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List of Homophones All English Learners Should Know

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Homophones in English! A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning …

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Homophones in English

Here is the useful list of confusing homophones in English:

  • ad – add
  • aid – aide
  • ail – ale
  • allowed – aloud
  • awl – all
  • band – banned
  • based – baste
  • beat – beet
  • beau – bow
  • beer – bier
  • berry – bury
  • berth – birth
  • capital – capitol
  • cast – caste
  • cause – caws
  • cellar – seller
  • cents – sense
  • cereal – serial
  • chews – choose
  • chute – shoot
  • coarse – course
  • doughs – doze
  • earn – urn
  • eight – ate
  • eye – I
  • feat – feet
  • foul – fowl
  • gate – gait
  • higher – hire
  • hoarse – horse
  • jeans – genes
  • knew – new
  • lain – lane
  • lead – led
  • leak – leek
  • levy – levee
  • lessen – lesson
  • knit – nit
  • buy – by
  • complement – compliment
  • die – dye
  • fair – fare
  • hour – our
  • idle – idol
  • know – no
  • made – maid
  • mail – male
  • meat – meet
  • one – won
  • pray – prey
  • principal – principle
  • profit – prophet
  • hole – whole
  • holy – wholly
  • incite – insightư
  • jam  – jamb

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Ajith Herath

Tuesday 1st of February 2022

Good work keep it up