I was just thinking about the different pronunciations of the "oa" vowel sound, as in road and abroad.
These words spelled with "oa" sound like the o in "code", "mode", "rode", etc:
road coat coast boast bloat groan cloak broach coax
load moat boat roast loan croak loathe soak hoax
toad goat toast goad moan loaf poach soap
These words with "oa" spelling sound like the o in "rod", "sod", "cod":
abroad
broad
So I can see why people might confuse the pronunciation, since "oa" is not usually pronounced the way it is in abroad and broad.
Hope that was helpful.
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