What are homophones? Homophones examples.
Homophones are words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings and spellings.
Homophones are common in many languages, and they can be confusing to both native and non-native speakers of a language.
1. Word | 2. Word | Pronunciation |
ad | add |
æd |
air | heir | er |
aisle | isle | aɪl |
ball | bawl | bɔːl |
bare | bear |
ber |
brake | break |
breɪk |
buy |
by |
baɪ |
cell |
sell |
sel |
cent | scent |
sent |
cereal | serial |
ˈsɪəriəl |
coarse | course |
kɔːrs |
complement |
compliment |
ˈkɑːmplɪmənt |
dam |
damn | dæm |
dear | deer | dɪr |
desert | dessert | dɪˈzɜːrt |
die |
dye | daɪ |
fair | fare |
fer |
fir | fur |
fɜːr |
flour | flower |
ˈflaʊər |
flew |
flu | flu |
for | four |
fɔːr |
gorilla | guerrilla | ɡəˈrɪlə |
hair | hare | her |
hale |
hail | heɪl |
heal | heel |
hiːl |
hear |
here |
hɪr |
him | hymn | hɪm |
hole | whole | həʊl |
hour | our | ˈaʊər |
idle | idol |
ˈaɪdl |
in |
inn |
ɪn |
knew |
new |
nuː |
knight |
night | naɪt |
knot |
not |
nɑːt |
know |
no | nəʊ |
made | maid | meɪd |
mail |
male |
meɪl |
meat | meet | miːt |
morning | mourning | ˈmɔːrnɪŋ |
none |
nun |
nʌn |
oar | or | ɔːr |
one | won |
wʌn |
pain |
pane |
peɪn |
pair | pear |
per |
peace | piece |
piːs |
plain | plane | pleɪn |
poor |
pour | pɔːr |
pray | prey |
preɪ |
principal | principle |
ˈprɪnsəpl |
profit | prophet | ˈprɑːfɪt |
right | write |
raɪt |
root | route | ruːt |
sail | sale | seɪl |
sea |
see | siː |
seam | seem | siːm |
sight | site | saɪt |
sew |
so | soʊ |
sole |
soul |
səʊl |
some | sum |
sʌm |
son |
sun |
sʌn |
stair | stare | ster |
stationary | stationery |
ˈsteɪʃəneri |
steal |
steel |
stiːl |
suite |
sweet | swiːt |
tail | tale |
teyl |
than |
then |
ðen |
their | there | ðer |
to | too |
tuː |
toe | tow | təʊ |
undo | undue | ʌnˈduː |
vain | vane | veɪn |
waist | waste | weɪst |
wait | weight | weɪt |
way |
weigh | weɪ |
weak | week |
wiːk |
wear | where |
wer |
yore | your | jɔːr |