Two Words
Can you think of two words which are spelt differently but pronounced the same.
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posted by Rajesh Lal at
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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34 Comments:
How about these three
Rain as in wet
Reign as the queen reigns
Rein as in horse
by Limey
How about the words "the same"? Spelt differently, but pronounced "the same". Very Bilbo.
The bare decided to bear his teeth.
Their dog
over There
to Wear clothing
Where is my dog
the Bare essentials
a polar Bear
Dear john
a Deer ran
fun Fair
Fayre
fare
Him
Hymn
Sac
Sack
Tack
Tac
lite
light
mite
might
know
no
mane
main
nose
knows
pare
pear
pain
pane
cue
queue
rode
road
tore
tour
for
four
Yes, yes I can.
there are soo many of them i think they are called homophones im not sure. But still they are countless.
YAY! I get to feel smart 'cause I have an answer to this one!
To, Too, Two! :)
Surely lite is advertising speak and not a real word!
How about:
mayor - mare
wail - whale
navel - naval
hurts - hertz
I did have a cat once and called him Claude :)
complacent and complaisant
Son and Sun
Heir and Air
Here and Hear
beet beat
bare bear
pair pear
stair stare
pea pee
we wee
queue cue
tee tea
weight wait
mite might
site sight
see sea
dear deer
whale wail
pale pail
bail bale
ewe you
to two too
poor pour
saw sore
read reed
read red
die dye
heir air
hole whole
no know
pi pie
wood would
son sun
sum some
hare hair
tore tour
pain pane
mane main
fair fayre fare
wear where
rain rein reign
not knot
weave we've
And there are more (moor) but (butt) cant really put them on here (hear)can i (eye). Come (c**) on they're (their there) just rude
what:watt
paw:pore
witch:which
mail:male
weather:whether
flower:flour
blue:blew
chew:choo
bait:bate
bore:boar
reel:real
to name but few,some really can't be seen because let's face it, if we could put it in it would offend [some]one [sum]where.
Saw and sore?? I don't think so! Who taught you to speak? Try SOAR and SORE.
Paw and pore?? NOPE!! Try PORE and POUR.
Tore and tour?? Not Quite! Try TARE and TEAR.
Poor and Pour?? Again, NOPE!
Come on people and think about it before you guess at it.
And here is one I have yet to see mentioned.
HOUR and OUR
Huh... noone said "meat" and "meet".
Whether the weather is fine or not I dont know
air-heir
hire-higher
hair-hare
but-butt
bare-bear
shear-sheer
bite-byte
to-too-two
pin-pen
rain-rein-reign
there-their-they're
mike-mic
step-steppe
pee-pea
write-right
night-knight
get-git
knit-nit
bat-batt
blue-bleu-blew
do-dew-due
cue-queue
nose-knows
shoe-shoo
new-knew
no-know
fore-for-four
tee-tea
pi-pie
threw-through
by-buy-bye
rode-road
ate-eight
bored-board
lei-lay
nay-neigh
hay-hey
hart-heart
doe-dough
deer-dear
peer-peir
pare-pair-pear
sun-son
site-sight
beat-beet
meet-meat
feat-feet
some-sum
bough-bow
brood-brewed
Many more, no time.
how about....
the words...
drumroll please...
the same!!!!!!
tada!!!
lol!!!
This is amazing to me, because the first one I thought of has yet to be mentioned...plane/plain
Genes:
As in a persons genetic traits.
--AND--
Jeans:
As in a pair of pants.
bite, byte, bight
simply search for a list of homonyms or specifically homophones
the [site] of seeing many incorrect ones gives me a good point to [cite] TJsShihTzu. good work on spotting the incorrect ones
To TJsShihTzu
??? tore and tour work and so does poor and pour
To TJsShihTzu
Before making comments on peoples mistakes, ensure you are CORRECT not MISTAKEN
'Saw and sore?? I don't think so! Who taught you to speak? Try SOAR and SORE.
Paw and pore?? NOPE!! Try PORE and POUR.
Tore and tour?? Not Quite! Try TARE and TEAR.
Poor and Pour?? Again, NOPE!'
saw - an object for cutting wood apart - and sore - aching
paw - an animals foot - and pore - gap in the skin which can allow moisture through
tore - has torn - and tour - be shown around (tare and tear - to tear and tear as in crying???)
poor - lack of money - and pour - to pour a liquid
I'm english and from where i come these are pronounced the same way so an apology is needed i feel
And new ones
Tear and tier (crying and layered as in cakes)
read and reed (to look at and understand writting and the plant)
read and red (past tense of read and colour)
oh and where im from our is pronounced like are by some people, not like hour
we sent the curds and [WHEY]
that[WAY]
Hurts- Hertz
Heir-Hair
Too- Two- To
Read-Reed
Genes- Jeans
Here's one I haven't seen mentioned:
Or as in "or what?"
Oar as in rowing a boat.
Ore as in making metals.
Here are some other ones:
To;two;too
Where;wear
Know;no
Lead;led
I;eye
Heir;hair;hare
Bear;bare
Butt;but
Knew;new
Lite;light
Here's one I haven't seen mentioned:
Or as in "or what?"
Oar as in rowing a boat.
Ore as in making metals.
Here are some other ones:
To;two;too
Where;wear
Know;no
Lead;led
I;eye
Heir;hair;hare
Bear;bare
Butt;but
Knew;new
Lite;light
Here's one I haven't seen mentioned:
Or as in "or what?"
Oar as in rowing a boat.
Ore as in making metals.
Here are some other ones:
To;two;too
Where;wear
Know;no
Lead;led
I;eye
Heir;hair;hare
Bear;bare
Butt;but
Knew;new
Lite;light
hehehe. i dono if i should take this as a riddle, and say that two words that are different and are pronounced "the same" are "the" and "same" or make a never ending list of homophones. i love these questions.
Ummm, I'm agreeing here with everyone that had posted "the same" as the answer.
eye
i
aye
i think if youre looking for somewhat of a challenge tink of 4... there are only a few sets of these in the english language...
there their they're
where wear
bare bear
hair hare
main mane
gram graham
here hear
eye I
by bye
fare fair
fairy faerie
that's all I have at the moment
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