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English Homophones

A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning.

These homophones all have the same sound, but are spelled differently and have a different meaning:

For example naval and navel:-

Naval - relates to ships and things nautical

A navel - also known as the belly button, it is the scar that is left in the centre of the abdomen when the umbilical cord is cut after birth.

But they are both pronounced the same. Now try and work out the correct sentences from the following tests.

You can check your answers by clicking on the 'Check Here!' button.

All the homophones have a sound file (mp3 format), just click on the play button and the file should open in your player or your browser (depending on your system set up). Oh and it's British English pronunciation.

Thanks to all our contributors:-

ad | add | aid | aide | ail | air | aisle | ale | all | alms | aloud
allowed | altar | alter | ante | anti | aren't | arms
ascent | assent | ate | aunt | awl | aye
bail | bale | ball | balmy | band | banned
bard | bare | barmy | barred | bawl
be | beach | bean | bear | beat | beau | bee | beech | been | beet
bell | belle | berry | berth | bight | birth | bite | blew | blue | boar
board | bolder | bole | bore | bored
bough | boulder | bow¹ | bow² | bowl | boy
brake | bread | break | bred | bridal | bridle
buoy | burro | burrow | bury | but | butt | buy
by | bye | byte
cache | call | calk | calve | cannon | canon
carve | cash | cast | caste
caught | caul | caulk | cause
cede | ceiling | cell | cellar | cent | cereal
chased | chaste | cheater | cheetah | check
cheque | choir | chord | chute
cite | clause | claws | climb | clime
coarse | conker | conquer
cord | cored | cores | cork | course | court
creak | creek | crumby | crummy
cue | curb | currant | current
dam | damn | dane | dear | deer | deign | descent
dew | die | discussed | disgust | dissent
doe | dough | draft | draught | dual | due | duel | dye
earn | eight | ere | ewe | ewes | eye | eyelet
faint | fair | fare | farther | father | father | fate
feat | feet | feint | fete | file | fined | fir
flair | flare | flaw | flea | flee | flew | floe | floor
flour | flow | flower | flu | flue | for
fore | formally | formerly
fort | fought | foul | four | fowl | freeze | frieze | fur
genes | gild | gilt | gnaw | gorilla
grate | great | groan | grown
guerrilla | guessed | guest
gild | guilt | guise | guys
hair | hail | hale | hall | hare | haul | heal | hear
heard | heel | heir | herd | here | heroin
heroine | hew | higher | him | hire
hoard | hoarse | hole |holey | holy | horde
horse | hour | hue | hymn
I | idle | idol | I'll | in | inn | isle | islet | its | it's
jeans | kerb | key | knead | knew | knight | knot | know | knows
lain | lane | laps | lapse | laud | law | lead | leak | leant | leased | least
led | leek | lent | Lent | lessen | lesson
liar | loan | lone | lord | lore | lumbar | lumber | lyre
made | magnate | magnet | maid | mail | main | male
mane | mare | massed | mast | mayor
meat | medal | meddle | meet
metal | mettle | might | mind | mined | miner | minor
missed | mist | mite | moan | moiré | moor
moray | more | morning | mourning
mown | murderess | murderous
muscle | mussel
need | new | night | no | none | nor | nose | not | nun
oar | oh | one | or | ore | our | owe
packed | pact | pale | pail | pain | pair
paltry | pane | pare | pause | paw | paws
pea | peace | peak | peal | pear | pearl | pedal | peddle
pee | peek | peel | peer
phial | pi | pie | piece | pier | pique | place | plaice | plain | plane
poor | pore | pores | poultry | pour | pours
pray | prey | principal | principle | prise | prize | purl
quay | queue | quire
racket | racquet | rail | rain | raise | rale | raw | raze
read¹ | read² | real | red | reed | reek | reel | reign | rein | retch
rhyme | right | rime | ring
road | roar | rode | roe | role | roll | root | rote | rough
route | row | rowed | ruff | rung | rye
sail | sale | sauce | saw
scald | scene | scent | scold
sea | sealing | seam | see | seed | sell | seller
seem | seen | sent | serial | set | sett | sew
shear | sheer | shoe | shoo | shoot | shore | sight | site
so | soar | some | son | sole | sore | soul | source
sponges | spongers | stair | stake | stalk | stare
steak | steal | steel | stork | succour | sucker
suite | sum | summary | summery
sun | sundae | Sunday | sure | swat | sweet | swot
tacked | tact | tails | tales | talk | tare | taught | taut
tea | team | tear¹ | tear² | teas | tease | tee | tees | teem | there
their | they're | threw | throne | through | thrown | thyme
tide | tied | tier | time | tire | to | toad | toe | toed | told | tolled | too
torc | torque | tort | torte | tow | towed
troop | troupe | two | tyre
urn | use
vain | vale | vane | veil | vein | vouches | vouchers
waist | wait | waive | war | warn
waste | wave | way | weather
weak | weal | weald | wear | week | weigh | weight
we'll | wheel | where | whether | whey
which | whine | whither| wither| whole | wield | wine | witch
won | wood | wore | worn | would | wreak | wretch
wring | wright | write | wrote | wrung | wry
yaw | yew | yews | yore | you | your | you're

