Definition of Homophones (with examples)
Meaning
Homophones: Words pronounced the same but are different in spelling and meaning. Example: pair (couple) and pear (fruit)
Examples
The following is a list of some common homophones.
A - E
A
| B
| C
| D
| E
|
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Abject / Object
| Ball / Bawl
| Capital / Capitol
| Days / Daze
| Earn / Urn
|
Accept / Except
| Band / Banned
| Carrot / Caret/ Carat / Karat
| Dear / Deer
| Elicit / Illicit
|
Ad / Add
| Be / Bee
| Cell / Sell
| Descent / Dissent
| Ewe / You
|
Adverse / Averse
| Bear / Bare
| Cent / Scent / Sent
| Desert / Dessert
| Eye / I
|
Advice (rhymes with ice) / Advise (rhymes with lies)
| Billed / Build
| Census / Senses
| Dew / Do / Due
| |
Affect / Effect
| Blew / Blue
| Cereal / Serial
| Die / Dye
| |
All ready / Already
| Board / Bored
| Chews / Choose
| Discreet / Discrete
| |
Allowed / Aloud
| Bow (b-ow ) / Bough
| Chute / Shoot
| Doe / Dough
| |
Allude / Elude
| Bow (b-oh ) / Bō / Beau
| Clothes / Close
| ||
Allusion / Illusion
| Boy / Buoy
| Complement / Compliment
| ||
Amoral / Immoral
| Brake / Break
| Conscious / Conscience
| ||
Ant / Aunt
| Beach / Beech
| Creak / Creek
| ||
Ante / Anti
| Bye / By / Buy
| Cymbal / Symbol
| ||
Are / Our
| ||||
Assure / Ensure / Insure
| ||||
Ante / Anti
| ||||
Ate / Eight
|
F - J
F
| G
| H
| I
| J
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Fair / Fare
| Gnu / Knew / New
| Hale / Hail
| Idle / Idol / Idyl
| Jam / Jamb
|
Faze / Phase
| Gored / Gourd
| Hall / Haul
| In / Inn
| Jeans / Genes
|
Feat / Feet
| Gorilla / Guerrilla
| Hare / Hair
| Incite / Insight
| |
Fir / Fur
| Grate / Great
| Heal / Heel / He'll
| Imminent / Immanent / Eminent
| |
Flea / Flee
| Grays / Graze
| Heard / Herd
| Its / It's
| |
Flew / Flu / Flue
| Hew / Hue
| |||
Flower / Flour
| Hi / High
| |||
For / Four / Fore
| Higher / Hire
| |||
Foreword / Forward
| Him / Hymn
| |||
Forth / Fourth
| Hoarse / Horse
| |||
Foul / Fowl
| Hole / Whole
| |||
Frees / Freeze
| Hour / Our
|
K - O
K
| L
| M
| N
| O
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Knead / Need / Kneed
| Lead / Led
| Meat / Meet
| Nays / Neighs
| One / Won
|
Knight / Night
| Leased / Least
| Maid / Made
| No / Know
| Or / Oar / Ore
|
Knows / Nose / No's
| Lesson / Lessen
| Maize / Maze
| None / Nun
| Overdo / Overdue
|
Links / Lynx
| Male / Mail
| Not / Knot / Naught
| ||
Load / Lode
| Medal / Meddle
| |||
Loan / Lone
| Mince / Mints
| |||
Locks / Lox
| Miner / Minor
| |||
Loot / Lute
| Mist / Missed
| |||
Lye / Lie
| Morning / Mourning
| |||
Muscle / Mussel
| ||||
Must / Mussed
|
P - T
P
| Q
| R
| S
| T
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Paced / Paste
| Quarts / Quartz
| Rain / Reign / Rein
| Sail / Sale
| Tacks / Tax
|
Pail / Pale
| Quince / Quints
| Rap / Wrap
| Sea / See
| Tale / Tail
|
Pain / Pane
| Rays / Raise / Raze
| Seam / Seem
| Taught / Taut
| |
Pair / Pare / Pear
| Read / Reed
| Seas / Sees / Seize
| Tea / Tee
| |
Passed / Past
| Read / Reed
| Seen / Scene
| Teas / Tease / Tees
| |
Patience / Patients
| Real / Reel
| Sense / Cents
| Tents / Tense
| |
Pause / Paws
| Red / Read
| Sew / So / Sow
| There / Their / They're
| |
Peace / Piece
| Reek / Wreak
| Shoe / Shoo
| Threw / Through
| |
Peak / Peek / Pique
| Rest / Wrest
| Sighed / Side
| Throne / Thrown
| |
Pedal / Peddle
| Review / Revue
| Sighs / Size
| Tide / Tied
| |
Peel / Peal
| Ring / Wring
| Sight / Site / Cite
| Tighten / Titan
| |
Peer / Pier
| Rite / Right / Write
| Slay / Sleigh
| To / Too / Two
| |
Plain / Plane
| Road / Rode / Rowed
| Soar / Sore
| Toe / Tow
| |
Plum / Plumb
| Role / Roll
| Soared / Sword
| Toed / Towed / Toad
| |
Praise / Prays / Preys
| Root / Route
| Sod / Sawed
| Told / Tolled
| |
Presents / Presence
| Rose / Rows
| Sole / Soul
| Tract / Tracked
| |
Principal / Principle
| Rote / Wrote
| Son / Sun
| Trust / Trussed
| |
Prince / Prints
| Row / Roe
| Some / Sum
| ||
Rye / Wry
| Spade / Spayed
| |||
Staid / Stayed
| ||||
Stair / Stare
| ||||
Stake / Steak
| ||||
Stationary / Stationery
| ||||
Steal / Steel
| ||||
Straight / Strait
| ||||
Sundae / Sunday
| ||||
Surf / Serf
| ||||
Swayed / Suede
|
U - Y
U
| V
| W
| Y
|
---|---|---|---|
Use / Ewes
| Vein / Vane
| Wade / Weighed
| Yoke / Yolk
|
Verses / Versus
| Wail / Whale
| You'll / Yule
| |
Vial / Vile
| Waist / Waste
| Your / You're / Yore
| |
Vice / Vise
| Wait / Weight
| ||
Waive / Wave
| |||
Ware / Wear / Where
| |||
Warn / Worn
| |||
Way / Weigh / Whey
| |||
We / Wee
| |||
Weather / Whether
| |||
Weld / Welled
| |||
We'll / Wheel
| |||
We've / Weave
| |||
Weak / Week
| |||
When / Wen
| |||
Which / Witch
| |||
Whose / Who's
| |||
Wine / Whine
| |||
Wood / Would
| |||
Worst / Wurst
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Learn More ...
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- Homonyms (Words that same sound and often have the same spelling, but different meanings.)
- Heteronyms (Words spelled the same but differ in pronunciation and meaning.)
- Homographs (Words spelled alike but different in meaning.)