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