100 Examples Of Homophones in English
Homophones can be a real pain for ESL students trying to learn English. But what exactly are homophones? Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation as other words but have different meanings, even if they are spelt differently. For example, the words ‘break’ and ‘brake’.
To make things even more confusing, some homophones can also be pronounced differently depending on where you are from! In this blog post, we will take a look at 100 of the most common homophones in English to help you improve your understanding and avoid making mistakes in your writing. Let’s get started!
- Fair – Fare
- In – Inn
- Rheum – Room
- Tare – Tear
- Auk – Orc
- Feat – Feet
- Forth – Fourth
- Mantel – Mantle
- Whirl – Whorl
- Cereal – Serial
- Know – No
- Quean – Queen
- Ton – Tun
- Guessed – Guest
- Real – Reel
- Roo – Roux – Rue
- Stair – Stare
- Air – Heir
- Altar – Alter
- Bazaar – Bizarre
- Right – Write
- Colonel – Kernel
- Profit – Prophet
- Rose – Rows
- Sort – Sought
- Baize – Bays
- Floe – Flow
- Mark – Marque
- War – Wore
- Boar – Bore
- Complacent – Complaisant
- Moat – Mote
- Some – Sum
- Aye – Eye – I
- Ho – Hoe
- Rouse – Rows
- Scene – Seen
- Complement – Compliment
- Discreet – Discrete
- Knight – Night
- Woe – Whoa
- Fah – Far
- Heal – Heel – He’ll
- Heroin – Heroine
- Medal – Meddle
- Fir – Fur
- Hay – Hey
- Knock – Nock
- Weak – Week
- Close – Cloze
- Dew – Due
- Knit – Nit
- None – Nun
- Clew – Clue
- Hew – Hue
- Oh – Owe
- While – Wile
- Hangar – Hanger
- Knew – New
- None – Nun
- Tern – Turn
- Bean – Been
- Cast – Caste
- Ode – Owed
- Sink – Synch
- Crews – Cruise
- Doe – Doh – Dough
- Pole – Poll
- Sea – See
- Links – Lynx
- Mail – Male
- Toe – Tow
- Were – Whirr
- Genes – Jeans
- Meter – Metre
- Oar – Or
- Pause – Paws – Pores – Pours
- Ewe – Yew – You
- Knot – Not
- Lac – Lack
- Sear – Seer – Sere
- Cereal – Serial
- Lade – Laid
- Steal – Steel
- Weir – We’re
- Profit – Prophet
- Ring – Wring
- Steal – Steel
- Toad – Toed – Towed
- Canvas – Canvass
- Hour – Our
- Threw – Through
- Wax – Whacks
- Band – Banned
- Fate – Fête
- For – Four
- Saw – Soar – Sore
- Bitten – Bittern
- Boarder – Border
- Boy – Buoy
- Rode – Road
- Accessary – Accessory
- Bard – Barred
- Eery – Eyrie
- Son – Sun
- Dual – Duel
- Greys – Graze
- Mall – Maul
- Which – Witch
- Auger – Augur
- Braid – Brayed
- Council – Counsel
- He’d – Heed
- Principal – Principle
- Fie – Phi
- Liar – Lyre
- Manna – Manner
- Road – Rode
- Bald – Bawled
- Base – Bass
- Suite – Sweet
- Weaver – Weever
- Meat – Meet – Mete
- Scull – Skull
- Spa – Spar
- Talk – Torque
- Cymbal – Symbol
- Peal – Peel
- Wall – Waul
- Wean – Ween
- Cousin – Cozen
- Loan – Lone
- Root – Route
- Tail – Tale
- Paten – Patten – Pattern
- Scene – Seen
- Shoe – Shoo
- We’d – Weed
- Be – Bee
- Broach – Brooch
- Foaled – Fold
- Waist – Waste
- Berry – Bury
- Fir – Fur
- Lie – Lye
- Sole – Soul
- Axel – Axle
- Foul – Fowl
- Pea – Pee
- Son – Sun
- Ferrule – Ferule
- Grate – Great
- Knead – Need
- Tic – Tick
- Coo – Coup
- Flair – Flare
- Pawn – Porn
- Whine – Wine
- Climb – Clime
- Gilt – Guilt
- Knight – Night
- To – Too
- Calendar – Calender
- Mask – Masque
- Me – Mi
- Rap – Wrap
- Bloc – Block
- Boos – Booze
- Know – No
- Principal – Principle
- Brake – Break
- Flew – Flu – Flue
- Pica – Pika
- Rough – Ruff
- Warn – Worn
- Brae – Bray
- Hoard – Horde
- Steal – Steel
- Tail – Tale
- Clack – Claque
- Laps – Lapse
- Main – Mane
- Told – Tolled
- Lean – Lien
- Rye – Wry
- Vain – Vane – Vein
- Waist – Waste
- Lead – Led
- Od – Odd
- Sew – So
- Sight – Site
- Coarse – Course
- Douse – Dowse
- Flour – Flower
- Staid – Stayed
- Buy – By
- Check – Cheque
- Faun – Fawn
- Gorilla – Guerilla
- Aisle – Isle
- Hart – Heart
- Lam – Lamb
- Lea – Lee
- Gait – Gate
- Galipot – Gallipot
- Gallop – Galop
- Throne – Thrown
- Buyer – Byre
- Haw – Hoar – Whore
- Swat – Swot
- Tale – Tail
- Few – Phew
- Higher – Hire
- Tire – Tyre
- Wood – Would
- Beach – Beech
- Coarse – Course
- Peak – Peek – Peke – Pique
- Way – Weigh – Whey
- Cue – Kayo – Queue
- Hear – Here
- Shake – Sheikh
- Weak – Week
