Homophones
What are Homophones?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.
In the English language, there are countless words that sound the same but have completely different meanings. These words are called homophones. Homophones can cause confusion in writing and speaking, so it’s important to be aware of them and use them correctly.
Most common homophones:
allowed – aloud
ate – eight
bare – bear
bored – board
brake – break
capital – capitol
ceiling – sealing
cell – sell
cents – sense
chord – cord
coarse – course
complement – compliment
days – daze
dear – deer
fair – fare
flee – flea
flour – flower
for – four
hear – here
fore – for
grate – great
groan – grown
here – hear
holy – wholly
idle – idol
its – it’s
knight – night
knot – not
know – no
lead – led
lessen – lesson
made – maid
mail – malemail – male
meet – meat
miner – minor
mist – missed
morning – mourning
pail – pale
pair – pear
peace – piece
plane – plain
poor – pour
pray – prey
principal – principle
rain – rein – reign
rapped – wrapped
read – reed
right – write
road – rode – rowed
root – route
sail – sale
scene – seen
sea – see
sew – so – sow
sight – site – cite
slay – sleigh
sole – soul
stationary – stationery
steal – steel
suite – sweet
sun – son
tail – tale
their – there – they’re
threw – through
to – too – two
vein – vain
wait – weight
waste – waist
weak – week
weather – whether
which – witch
whole – hole
whose – who’s
won – one
wood – would
write – right
you – ewe
your – you’re