100 examples of homophones
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Homophones
In linguistics, homophones are words that are spoken in the same manner and have the same sound. In English, there are a lot of homophones you can come across. They are referred to as homophones when two words have distinct meanings but have the same sound.
In a nutshell, homophones are words that may be used to express more than one meaning. These terms cannot be used interchangeably in a sentence because their meanings are distinct from one another. You should pay close attention to this since the explanation of words is not the same with one another. Yet the words have the same sounds. As a result, even though these words have the same sound patterns, their counterparts and meanings are distinct from one another. Many homophones are used in our everyday lives without us even noticing them. In comparison to other languages, English has a greater number of homophones because its pronunciation has evolved significantly through time, although its writing has changed relatively little.
100 examples of homophones
1.flair — flare
2.flea — flee
3.flew — flu — flue
4.flier — flyer
5.flocks — phlox
6.floe — flow
7.flour — flower
8.flow — floe
9.flower — flour
10.flu — flue — flew
11.flyer — flier
12.effects — affects
13.eight — ate
14.eke — eek
15.elicit — illicit
16.elude — allude
17.errant — arrant
18.eve — eave
19.ewe — you — yew
20.ewes — yews — use
21.exceed — accede
22.except — accept
23.disburse — disperse
24.discreet — discrete
25.disperse — disburse
26.dissent — descent
27.duct — ducked
28.ducts — ducks
29.due — dew — do
30.duel — dual
31.crape — crepe
32.crawl — kraal
33.creak — creek
34.crepe — crape
35.crewel — cruel
36.crews — cruise
37.cruel — crewel
38.braise — brays
39.brake — break
40.brayed — braid
41.brays — braise
42.breach — breech
43.bread — bred
44.break — brake
45.bred — bread
46.breech — breach
47.wain — wane — Wayne
48.waist — waste
49.wale — wail — whale
50.Wales — whales — wails
51.walk — wok
52.wane — Wayne — wain
53.want — wont
54.war — wore
55.ware — wear — where
56.wares — where’s — wears
57.toed — towed — toad
58.told — tolled
59.too — two — to
60.tool — tulle
61.tope — taupe
62.tort — torte
63.tortuous — torturous
64.tow — toe
65.towed — toad — toed
66.tracked — tract
67.trader — traitor
68.troop — troupe
69.trussed — trust
70.taut — taught
71.tax — tacks
72.tea — tee
73.team — teem
74.tear — tier
75.teas — tease — tees
76.tee — tea
77.teem — team
78.tees — teas — tease
79.tends — tens
80.tense — tents
81.soared — sword
82.sold — soled
83.sole — soul
84.soled — sold
85.some — sum
86.son — sun
87.soot — suit
88.sore — soar
89.sorry — sari
90.soul — sole
91.sow — sew — so
92.spade — spayed
93.staid — stayed
94.stair — stare
95.stake — steak
96.sense — cents — scents
97.sensor — censor
98.sent — cent — scent
99.sere — sear — seer
100.serge — surge
