Useful Homophones (British English)

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USEFUL HOMOPHONES

awordthatispronounced thesameasanotherwordbuthasa differentmeaningorspelling,orboth.

aisle isle I’ll allowed aloud

aren’t aunt bare bear

base bass blue blew

bored board boy buoy

break brake

bury berry

cache cash caught court

cent scent sent

cereal serial course coarse

cousin cozen

corps core cue queue

die dye

fare fair

fate fete

father farther

floor flaw

flour

flower

genes jeans

great grate

he’d heed

heal heel he’ll here hear hire higher

hoard horde

hole

whole

idol idle its It’s

kernel colonel

know no

minor miner missed mist

moan mown not knot one won pain pane pair pear pare

peer pier

piece peace plane plain

real reel right rite write seed cede

some sum son sun sow sew strait straight suite sweet sword soared tear(noun) tier

tide tied to too two they’re there their there’s theirs threw through

thrown throne

toe tow

knows nose lane

leach

lain

leech

leek leak

meat meet mete

medal meddle

metal

mettle

vane vain vein vary very wait weight what watt we’d weed we’ll wheel we’ve weave weak week weather whether wet whet where wear ware which witch whose who’s would wood

wreak reek

you’re your

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