Homophones and Homonyms List and Examples

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)

 

Homophones and homonyms list with sentences Homophones and Homonyms

 

 

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)

 

Homophones and homonyms list with meaning

 

 

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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