Homonyms

Are words that are both spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings(they are both spelled and pronounced the same).Knowing about homophones is important because it can confuse other people if the wrong word is used.

                 Here is a list of some common homophones and their meanings

bare - bear
bare= naked body
bear= the animal

blew - blue
Iblewa bubble
blue= the colour


bye - buy - by
bye= to say goodbye
tobuysomething from a shop
I'll see youbythe car


cheap - cheep
cheap= not expensive
cheep= the noise a chick makes


dye - die
Idyemy hair
todie= to stop living


fir - fur
fir= fir tree
fur= on an animal


flower - flour
flowerin the garden
flourin the kitchen


hair - hare
hair= on your head
hare= animal like a rabbit


hear - here
Ihearyou (with myears)
herewe are


hour - our
hour= time on a clock
our= it isourhouse


leek - leak
leek= vegetable
leakfrom a pipe


male - mail
maleand female
you gotmail


meet - meat
meetme at the church
meat= from an animal (youeatmeat)

none - nun
noneleft
nun= member of a female religious community


piece - peace
pieceofpie
givepeacea chance


pour - pore
pourthe gravy
pore= tiny holes in the skin


sail - sale
sailthe boat
sale= it is for sale

see - sea
see= to look at something
sea= area of water

sole - soul
solesof your feet
heart andsoul


some - sum
we havesomesweets for sale
thesumof 2 and 2 is 4


son - sun
mysonis 21 today
thesunis shining

there - their - they're
thereis a bag of sweets
it istheirbag (it belongs to them)
they'regoing to enjoy their sweets (they're = they are)


weak - week
weak= not strong
7 days in aweek


which - witch
whichway?
thewitchhas a big hat (think of a little hat on top of the t in witch)


whole - hole
wholething
holein the garden


would - wood
Iwouldlike to stay
wood= from a tree


write - right
writea letter
rightand left

Taken from http://www.spelling-help-online.com/homophones.html#ixzz3BAbCKLa6