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In English grammar, a homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different spelling. Homophones can create confusion and ambiguity in written and spoken language because they are pronounced alike, but they have distinct definitions. Here are a few examples of common homophones:
1. “To,” “two,” and “too” – They all sound the same but have different meanings. “To” is a preposition indicating direction or purpose, “two” is the number 2, and “too” means also or excessively.
2. “Their,” “there,” and “they’re” – They are pronounced the same but have different meanings. “Their” shows possession, “there” indicates a location, and “they’re” is a contraction of “they are.”
3. “Your” and “you’re” – They sound alike but have different meanings. “Your” shows possession, indicating something belongs to you, while “you’re” is a contraction of “you are.”
4. “Flour” and “flower” – They have the same pronunciation but different meanings. “Flour” refers to a powdery substance used in baking, while “flower” refers to a plant’s reproductive structure.
Homophones can present challenges for writers, spellers, and English language learners because choosing the correct homophone is crucial for conveying the intended meaning in a sentence.
1. Ate, Eight
2. Allowed, Aloud
3. Bare, Bear
4. Ball, Bawl
5. Bee, Be
6. Blew, Blue
7. Brake, Break
8. Buy, By
9. Cell, Sell
10. Cent, Scent
11. Cereal, Serial
12. Chews, Choose
13. Close, Clothes
14. Complement, Compliment
15. Council, Counsel
16. Dear, Deer
17. Die, Dye
18. Fair, Fare
19. Flour, Flower
20. For, Four
21. Hair, Hare
22. Heel, Heal
23. Here, Hear
24. Higher, Hire
25. Hole, Whole
26. Hour, Our
27. I, Eye
28. Idle, Idol
29. In, Inn
30. It’s, Its
31. Knight, Night
46. Plain, Plane
51. Red, Read52. Right, Write
53. Road, Rode
54. Role, Roll
55. Root, Route
56. Sail, Sale
57. Scene, Seen
58. Sea, See
59. Seam, seem
60. Sew, So
61. Sight, Site
62. Slay, Sleigh
63. Sole, Soul
64. Son, Sun
65. Stair, Stare
66. Stationary, Stationery
67. Steal, Steel
68. Suite, Sweet
69. Tail, Tale
70. Their, There
71. Threw, Through
72. Throne, Thrown
73. To, Too, Two
74. Vain, Vein
75. Waist, Waste
76. Wait, Weight
77. War, Wore
78. Way, Weigh
79. Weak, Week
80. Weather, Whether
81. Which, Witch
82. Whole, Hole
83. Won, One
84. Wood, Would
85. Write, Right
86. Yew, You
87. Your, You’re
88. Aisle, Isle
89. Allowed, Aloud
90. Altar, Alter
91. Arc, Ark
92. Ascent, Assent
93. Aural, Oral
94. Billed, Build
95. Blew, Blue
96. Boar, Bore
97. Board, Bored
98. Brake, Break
99. Bridal, Bridle
100. Broach, Brooch
101. Buy, By, Bye
102. Capital, Capitol
103. Censor, Sensor
104. Cereal, Serial
105. Chord, Cord
106. Cite, Sight, Site
107. Clause, Claws
108. Complement, Compliment
109. Councillor, Counselor
110. Creak, Creek
111. Crews, Cruise
112. Dear, Deer
113. Desert, Dessert
114. Dew, Due
115. Die, Dye
116. Dual, Duel
117. Elicit, Illicit
118. Eye, I
119. Fair, Fare
120. Faze, Phase
121. Feat, Feet
122. Flour, Flower
123. For, Four, Fore
124. Gait, Gate
125. Grate, Great
126. Groan, Grown
127. Hair, Hare
128. Hall, Haul
129. Heal, Heel
130. Hear, Here
131. Herd, Heard
132. Higher, Hire
133. Hole, Whole
134. Holy, Wholly
135. Idle, Idol
136. In, Inn
137. It’s, Its
138. Knead, Need
139. Knight, Night
140. Knot, Not
141. Laid, Lade
142. Lane, Lain
143. Leach, Leech
144. Lead, Led
145. Leak, Leek
146. Lessen, Lesson
147. Mail, Male
148. Main, Mane
149. Meat, Meet
150. Medal, Meddle
151. Miner, Minor
152. Morning, Mourning
153. None, Nun
154. One, Won
155. Pail, Pale
156. Pain, Pane
157. Pair, Pear
158. Peace, Piece
159. Plain, Plane
160. Poor, Pour
161. Principal, Principle
162. Rain, Reign, Rein
163. Read, Reed
164. Red, Read
165. Right, Write
166. Road, Rode
167. Role, Roll
168. Root, Route
169. Sail, Sale
170. Scene, Seen
171. Sea, See
172. Seam, seem
173. Sew, So
174. Sight, Site
175. Slay, Sleigh
176. Sole, Soul
177. Son, Sun
178. Stair, Stare
179. Stationary, Stationery
180. Steal, Steel
181. Suite, Sweet
182. Tail, Tale
183. Their, There, They’re
184. Threw, Through
185. Throne, Thrown
186. To, Too, Two
187. Vain, Vein
188. Waist, Waste
189. Wait, Weight
190. War, Wore
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