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Homophones


                          2                  and Homonyms











                  Words that have similar pronunciation but different spellings and meanings are
                  called homophones.


                  Here is a list of some more homophones.

                    air, heir                       hair, hare                       mail, male

                    aisle, isle                     heal, heel                       great, grate

                    bare, bear                      him, hymn                        sight, site

                    brake, break                    hole, whole                      soar, sore

                    cent, scent, sent               idle, idol                       sole, soul

                    cereal, serial                  principal,                       stair, stare
                                                    principle

                    coarse, course                  profit, prophet                  stationary, stationery

                    complement,                     pore, pour                       steal, steel
                    compliment


                    dear, deer                      real, reel                       suite, sweet

                    eye, I                          root, route                      toe, tow

                    fair, fare                      seam, seem                       wait, weight

                    fir, fur                        sew, so, sow                     way, weigh

                    flour, flower                   knight, night                    wear, where

                    foul, fowl                      knot, not

                    grown, groan                    knew, new

                    pair, pear, pare                lessen, lesson

                    peace, piece                    lone, loan

                    plain, plane                    made, maid




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