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Homophone #1 - Test It

cereal serial

Homophone #2 - Test It

place plaice

Homophone #3 - Test It

tale tail

Homophone #4 - Test It

son sun

Homophone #5 - Test It

peal peel

Homophone #6 - Test It

toe tow

Homophone #7 - Test It

pair pare pear

Homophone #8 - Test It

altar alter

Homophone #9 - Test It

bolder boulder

Homophone #10 - Test It

pain pane

Homophone #11 - Test It

pray prey

Homophone #12 - Test It

bow bough

Homophone #13 - Test It

caught court

Homophone #14 - Test It

bare bear

Homophone #15 - Test It

vale veil

Homophone #16 - Test It

tide tied

Homophone #17 - Test It

suite sweet

Homophone #18 - Test It

paw poor pore pour

Homophone #19 - Test It

sew so sow

Homophone #20 - Test It

to too two

Homophone #21 - Test It

made maid

Homophone #22 - Test It

saw soar sore

Homophone #23 - Test It

ate eight

Homophone #24 - Test It

hoarse horse

Homophone #25 - Test It

knight night

Homophone #26 - Test It

warn worn

Homophone #27 - Test It

grate great

Homophone #28 - Test It

aisle I'll isle

Homophone # 29 - Test It

beach beech

Thanks to Diana Perebyinis

Homophone # 30 - Test It

mail male

Thanks to Diana Perebyinis

Homophone # 31 - Test It

peak peek pique

Thanks to Rita

Homophone # 32 - Test It

allowed aloud

Thanks to Rita

Homophone # 33 - Test It

sail sale

Homophone # 34 - Test It

bread bred

Homophone # 35 - Test It

hole whole

Homophone # 36 - Test It

heard herd

Homophone # 37 - Test It

groan grown

Homophone # 38 - Test It

hall haul

Homophone # 39 - Test It

missed mist

Thanks to Rita

Homophone # 40 - Test It

lead led

Thanks to Rita

Homophone # 41 - Test It

sea see

Thanks to Alessandra Binotti

Homophone # 42 - Test It

him hymn

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 43 - Test It

aye eye I

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 44 - Test It

hair hare

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 45 - Test It

main mane

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 46 - Test It

laps lapse

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 47 - Test It

higher hire

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 48 - Test It

which witch

!Note - In some areas and dialects "wh" is still pronounced "hw".

Homophone # 49 - Test It

brake break

Thanks to Diana Perebyinis

Homophone # 50 - Test It

die dye

Homophone # 51 - Test It

know no

Thanks to Shannon

Homophone # 52 - Test It

berry bury

Thanks to Diana Perebyinis

Homophone # 53 - Test It

ewe yew you

Homophone # 54 - Test It

road rode rowed

Thanks to Amber Smith

Homophone # 55 - Test It

muscle mussel

Thanks to Shannon

Homophone # 56 - Test It

read reed

Thanks to Alessandra

Homophone # 57 - Test It

heroin heroine

For Elfish

Homophone # 58 - Test It

pause paws pores pours

Thanks to Matt Newman

Homophone # 59 - Test It

knew new

Homophone # 60 - Test It

be bee

Thanks to Isobelle Introna

Homophone # 61 - Test It

war wore

Thanks to Jed Curl

Homophone # 62 - Test It

pail pale

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 63 - Test It

for fore four

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 64 - Test It

cite sight site

In memory of Rita

Homophone # 65- Test It

steal steel

Thanks to Daniela Todinca

Homophone # 66- Test It

buy by bye

Thanks to Jed Curl

Homophone #67 - Test It

fair fare

Thanks to K. Shanmaganthan

Homophone #68 - Test It

ail ale

Thanks to Wolfgang Korschan

Homophone #69 - Test It

flour flower

Thanks to Diana and Rada Perebyinis

Homophone #70 - Test It

swat swot

Thanks to Nancy for the correction.

