Homophones
Homophones are words that sound same when they are pronounced but have different meanings and spelling.
Example: The following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:
1. Give me a pair of socks.
2. Mom put a dozen of pears in the refrigerator.
Homophones usually occur in groups of two but sometimes they can be in group of three or four.
Example: to, too, two
1. I went to the mall yesterday.
2. I want to go to park too.
3. Pass me two apples.
List of homophones
heel, heal |
tail, tale |
one, won |
weak, week |
steal, steel |
meat, meet |
wait, weight |
stair, stare |
made, maid |
stationary, stationery |
Some, sum |
hour, our |
son, sun |
sea, see |
fair, fare |
way, weigh |
sea, see |
hair, hare |
waist, waste |
principal, principle |
hole, whole |
to, too, two |
poor, pour |
mail, male |
know, no |
die, dye |
eye, I |
dear, deer |
buy, by |
cell, sell |
brake, break |
bare, bear |
Aloud, allowed |