Homophones

What are homophones?

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning.  Homophones normally have different spellings but sometimes they can have the same spelling.

 

Example:

Bat / bat – same pronunciation but different meaning.  Bat can mean an animal which can fly or an object used to play sport.

What are some common examples?

Here are 20 common homophones in English.  For each example, the two words have the same pronunciation but the words have a different meaning.

  1.  Ate / Eight
  2. Be / Bee
  3. Bare / Bear
  4. Beat / Beet
  5. Blue / Blew
  6. Board / Bored
  7. Cell / Sell
  8. Cent / Scent
  9. Cheap / Cheap
  10. Dye / Die
  11. Flower / Flour
  12. Foul / Fowl
  13. Gait / Gate
  14. Heal / Heel
  15. Higher / Hire
  16. Idle / Idol
  17. Made / Maid
  18. One / Won
  19. Pair / Pear
  20. Rap / Wrap

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