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Homophones - Click the correct spelling

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Can you identify the correct spelling for each of these meanings? The questions change every time you play.
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1. Distinctive, often pleasant, smell
Sent
Scent
Cent
2. Large baboon of western Africa
Mandrill
Mandrel
3. Tall plant that grows in shallow water
Reed
Read
4. Breakfast food
Cereal
Serial
5. Small stream or river
Creak
Creek
6. Give advice or guidance
Council
Counsel
7. Lesser in importance
Miner
Minor
8. Miserable or unhappy person
Retch
Wretch
9. Vase
Urn
Earn
10. Tree branch
Bow
Bough
11. Window glass
Pain
Pane
12. Casting of votes in an election
Pole
Poll
13. Unlawful
Illicit
Elicit
14. Trim the outer layer
Pear
Pare
Pair
15. Central part of a church
Nave
Knave
16. Tiny speck
Mote
Moat
17. Most important
Principle
Principal
18. Row of houses, originally built as stables
Mews
Muse
19. Traditional ceremony
Write
Right
Rite
Wright
20. Distribute or allot something
Meet
Mete
Meat
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