2017

Did that move it? I had trouble this morning with it as well. - Nickelbackfan1, Jun 26, 2017

I had to look lye up - new to me - Mardle, Jun 26, 2017

:) - 006595c6, Jun 26, 2017

¡Qué genial este juego, Heidita! :) - FELIZ77, Jun 28, 2017

Gracias heidita ;-)! - Jraider, Jun 29, 2017

This game has staying power - mattb1of6, Jun 29, 2017

I need to "pare" a "pair" of "pears"!! - badazzbrad, Jul 1, 2017

Answer 1

carat - el quilate

karat (US English) - el quilate

caret - el signo de intercalación

bonus carrot - la zanahoria

¿"Qué significa el signo de intercalación y las letras EMO en el libro de ventas"? preguntó el dependiente. "Significa que debemos encargar mas oro para que surtir el pedido de una zanahoria de oro de 24 quilates", respondió el gerente de la tienda. "Tenemos el diamante de 10 quilates".

"What is the meaning of the caret and the letters OMG in the sales ledger?" asked the assistant. "It means we must order more gold in order to fill that order for a 24-karat gold carrot," replied the store manager. "We have the 10 carat diamond."

:) - 006595c6, Aug 27, 2017

Gracias, Heidita - mattb1of6, Aug 28, 2017

Answer 2

Cheap- de bajo calidad, o precio, ie barato

cheep- pío

Cuando oyó el pío pío del pájaro, esperó que pudieratenía esperanza de poder comprarlo a bajo precio.

When he herd the cheep of the bird, he hoped he would be able to buy it for cheap.

el pio pio del...tenía esperanza de poder comprarlo... jejeje, tacaño! - 006595c6, Aug 9, 2017

I found this concept useful on THe English Words of the day with cheap & skate. - Esteban_317, Aug 29, 2017

Answer 3

There - ahí

Their - su

There you can see their toys.

Answer 4

Tuvo- preterit form of tener, had

Tubo- tube, pipe

El plomero tuvo que arreglar el tubo

The plumber had to repair the pipe.

aquí es "fontanero", y como siempre, perfectp :) - 006595c6, Jul 3, 2017

Gracias, Heidita. A veces trato de recordar cuál es el mejor opción en España, pero a veces se me olvida. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 3, 2017

Answer 5

aren't - are not

aunt - tía

Aren't you my aunt?

¿No eres tú mi tía?

In some parts of the Uk aunt sounds like ant! - Mardle, Jul 2, 2017

Aunt in the States is pronounced as ant the insect. - NKM1974, Jul 2, 2017

so true, my students find that odd, ant and aunt, jeje, like calling her names!! lol - 006595c6, Jul 2, 2017

Depends where you are in the US - has aahhh sound with many older people from various regions. Most often, I hear it pronounced to sound like the insect. - Esteban_317, Jul 3, 2017

Answer 6

Cause subjunctive present form of causar to cause

Cauce- riverbed

Ojalá que esto no cause daño permanente al cauce del río.

Hopefully this doesn't cause permanent damage to the river bed.

good one, as in southern Spain these two words are actually homophones! - 006595c6, Jul 2, 2017

Gracias, Heidita. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 2, 2017

Answer 7

Vacilo- from vacilar, hesitate

Bacilo- bacillus

El microbiólogo dijo: "Nunca vacilo en identificar el bacilo."

The microbiologist said: "I never vacillate in identifying the bacillus."

Only twenty more to get to 100. I could get three more pairs in English simply by rhyming with my heel/heal pair. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 1, 2017

indeed...now only 12 to go...I hope you will be one to post number 100!!! I will post it on the café - 006595c6, Jul 2, 2017

Answer 8

Zueco- noun, clog

Sueco-adjective, Swiss Swedish

A ella le gusta usar zuecos suecos.

She liked to wear Swiss Swedish clogs.

jejej, zuecos suecos...genial :) - 006595c6, Jun 30, 2017

Sueco es Swedish en español. Mientras, suizo es Swiss. - NKM1974, Jun 30, 2017

Yes I had a brain fart, thanks. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 30, 2017

Answer 9

Okay, another English one, because I saw it this morning (heel spelled heal).

Heel- multiple, including talón, tacón, canalla- command to dog- Junto

Heal- Curar

Tengo que curar una herida en el talón.

I have to heal a wound on my heel.

:) - 006595c6, Jun 30, 2017

Answer 10

peer- mirar, igual

pier- muelle

A él le gustaba mirar a sus compañeros mientras pasaban el rato en el muelle.

He liked to peer at his peers while they hung out on the pier.

Hopefully not a repeat. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 4, 2017

Answer 11

Tints - los tintes

Tents - las tiendas de campaña

bonus tense - tenso

Mientras comprar las tiendas de campaña, vio tantos tintes que sintió tenso.

While shopping for tents, he saw so many tints that he felt tense.

Need a New Zealand accent for tents to sound like tints - Mardle, Aug 4, 2017

Now I'm the one feeling tense :) - mattb1of6, Aug 5, 2017

Answer 12

Peke- Pekingese dog, Pekinés

Peek- vistazo

Peak-cima, etc.

(Bonus pique- too many changes to count)- ira

After he took a peek at the peke, his pique reached a peak.

Después de echar un vistazo al (perro) pekinés, su ira elevó al máximo.

Peke, good one - mattb1of6, Jul 20, 2017

Answer 13

Ahí = (adverbio de lugar)

¡ay! = (interjección de dolor)

Hay = (del verbo haber)

¡Ay! Ahí no hay nada que hacer.

Jeeez, that is nothing we can do about it.

Answer 14

Sew- coser

Sow- sembrar (not sow=cerda)

so- así, para

Quería coser algo que dice "cosechas lo que siembras", así que buscó un diseño por Internet.

She wanted to sew something that said "you reap what you sow", so she searched for a design on the internet.

wow, another threesome - 006595c6, Jul 15, 2017

Answer 15

heard- past of hear oír

herd- manada

I heard the herd got loose.

Oí que la manada se escapó.

:) - 006595c6, Jul 15, 2017

Gracias, Heidita. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 15, 2017

I think I had an entry in this game on that. :) - Sassette, Jul 20, 2017