Homophones
Homophones
Homophones
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<strong>Homophones</strong><br />
<strong>Homophones</strong> are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and spellings.<br />
ad<br />
add<br />
short for advertisement<br />
find the sum of two or more numbers<br />
blew<br />
blue<br />
past tense of blow<br />
a color<br />
aisle<br />
I’ll<br />
isle<br />
allowed<br />
aloud<br />
ant<br />
aunt<br />
walkway<br />
contraction of “I will”<br />
island<br />
permitted<br />
spoken<br />
a type of insect<br />
parent’s sister<br />
board<br />
bored<br />
brake<br />
break<br />
buy<br />
by<br />
bye<br />
a flat piece of wood<br />
not interested<br />
a device used to stop motion<br />
damage something<br />
purchase<br />
near<br />
farewell; good-bye<br />
ate<br />
eight<br />
past tense of eat<br />
the number that comes<br />
after seven<br />
caller<br />
collar<br />
a person who calls<br />
the part of a piece of clothing that fits<br />
around the neck<br />
aye<br />
eye<br />
I<br />
ball<br />
bawl<br />
band<br />
banned<br />
bare<br />
bear<br />
be<br />
bee<br />
beach<br />
beech<br />
beat<br />
beet<br />
been<br />
bin<br />
a vote yes<br />
the part of the body that a person<br />
or animal uses to see<br />
the person speaking or writing<br />
a round object used in games<br />
cry loudly<br />
a group of people who play music<br />
together<br />
forbidden or not allowed<br />
wearing no clothes<br />
a large animal<br />
exist<br />
an insect<br />
seashore<br />
a type of tree<br />
hit again and again<br />
a dark red root vegetable<br />
past tense of be<br />
a box or container<br />
capital<br />
capitol<br />
ceiling<br />
sealing<br />
cell<br />
sell<br />
cent<br />
scent<br />
sent<br />
close<br />
clothes<br />
colonel<br />
kernel<br />
creak<br />
creek<br />
days<br />
daze<br />
a city where the government of a<br />
nation or state is located<br />
the building where lawmakers meet<br />
the inside top part of a room<br />
closing a package or envelope<br />
a small room<br />
exchange for money<br />
a unit of money<br />
a pleasant smell<br />
carried or delivered<br />
shut<br />
things that you wear<br />
military officer<br />
seed<br />
a squeaking or scraping sound<br />
a small stream of water<br />
more than one day<br />
stun<br />
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<strong>Homophones</strong> (continued)<br />
dear<br />
deer<br />
much loved<br />
an animal with hooves<br />
heal<br />
heel<br />
cure someone or make healthy<br />
back part of a foot<br />
dew<br />
do<br />
due<br />
die<br />
dye<br />
water that forms in little drops that<br />
collects on surfaces overnight<br />
perform an action<br />
expected to arrive or happen<br />
stop living<br />
a substance used to change the color<br />
of something<br />
hear<br />
here<br />
heard<br />
herd<br />
higher<br />
hire<br />
listen<br />
at or in this location<br />
listened to<br />
a group of animals<br />
farther up<br />
employ or give a job<br />
doe<br />
dough<br />
fair<br />
fare<br />
a female dear<br />
uncooked bread<br />
reasonable and just<br />
the money paid to ride on a plane,<br />
train, or bus<br />
hoarse<br />
horse<br />
hole<br />
whole<br />
rough voice<br />
a large strong animal with hooves and<br />
a flowing mane and tail<br />
a round opening<br />
entire or total<br />
flea<br />
flee<br />
a type of insect<br />
run away<br />
hour<br />
our<br />
sixty minutes<br />
possessed or owned by us<br />
flew<br />
flu<br />
past tense of fly<br />
an illness that is like a bad cold<br />
it’s<br />
its<br />
contraction of “it is”<br />
possessive pronoun<br />
flour<br />
flower<br />
ground wheat used for baking<br />
a bloom<br />
knew<br />
new<br />
past tense of know<br />
not old<br />
for<br />
four<br />
in place of<br />
the number that comes after three<br />
knight<br />
night<br />
a medieval warrior<br />
the time between dusk and dawn<br />
forth<br />
fourth<br />
forward or onward<br />
comes after third<br />
lead<br />
led<br />
a heavy metal<br />
guided<br />
gait<br />
gate<br />
a way of walking or running<br />
a fence door<br />
made<br />
maid<br />
past tense of make<br />
a young woman<br />
hair<br />
hare<br />
hay<br />
hey<br />
a threadlike growth from the skin<br />
of an animal or a person<br />
a large rabbit<br />
dried grass<br />
a shout<br />
mail<br />
male<br />
main<br />
mane<br />
postal delivery<br />
a boy or man<br />
largest or most important<br />
long hair on the head and neck of<br />
a horse<br />
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<strong>Homophones</strong> (continued)<br />
marry<br />
merry<br />
mind<br />
mined<br />
miner<br />
minor<br />
missed<br />
mist<br />
when people have a ceremony and<br />
promise to spend the rest of their<br />
lives together<br />
cheerful or joyous<br />
the part of a person that thinks<br />
extracted from the earth<br />
a person who mines<br />
less important or less serious<br />
not hit<br />
