What Are Homophones?
Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling.
For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:
In the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings:
bear (the animal)
bear (to carry)
Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four. If we take our "bear" example, we can add another word to the group"
bare (naked)
bear (the animal)
bear (to tolerate)
"Our bear cannot bear to be bare at any hour."
The word homophone is made from two combining forms:
homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same"
-phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or "sound"
· aren't / aunt
ate / eight
b / be
bread / bred*
c / see / sea
cent / sent
eye / I
hour / our
know / no
knows / nose
p / pea
r / ah
right / write / rite*
some / sum*
son / sun
t / tea
there's / theirs*
they're / their / there
u / you
we’ve / weave*
where / wear
which / witch*
would / wood
x / ex*
y / why
you're / your
air
heir
aisle
isle
ante-
anti-
eye
I
bare
bear
bear
be
bee
brake
break
buy
by
cell
sell
cent
scent
cereal
serial
coarse
course
complement
compliment
dam
damn
dear
deer
die
dye
fair
fare
fir
fur
flour
flower
for
four
hair
hare
heal
heel
hear
here
him
hymn
hole
whole
hour
our
idle
idol
in
inn
knight
night
knot
not
know
no
made
maid
male
meat
meet
morning
mourning
none
nun
oar
or
one
won
pair
pear
peace
piece
plain
plane
poor
pour
pray
prey
principal
principle
profit
prophet
real
reel
right
write
root
route
sail
sale
sea
see
seam
seem
sight
site
sew
so
sow
shore
sure
sole
soul
some
sum
son
sun
stair
stare
stationary
stationery
steal
steel
suite
sweet
tail
tale
their
there
to
too
two
toe
tow
waist
waste
wait
weight
way
weigh
weak
week
wear
where
Homophones List for Elementary level
This is a list of useful homophones for elementary level learners.
The word on the right should help you understand and remember the pronunciation of the word on the left.
aren't / aunt
ate / eight
b / be
bread / bred*
c / see / sea
cent / sent
eye / I
hour / our
know / no
knows / nose
p / pea
r / ah
right / write / rite*
some / sum*
son / sun
t / tea
there's / theirs*
they're / their / there
u / you
we’ve / weave*
where / wear
which / witch*
would / wood
x / ex*
y / why
you're / your
* You don't need to know the meaning of this word yet, but its more regular spelling could help with learning the word on the left.
NB: This list of homophones is based on Standard British English. Some words will not be homophones in all accents and varieties of English.
Words with magic E making A say its name
ate / eight
bale / bail
base / bass (guitar)
based / baste
brake / break
chased / chaste
daze / days
gaze / gays
grate / great
lane / lain
laze / lays
made / maid
male / mail
mane / main
maze / maize
pale / pail
pane / pain
place / plaice
plane / plain
raze / rays
sale / sail
shake / sheik
stake / steak
tale / tail
vane / vein
wade / weighed
wave / waive
whale / wail
Words with magic E making E say its name
genes / jeans
mete / meet
Words with magic E making I say its name
bite / byte
cite / sight
clime / climb
fined / find
mined / mind
miner / minor
mite / might
pride / pried
prize / pries
rise / ryes
rite / right
side / sighed
sine / sign
site / sight
size / sighs
tide / tied
time / thyme
wise / whys
write / right
Words with magic E making O say its name
hose / hoes
lode / load
lone / loan
mode / mowed
nose / knows
ode / owed
pole / poll
rode / road
role / roll
rose / rows
sole / soul
throne / thrown
yoke / yolk
Words with magic E making U say its name
use / yews
muse / mews
you're / your
it's / its
we're / weir
they're / their, there
aren't / aunt
we've / weave
I'd / eyed
he'd / heed
we'd / weed
I'll / isle
you'll / yule
he'll / heel, heal
we'll / wheel
here's / hears
there's / theirs
what's / watts
who's / whose
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