List of Use the correct homophone

Homophone Pair	Word 1 – Meaning	Word 2 – Meaning
1. Accept / Except	Accept – to receive	Except – excluding
2. Affect / Effect	Affect – to influence	Effect – the result
3. Aloud / Allowed	Aloud – spoken out loud	Allowed – permitted
4. Bare / Bear	Bare – uncovered	Bear – an animal or to carry
5. Brake / Break	Brake – a device to stop	Break – to shatter or rest
6. Capital / Capitol	Capital – city or money	Capitol – government building
7. Cell / Sell	Cell – small room or unit	Sell – to exchange for money
8. Cereal / Serial	Cereal – breakfast food	Serial – in a series
9. Compliment / Complement	Compliment – praise	Complement – something that completes
10. Council / Counsel	Council – advisory group	Counsel – advice or lawyer
11. Dear / Deer	Dear – loved or expensive	Deer – a wild animal
12. Desert / Dessert	Desert – dry land	Dessert – sweet food
13. Die / Dye	Die – to stop living	Dye – to color something
14. Fair / Fare	Fair – just or carnival	Fare – ticket fee or food
15. Flour / Flower	Flour – ground grain	Flower – blooming plant
16. Hair / Hare	Hair – strands on head	Hare – a fast rabbit-like animal
17. Heal / Heel	Heal – to get better	Heel – part of the foot
18. Hear / Here	Hear – to listen	Here – this place
19. Hole / Whole	Hole – an opening	Whole – complete
20. Hour / Our	Hour – 60 minutes	Our – belongs to us
21. Idle / Idol	Idle – not active	Idol – someone admired
22. It’s / Its	It’s – it is	Its – possessive of it
23. Knight / Night	Knight – a soldier	Night – opposite of day
24. Lead / Led	Lead – to guide	Led – past tense of lead
25. Mail / Male	Mail – letters and packages	Male – opposite of female
26. Meat / Meet	Meat – animal flesh	Meet – to come together
27. Miner / Minor	Miner – digs for minerals	Minor – underage or lesser
28. Morning / Mourning	Morning – time of day	Mourning – grieving
29. Not / Knot	Not – negative	Knot – tied rope
30. Pair / Pear	Pair – a set of two	Pear – a fruit
31. Pail / Pale	Pail – a bucket	Pale – light in color
32. Passed / Past	Passed – went by	Past – former time
33. Peace / Piece	Peace – calm	Piece – a part of something
34. Plain / Plane	Plain – simple or flat land	Plane – aircraft
35. Principal / Principle	Principal – head of school	Principle – rule or belief
36. Right / Write	Right – correct or direction	Write – to form letters
37. Ring / Wring	Ring – a circle or jewelry	Wring – twist tightly
38. Road / Rode	Road – a path for cars	Rode – past tense of ride
39. Sail / Sale	Sail – to travel on water	Sale – act of selling
40. Scene / Seen	Scene – a setting or part of a play	Seen – past participle of see
41. Seam / Seem	Seam – a line of stitching	Seem – to appear
42. Sole / Soul	Sole – only or bottom of foot	Soul – spirit
43. Some / Sum	Some – a part	Sum – total amount
44. Son / Sun	Son – male child	Sun – star in the sky
45. Stake / Steak	Stake – a post or risk	Steak – meat
46. Stationary / Stationery	Stationary – not moving	Stationery – writing supplies
47. Steal / Steel	Steal – to take unlawfully	Steel – strong metal
48. Their / There / They’re	Their – belongs to them	There – place
49. Threw / Through	Threw – past of throw	Through – moving in one side and out the other
50. To / Too / Two	To – direction	Too – also
51. Vain / Vein / Vane	Vain – conceited	Vein – blood vessel
52. Waist / Waste	Waist – middle of body	Waste – trash
53. Weather / Whether	Weather – climate	Whether – if
54. Weak / Week	Weak – not strong	Week – 7 days
55. Whose / Who’s	Whose – belonging to whom	Who’s – who is
56. Yolk / Yoke	Yolk – part of egg	Yoke – harness
57. Allowed / Aloud	Allowed – permitted	Aloud – out loud
58. Blew / Blue	Blew – past of blow	Blue – a color
59. Buy / By / Bye	Buy – to purchase	By – near
60. Cite / Site / Sight	Cite – to quote	Site – location
61. Coarse / Course	Coarse – rough	Course – a path or subject
62. Dual / Duel	Dual – two parts	Duel – a fight
63. Faze / Phase	Faze – to disturb	Phase – a stage
64. Gait / Gate	Gait – way of walking	Gate – entrance
65. Grate / Great	Grate – to shred	Great – wonderful
66. Holey / Holy / Wholly	Holey – full of holes	Holy – sacred
67. Kernel / Colonel	Kernel – seed part	Colonel – army rank
68. Lessen / Lesson	Lessen – to reduce	Lesson – a teaching session
69. Loan / Lone	Loan – borrowed money	Lone – single, alone
70. Made / Maid	Made – created	Maid – a servant
71. Marshal / Martial	Marshal – officer	Martial – related to war
72. Medal / Meddle	Medal – award	Meddle – interfere
73. Metal / Mettle	Metal – a substance	Mettle – courage
74. None / Nun	None – not any	Nun – religious woman
75. Pain / Pane	Pain – hurt	Pane – window glass
76. Peak / Peek / Pique	Peak – top	Peek – quick look
77. Plain / Plane	Plain – simple or flat land	Plane – a flying machine
78. Pole / Poll	Pole – long stick	Poll – survey or vote
79. Pray / Prey	Pray – to worship	Prey – hunted animal
80. Presence / Presents	Presence – being there	Presents – gifts
81. Profit / Prophet	Profit – gain	Prophet – religious seer
82. Rain / Reign / Rein	Rain – precipitation	Reign – rule
83. Root / Route	Root – plant part	Route – path or direction
84. Scene / Seen	Scene – part of a play	Seen – viewed
85. Sew / So / Sow	Sew – stitch	So – therefore
86. Slay / Sleigh	Slay – to kill	Sleigh – sled
87. Stare / Stair	Stare – fixed look	Stair – step
88. Storey / Story	Storey – building level	Story – narrative
89. Tacks / Tax	Tacks – nails or approach	Tax – financial charge
90. Tail / Tale	Tail – animal’s end part	Tale – story
91. Taught / Tot	Taught – past of teach	Tot – small child
92. Team / Teem	Team – group	Teem – to be full of
93. Thrown / Throne	Thrown – past of throw	Throne – king’s seat
94. Tied / Tide	Tied – fastened	Tide – ocean wave motion
95. Time / Thyme	Time – a measure	Thyme – herb
96. Veil / Vale	Veil – covering	Vale – valley
97. Waist / Waste	Waist – body part	Waste – unused material
98. War / Wore	War – conflict	Wore – past of wear
99. Weak / Week	Weak – not strong	Week – 7 days
100. Yew / You / Ewe	Yew – type of tree	You – pronoun

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