Homophone #71 - Test It

blew blue

Thanks to little Wendy

Homophone #72 - Test It

berth birth

Thanks to Priyanka

Homophone #73 - Test It

canon cannon

Thanks to Diana Perebyinis

Homophone #74 - Test It

rain reign rein

Thanks to Jessica

Homophone #75 - Test It

their there they're

Thanks to Amber and Gaartsen

Homophone #76 - Test It

bean been

Thanks to Phani, Amber and Wolfgang Korschan

Homophone #77 - Test It

peace piece

Thanks to Yoli and Ramon

Homophone #78 - Test It

dew due

Thanks to K. Shanmuganathan

Homophone #79 - Test It

ad add

Thanks to Derek

Homophone #80 - Test It

plain plane

Thanks to Diana and Rada Perebyinis

Homophone #81 - Test It

read red

Thanks to Abdelhadi Azrhirh, WK and Dar plus a couple of
anonymous contributors. (It's about time I added this one.)

Homophone #82 - Test It

knows nose

Thanks to Tabatha Connor

Homophone #83 - Test It

pea pee

Thanks to Jessica

Homophone #84 - Test It

loan lone

Thanks to Shannon and Dar

Homophone #85 - Test It

clause claws

Thanks to Matt Newman

Homophone #86 - Test It

one won

Homophone #87 - Test It

meat meat

Thanks to Matt Newman and Diana Perebyinis

Homophone #88 - Test It

wood would

Thanks to Jed Curl

Homophone #89 - Test It

heal heel

Thanks to K. Shanmuganathan

Homophone #90 - Test It

air ere heir

Thanks to Wolfgang Korschan

Homophone #91 - Test It

some sum

Thanks to Abdelhadi Azrhirh

Homophone #92 - Test It

earn urn

Thanks to K. Shanmuganathan
and Bulldawgsgirl

Homophone #93 - Test It

bail bale

Thanks to Mirza Mohsin
and Wolfgang Korschan

Homophone #94 - Test It

draft draught

Thanks to Jorge for the correction

Homophone #95 - Test It

succour sucker

Thanks to Dar

Homophone #96 - Test It

right rite wright write

Thanks to Dar and Sonia Sánchez

Homophone #97 - Test It

weak week

For Sahjokala

Homophone #98 - Test It

threw through

Thanks to Ramona and Sonia Sánchez

Homophone #99 - Test It

hear here

Thanks to Sonia Sánchez

Homophone #100 - Test It

stalk stork

Thanks to Dar

Homophone #101 - Test It

bight bite byte

Thanks to Milly

Homophone #102- Test It

tacked tact

Thanks to Bulldawgsgirl

Homophone #103- Test It

ball bawl

Thanks to Charome Johnson

Homophone #104 - Test It

doe dough

Thanks to Maggie G

Homophone #105 - Test It

bard barred

Thanks to Wolfgang Korschan

Homophone #106 - Test It

mare mayor

Thanks to Max Jean-Pierre

Homophone #107 - Test It

way weigh whey

Thanks to Charone Johnson, Angie and Dar

Homophone #108 - Test It

idle idol

Thanks to Chloe, Tafika and Cherie

Homophone #109 - Test It

it's its

Homophone #110 - Test It

waist waste

Thanks to Sophia, Dar and Nicole

Homophone #111 - Test It

root route

Homophone #112 - Test It

principal principle

Homophone #113 - Test It

ring wring

Homophone #114 - Test It

knot not

Thanks to Wendy Mirbod

Homophone #115 - Test It

gait gate

Homophone #116 - Test It

boy buoy

Homophone #117 - Test It

dear deer

Homophone #118 - Test It

all awl

Homophone #119 - Test It

pedal peddle

Homophone #120 - Test It

knead need

Thanks to Dave LA

Homophone #121 - Test It

weather whether

Thanks to Wendy Mirbod

Homophone #122 - Test It

hour our

Thanks to Cheyenne Stenger

Homophone #123 - Test It

currant current

Thanks to Sam Blowers

Homophone #124 - Test It

metal mettle

Thanks to J Weseman

Homophone #125 - Test It

flaw floor

Homophone #126 - Test It

flew flu flue

Thanks to Dar, Mollie and Gabriel

Homophone #127 - Test It

flea flee

Thanks to Dar and Nancy Jones

Homophone #128 - Test It

cheater cheetah

Thanks to Dar

Homophone #129 - Test It

cache cash

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 130 - Test It

