Homophones and Homonyms
| Homophones | Homonyms |
| air – heir | bark (tree) – bark (dog) |
| bare – bear | bat (animal) – bat (sports) |
| buy – by | can (able to) – can (container) |
| cell – sell | fair (just) – fair (event) |
| dew – due | lead (guide) – lead (metal) |
| eye – I | match (contest) – match (stick) |
| flour – flower | row (line) – row (argue) |
| hour – our | right (correct) – right (direction) |
| knight – night | spring (season) – spring (coil) |
| mail – male | tear (rip) – tear (cry) |
| one – won | tire (wheel) – tire (fatigue) |
| piece – peace | wave (hand gesture) – wave (sea) |
| plain – plane | well (healthy) – well (water source) |
| sea – see | bank (financial) – bank (river) |
| sun – son | duck (bird) – duck (avoid) |
| wear – where | date (calendar) – date (fruit) |
| meet – meat | ring (jewelry) – ring (call) |
| dear – deer | nail (finger) – nail (tool) |
| break – brake | letter (character) – letter (mail) |
| steak – stake | point (location) – point (argument) |
| right – write | bat (animal) – bat (sports) |
| course – coarse | seal (animal) – seal (stamp) |
| road – rode | fine (good) – fine (penalty) |
| hole – whole | bright (light) – bright (intelligent) |
| their – there | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| allowed – aloud | saw (tool) – saw (viewed) |
| bear – bare | fan (supporter) – fan (cooling device) |
| buy – by | trunk (tree) – trunk (car) |
| fare – fair | book (read) – book (reserve) |
| hear – here | close (near) – close (shut) |
| knight – night | ship (boat) – ship (send) |
| new – knew | palm (tree) – palm (hand) |
| pair – pear | bat (animal) – bat (sports) |
| right – write | tear (rip) – tear (cry) |
| site – sight | seal (animal) – seal (stamp) |
| too – two | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| weak – week | letter (character) – letter (mail) |
| ant – aunt | lead (guide) – lead (metal) |
| brake – break | wave (hand gesture) – wave (sea) |
| cereal – serial | match (contest) – match (stick) |
| hire – higher | can (able to) – can (container) |
| know – no | fair (just) – fair (event) |
| principal – principle | bank (financial) – bank (river) |
| sail – sale | row (line) – row (argue) |
| weather – whether | bright (light) – bright (intelligent) |
| blue – blew | date (calendar) – date (fruit) |
| course – coarse | trunk (tree) – trunk (car) |
| flower – flour | book (read) – book (reserve) |
| idle – idol | tire (wheel) – tire (fatigue) |
| marry – merry | point (location) – point (argument) |
| paws – pause | nail (finger) – nail (tool) |
| peace – piece | saw (tool) – saw (viewed) |
| rain – reign | bark (tree) – bark (dog) |
| read – reed | ring (jewelry) – ring (call) |
| seam – seem | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| site – sight | palm (tree) – palm (hand) |
| soar – sore | spring (season) – spring (coil) |
| son – sun | well (healthy) – well (water source) |
| steel – steal | bat (animal) – bat (sports) |
| tale – tail | saw (tool) – saw (viewed) |
| waist – waste | match (contest) – match (stick) |
| whale – wail | wave (hand gesture) – wave (sea) |
| weak – week | seal (animal) – seal (stamp) |
| berry – bury | lead (guide) – lead (metal) |
| deer – dear | can (able to) – can (container) |
| flee – flea | fair (just) – fair (event) |
| jeans – genes | point (location) – point (argument) |
| hour – our | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| loan – lone | tire (wheel) – tire (fatigue) |
| meat – meet | nail (finger) – nail (tool) |
| pair – pear | saw (tool) – saw (viewed) |
| right – write | wave (hand gesture) – wave (sea) |
| stair – stare | lead (guide) – lead (metal) |
| through – threw | seal (animal) – seal (stamp) |
| toe – tow | palm (tree) – palm (hand) |
| veil – vale | spring (season) – spring (coil) |
| wine – whine | well (healthy) – well (water source) |
| bored – board | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| hair – hare | bat (animal) – bat (sports) |
| heal – heel | saw (tool) – saw (viewed) |
| knight – night | match (contest) – match (stick) |
| loan – lone | wave (hand gesture) – wave (sea) |
| minor – miner | seal (animal) – seal (stamp) |
| past – passed | lead (guide) – lead (metal) |
| profit – prophet | pen (writing) – pen (enclosure) |
| read – reed | nail (finger) – nail (tool) |
| sail – sale | match (contest) – match (stick) |
| their – there | |
| Homophones vs. Homonyms
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Homonyms are words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings.
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Homophones and homonyms list with meaning