tiny water droplets in the air<br />
morning the early part of the day<br />
mourning showing sorrow or sadness for<br />
someone who has died<br />
pause<br />
paws<br />
peace<br />
piece<br />
peal<br />
peel<br />
pedal<br />
peddle<br />
plain<br />
plane<br />
stop for a short time<br />
the feet of a four-footed animal<br />
without war<br />
a part of a whole<br />
a loud sound<br />
the skin of a fruit or vegetable<br />
a lever that you push with your foot<br />
sell goods from place to place<br />
not fancy<br />
airplane<br />
principal the head of a school<br />
principle a basic truth, law, or belief<br />
muscle<br />
mussel<br />
oar<br />
or<br />
ore<br />
used to move parts of the body<br />
a type of shellfish<br />
used for rowing a boat<br />
used to introduce choices<br />
a rock that contains metal<br />
rain<br />
reign<br />
rein<br />
raise<br />
rays<br />
water that falls in drops from clouds<br />
rule or govern as a king or queen<br />
straps that are used to guide a horse<br />
to lift something up<br />
beams of light<br />
one<br />
won<br />
pail<br />
pale<br />
pain<br />
pane<br />
pair<br />
pear<br />
pare<br />
a singular thing<br />
past tense of win<br />
bucket<br />
light colored<br />
the feeling of hurting<br />
single sheet of glass<br />
a set of two things<br />
a type of fruit<br />
make less bit by bit<br />
rap<br />
wrap<br />
read<br />
red<br />
real<br />
reel<br />
right<br />
write<br />
a sharp knock<br />
cover something with paper<br />
or material<br />
looked at a book<br />
the color<br />
not imaginary, true<br />
move or stand unsteadily<br />
correct; opposite of left<br />
form letters or words on paper<br />
passed<br />
past<br />
approved or moved on<br />
the time that has gone by<br />
patience<br />
patients<br />
being able to wait<br />
people waiting for medical care<br />
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<strong>Homophones</strong> (continued)<br />
ring<br />
wring<br />
a piece of jewelry<br />
twist dry<br />
steal<br />
steel<br />
take something that is not yours<br />
a type of metal<br />
road<br />
rowed<br />
rode<br />
roam<br />
Rome<br />
root<br />
route<br />
rose<br />
rows<br />
a wide path used for traveling<br />
moved a boat using oars<br />
past tense of ride<br />
to wander<br />
capital of Italy<br />
part of a plant that grows underground<br />
a road or highway<br />
a type of flower<br />
things arranged in lines<br />
straight not crooked<br />
strait a narrow waterway<br />
tea<br />
tee<br />
their<br />
there<br />
they’re<br />
a type of drink<br />
a small wooden peg used in golf<br />
belonging to them<br />
that place or point<br />
contraction of “they are”<br />
threw past tense of throw<br />
through in one side and out the other side<br />
sail<br />
sale<br />
travel in a boat or ship<br />
exchange goods for money<br />
throne<br />
thrown<br />
a chair used by a king or queen<br />
tossed through the air<br />
scene<br />
seen<br />
a view or picture<br />
past tense of saw<br />
tic<br />
tick<br />
a twitch of a muscle<br />
a light clicking sound<br />
sea<br />
see<br />
a body of water<br />
look<br />
tide<br />
tied<br />
the change of sea level<br />
past tense of tie<br />
shoe<br />
shoo<br />
soar<br />
sore<br />
some<br />
sum<br />
son<br />
sun<br />
stair<br />
stare<br />
stake<br />
steak<br />
footwear<br />
“go away”<br />
fly high<br />
aching or painful<br />
a certain number or amount<br />
the answer to an addition problem<br />
a male child<br />
a star<br />
a step<br />
look intently<br />
wooden pole<br />
slice of meat<br />
to<br />
too<br />
two<br />
toad<br />
towed<br />
wail<br />
whale<br />
waist<br />
waste<br />
wait<br />
weight<br />
war<br />
wore<br />
toward<br />
also<br />
the number that comes after one<br />
an animal that looks like a frog<br />
pulled behind<br />
a long, loud cry<br />
a large mammal that lives in the ocean<br />
the middle part of your body<br />
use something carelessly<br />
do nothing for a period of time<br />
how heavy something is<br />
a large armed conflict or fight<br />
past tense of wear<br />
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<strong>Homophones</strong> (continued)<br />
ware<br />
wear<br />
things that are for sale<br />
to be dressed in something<br />
whether if<br />
weather the conditions outside<br />
way<br />
weigh<br />
a direction<br />
measure how heavy or light<br />
something is<br />
which<br />
witch<br />
used to ask about a choice of things<br />
a person believed to have<br />
magic powers<br />
we<br />
wee<br />
all people or people in general<br />
very small<br />
whine<br />
wine<br />
complain or moan about something<br />
a type of drink<br />
we’ve<br />
weave<br />
contraction of “we have”<br />
to make cloth<br />
whirled<br />
world<br />
moved around quickly in a circle<br />
the earth<br />
weak<br />
week<br />
not strong<br />
seven days<br />
your<br />
you’re<br />
belonging to you<br />
contraction of “you are”<br />
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