Tricky Homophones can be confusing, as they sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. This worksheet helps learners master these words with fun exercises.
Tricky Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
- ate – eight
- bear – bare
- be – bee
- brake – break
- buy – by
- cell – sell
- cent – scent
- dear – deer
- eye – I
- flour – flower
- four – for
- hair – hare
- hear – here
- him – hymn
- hour – our
- knight – night
- know – no
- mail – male
- meat – meet
- one – won
- pair – pear
- peace – piece
- plain – plane
- right – write
- road – rode
- sea – see
- son – sun
- some – sum
- tail – tale
- their – there
- they’re – there
- to – two
- toe – tow
- too – two
- waist – waste
- weather – whether
- weak – week
- you – ewe
- your – you’re
- read – reed
- blue – blew
- write – right
- sail – sale
- bear – bare
- sun – son
- there – their
- night – knight
- flower – flour
- sea – see
- plain – plane
- read – reed
- pair – pear
- write – right
- sail – sale
- weight – wait
- son – sun
- board – bored
- heel – heal
- root – route
- higher – hire
- knight – night
- knows – nose
- week – weak
- peace – piece
- past – passed
- soar – sore
- ant – aunt
- bored – board
- clothes – close
- dear – deer
- desert – dessert
- eye – I
- flour – flower
- hair – hare
- hare – hair
- hour – our
- know – no
- knight – night
- knight – night
- made – maid
- mail – male
- meat – meet
- one – won
- pair – pear
- peace – piece
- plain – plane
- road – rode
- sight – site
- so – sew
- son – sun
- some – sum
- stair – stare
- their – there
- toe – tow
- two – too
- waist – waste
- weather – whether
- weak – week
- wood – would
- your – you’re
- by – buy
- cent – scent
- cereal – serial
- due – dew
- fair – fare
- flour – flower
- hear – here
- hole – whole
- idle – idol
- its – it’s
- lead – led
- loan – lone
- meet – meat
- minor – miner
- none – nun
- oar – or
- pale – pail
- principal – principle
- rain – reign
- scene – seen
- sew – so
- site – sight
- steal – steel
- sweet – suite
- tail – tale
- there – their
- to – too
- two – too
- vain – vein
- vary – very
- way – weigh
- we – wee
- weak – week
- wear – where
- which – witch
- whole – hole
- wood – would
- your – you’re
- alter – altar
- ate – eight
- bare – bear
- be – bee
- blew – blue
- brake – break
- buy – by
- capital – capitol
- cell – sell
- dear – deer
- dew – due
- flea – flee
- flour – flower
- grate – great
- groan – grown
- hall – haul
- heal – heel
- hour – our
- know – no
- lone – loan
- mail – male
- main – mane
- meat – meet
- none – nun
- oar – ore
- pair – pear
- pear – pare
- plain – plane
- right – write
- road – rode
- sail – sale
- sight – site
- soar – sore
- sole – soul
- stair – stare
- their – there
- to – too
- two – too
- vary – very
- wait – weight
- wear – where
- week – weak
- witch – which
- would – wood
- yew – you
- your – you’re
- all – awl
- allowed – aloud
- ant – aunt
- ate – eight
- bald – bawled
- ball – bawl
- band – banned
- bark – barque
- base – bass
- be – bee
- beat – beet
- beer – bier
- blue – blew
- board – bored
- but – butt
- by – buy
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