stair stare

Thanks to Dar and B. G. Silva

Homophone # 131 - Test It

check cheque

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 132 - Test It

tire tyre

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 133 - Test It

genes jeans

Thanks to Allie

Homophone # 134 - Test It

key quay

Thanks to Dar and Naomi Gross

Homophone # 135 - Test It

weal we'll wheel

Thanks to Dar

!Note - In some areas and dialects "wh" is still pronounced "hw".

Homophone # 136 - Test It

hew hue

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 137 - Test It

board bored

Thanks to Cheri

Homophone # 138 - Test It

cue queue

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 139 - Test It

might mite

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 140 - Test It

sauce source

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 141 - Test It

seam seem

Homophone # 142 - Test It

cell sell

Thanks to Casey Fellows

Homophone # 143 - Test It

shore sure

Thanks to Francisco Ortega Gutierrez

Homophone # 144 - Test It

in inn

Thanks to Kaylin

Homophone # 145 - Test It

choir quire

Thanks to Prwfylld

Homophone # 146 - Test It

find fined

Thanks to Justin Millman

Homophone # 147 - Test It

oar or ore

Thanks to Brynn Doughty and Emily

Homophone # 148 - Test It

morning mourning

Homophone # 149 - Test It

moor more

Thanks to Brynn Doughty

Homophone # 150 - Test It

none nun

Thanks to Dar

Homophone # 151 - Test It

tea tee

For Elmira

Homophone # 152 - Test It

vain vane vein

Thanks to Nancy Jones

Homophone # 153 - Test It

but butt

Thanks to Taylor and Smile

Homophone # 154 - Test It

troop troupe

Thanks to Julie

Homophone # 155 - Test It

hoard horde

Homophone # 156 - Test It

scene seen

Thanks to Nishi Gupta

Homophone # 157 - Test It

sole soul

Thanks to Wendy Mirbod

Homophone # 158 - Test It

tear tier

Homophone # 159 - Test It

coarse course

Homophone # 160 - Test It

team teem

Homophone # 161 - Test It

medal meddle

Thanks to J Weseman

Homophone # 162 - Test It

hail hale

Thanks to R. J.

Homophone # 163 - Test It

rough ruff

Thanks to R. J.

Homophone # 164 - Test It

gorilla guerrilla

Thanks to Harv Pastunink

Homophone # 165 - Test It

told tolled

Thanks to Harv Pastunink

Homophone # 166 - Test It

shear sheer

Thanks to Mari

Homophone # 167 - Test It

rye wry

Thanks to Heidi R

Homophone # 168 - Test It

guise guys

Homophone # 169 - Test It

role roll

Thanks to Nancy Jones

Homophone # 170 - Test It

formally formerly

Homophone # 171 - Test It

guessed guest

Homophone # 172 - Test It

mind mined

Homophone # 173 - Test It

aren't aunt

Homophone # 174 - Test It

balmy barmy

Homophone # 175 - Test It

calve carve

Homophone # 176 - Test It

farther father

Homophone # 177 - Test It

fort fought

Homophone # 178 - Test It

laud lord

Homophone # 179 - Test It

wait weight

Homophone # 180 - Test It

cause cores

Homophone # 181 - Test It

raise raze

Homophone # 182 - Test It

cellar seller

Homophone # 183 - Test It

ante anti

Homophone # 184 - Test It

flair flare

Homophone # 185 - Test It

ascent assent

Homophone # 186 - Test It

aid aide

Homophone # 187 - Test It

leant lent Lent

Homophone # 188 - Test It

rung wrung

Homophone # 189 - Test It

retch wretch

Homophone # 190 - Test It

pearl purl

Homophone # 191 - Test It

rhyme rime

Homophone # 192 - Test It

rail rale

Homophone # 193 - Test It

real reel

Homophone # 194 - Test It

beat beet

Homophone # 195 - Test It

beau bow

Homophone # 196 - Test It

waive wave

Homophone # 197 - Test It

ceiling sealing

Homophone # 198 - Test It

cent scent sent

Homophone # 199 - Test It

moiré moray

Thanks to Janii.

