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
Do you know any more homophones? Please post them on the forum, or send them to me via Facebook or on the Google Plus Page, or any other way you think will reach us.

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

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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