What is a homophone?

Question

What is a homophone, and can you give an example of one?

Answer 1

Homophones are two or more words that are pronounced the same but have dlifferent meanings. They may be spelled exactly the same, or may have different spellings. Several examples come to mind:

1. reed (a hollow swamp grass) and read (pronounced {rede},as in the verb to read a book) but NOT read (pronounced {red}, the past tense of the same verb)
2. lead (pronounced {led}, as in the metal used in plumbing and soldering) and led (past tense of the verb to lead)
3. (Just for fun) lead (pronounced {lede}, another name for a dog's leash) or lead (pronounced {lede}, a promising piece of information that might make a great news story)

Answer 2

Simply put, a homophone are two or more words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings and spelled differently.

Some examples of homophones:

-Their, They're, and There

-Sun and Son

-Knight and Night

-Eight and Ate

-Bass and Base

Groan and Grown

Answer 3

Great answer, Suzanne!

Just to add to that, some really common homophones in English include:

Two, to, and too... I bet you already knew that one, didn't you?

One and won

Here and Hear

Hope that helps!

Melanie

Answer 4

🔁 Homophones

Definition: Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

1. ✅ Same sound, ❌ different spelling/meaning
2. 🧠 Think: "phone" = sound

Examples:

1. to, too, and two
2. flour and flower
3. sea and see

🔤 Homonyms

Definition: Words that are spelled and/or sound the same, but have different meanings.

There are two types:

1. Homophones (same sound): see above
2. Homographs (same spelling, may or may not sound the same)

Examples:

1. bat (animal) vs. bat (used in baseball)
2. bank (money) vs. bank (river)

🟰 Synonyms

Definition: Words that have similar or the same meanings.

1. ✅ Similar meaning
2. ❌ Not necessarily the same spelling or sound

Examples:

1. happy = joyful
2. big = large
3. angry = mad

🚫 Antonyms

Definition: Words that have opposite meanings.

1. ❌ Opposite meaning

Examples:

1. hot vs. cold
2. fast vs. slow
3. light vs. dark

Answer 5

Homophones are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. For example, threw and through. or seen and scene.