Homophone # 200 - Test It

chased chaste

Homophone # 201 - Test It

chute shoot

Homophone # 202 - Test It

paltry poultry

For Rosemary and Thyme

Homophone # 203 - Test It

rote wrote

Homophone # 204 - Test It

peer pier

Homophone # 205 - Test It

chord cord cored

Homophone # 206 - Test It

lessen lesson

Homophone # 207 - Test It

boar bore

Homophone # 208 - Test It

liar lyre

Homophone # 209 - Test It

dual duel

Homophone # 210 - Test It

fate fete

Homophone # 211 - Test It

cast caste

Homophone # 212 - Test It

tare tear

Homophone # 213 - Test It

bole bowl

Homophone # 214 - Test It

lain lane

Homophone # 215 - Test It

curb kerb

Homophone # 216 - Test It

talk torc torque

Homophone # 217 - Test It

summary summery

Homophone # 218 - Test It

taught taut tort torte

Homophone # 219 - Test It

floe flow

Homophone # 220 - Test It

descent dissent

Homophone # 221 - Test It

teas tease tees

Homophone # 222 - Test It

sundae Sunday

Homophone # 223 - Test It

weald wield

Homophone # 224 - Test It

toad toed towed

Homophone # 225 - Test It

wear where

Homophone # 226 - Test It

ewes use yews

Homophone # 227 - Test It

massed mast

Homophone # 228 - Test It

cede seed

Homophone # 229 - Test It

faint feint

Homophone # 230 - Test It

throne thrown

Homophone # 231 - Test It

vouches vouchers

Homophone # 232 - Test It

bell belle

Homophone # 233 - Test It

call caul

Homophone # 234 - Test It

law lore

Homophone # 235 - Test It

leased least

Homophone # 236 - Test It

conker conquer

Homophone # 237 - Test It

shoe shoo

Homophone # 238 - Test It

prise prize

Homophone # 239 - Test It

roe row

Homophone # 240 - Test It

oh owe

Homophone # 241 - Test It

fir fur

Homophone # 242 - Test It

foul fowl

Homophone # 243 - Test It

band banned

Homophone # 244 - Test It

scald scold

Homophone # 245 - Test It

gnaw nor

Homophone # 246 - Test It

slay sleigh

Homophone # 247 - Test It

feat feet

Homophone # 248 - Test It

whine wine

Homophone # 249 - Test It

dam damn

Homophone # 250 - Test It

gilt guilt

Homophone # 251 - Test It

climb clime

Homophone # 252 - Test It

gild guild

Homophone # 253 - Test It

caulk cork

Homophone # 254 - Test It

thyme time

Homophone # 255 - Test It

dane deign

Homophone # 256 - Test It

lumbar lumber

Homophone # 257 - Test It

racket racquet

Homophone # 258 - Test It

leak leek

Homophone # 259 - Test It

sponges spongers

Homophone # 260 - Test It

alms arms

Homophone # 261 - Test It

yaw yore your you're

Homophone # 262 - Test It

packed pact

Homophone # 263 - Test It

whither wither

Homophone # 264 - Test It

creak creek

Homophone # 265 - Test It

eyelet islet

Homophone # 266 - Test It

magnate magnet

Homophone # 267 - Test It

freeze frieze

Homophone # 268 - Test It

raw roar

Homophone # 269 - Test It

disgust discussed

Homophone # 270 - Test It

burro burrow

Homophone # 271 - Test It

file phial

Homophone # 272 - Test It

bridal bridle

Homophone # 273 - Test It

stake steak

Homophone # 274 - Test It

miner minor

Homophone # 275 - Test It

crumby crummy

Homophone # 276 - Test It

moan mown

Homophone # 277 - Test It

reek wreak

Homophone # 278 - Test It

murderess murderous

Homophone # 279 - Test It

pi pie

Homophone # 280 - Test It

rose rows

Homophone # 281 - Test It

mews muse

Homophone # 282 - Test It

set sett

Homophone # 283 - Test It

holey holy

Homophone # 284 - Test It

colonel kernel

Homophone # 285 - Test It

draw drawer

Homophone # 286 - Test It

mewl mule

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