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Homophones Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling: In the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings: (the animal) (to carry) Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four. If we take our "bear" example, we can add another word to the group" (naked) (the animal) (to tolerate) The word homophone is made from two combining forms: homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same" -phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or "sound" You will see many other English words using one or other of these combining forms. The following list of 70 groups of homophones contains only the most common homophones, using relatively well-known words. These are headwords only. No inflections (such as third person singular "s" or noun plurals) are included. air heir aisle isle ante- anti- eye I bare bear bear be bee brake break buy by cell sell cent scent cereal serial coarse course complement compliment dam damn dear deer die dye fair fare fir fur flour flower for four hair hare heal heel hear here him hymn hole whole hour our idle idol in inn knight night knot not know no made maid mail male meat meet morning mourning none nun oar or one won pair pear peace piece plain plane poor pour pray prey principal principle profit prophet real reel right write root route sail sale sea see seam seem sight site sew so sow shore sure sole soul some sum son sun stair stare stationary stationery steal steel suite sweet tail tale their there to too two toe tow waist waste wait weight way weigh weak week wear where NB: In a few cases, a third homophone, although possible, has not been included for simplicity. Different varieties and accents of English may produce variations in some of these pronunciations. The homophones listed here are based on British English. www.englishclub.com :26:

Homophones Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different...