Homophones/Homonym

Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling.

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"

aloud / allowed
bass (guitar) / base
bases / basis
bury / berry
chews / choose
coup / coo
genes / jeans
desert (v) / dessert
draught / draft
fir / fur
flaw / floor
idle / idol
knight / night
knot / not
leased / least
owe / O
pause / paws
scent / sent / cent
seize / seas / sees
sighed / side
sighs / size
suite / sweet
tear (= crying) / tier
weighed / wade
wrap / rap


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