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Homophones List and Wheel

Homophones sound the same but mean different things. Spin a group, use each word in a sentence, then check the meanings below.

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      Ways to use this list

      • Sentence challenge: spin a group and write one sentence that uses every word in it, like "Their dog is over there, and they're looking for it."
      • Homophone pictures: pupils fold a page in half and draw both meanings of the pair they spin, such as a bag of flour and a flower.
      • Proofreading: write a sentence on the board with the wrong homophone, like "I eight my lunch", and let pupils spot and fix it.
      • Spelling test twist: say one word from the group in a sentence, and pupils must write the spelling that matches that meaning.
      • Pun time: many jokes rely on homophones, such as "seven ate nine". Spin a pair and try to write a joke that plays on both meanings.

      Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.

      The full list (64 entries)

      • allowed (permitted) / aloud (out loud)
      • ate (had food) / eight (the number 8)
      • bare (uncovered) / bear (the animal; also to carry)
      • be (to exist) / bee (the insect that makes honey)
      • blew (past of blow) / blue (the colour)
      • board (a flat piece of wood) / bored (not interested)
      • brake (slows a vehicle) / break (to smash; a short rest)
      • buy (pay for) / by (next to) / bye (goodbye)
      • cell (a small room; the smallest unit of life) / sell (swap for money)
      • cent (a coin) / scent (a smell) / sent (past of send)
      • cereal (grain or breakfast food) / serial (in a series)
      • cheap (low in price) / cheep (a baby bird's call)
      • dear (loved; how a letter starts) / deer (the animal)
      • dew (water drops on grass) / due (expected; owed)
      • eye (what you see with) / I (yourself)
      • fair (just; a funfair) / fare (the price of a ticket)
      • flea (a tiny jumping insect) / flee (run away)
      • flour (powder for baking) / flower (the bloom of a plant)
      • for (meant for someone) / four (the number 4)
      • grate (to shred; a fireplace frame) / great (very good; very big)
      • hair (grows on your head) / hare (an animal like a big rabbit)
      • heal (get better) / heel (the back of your foot)
      • hear (with your ears) / here (this place)
      • hi (hello) / high (far up)
      • hole (a gap or opening) / whole (all of it)
      • hour (60 minutes) / our (belongs to us)
      • it's (it is) / its (belongs to it)
      • knew (past of know) / new (not old)
      • knight (a soldier in armour) / night (the dark part of the day)
      • knot (a tie in rope) / not (the opposite of yes)
      • know (be sure of) / no (the opposite of yes)
      • made (past of make) / maid (a household worker)
      • mail (letters and parcels) / male (a boy or man)
      • meat (food from animals) / meet (get together)
      • missed (did not catch or hit) / mist (light fog)
      • one (the number 1) / won (past of win)
      • pair (a set of two) / pear (the fruit)
      • peace (calm, no fighting) / piece (a part of something)
      • plain (simple; flat land) / plane (an aircraft; a flat surface)
      • rain (water from clouds) / reign (rule as king or queen) / rein (a strap to steer a horse)
      • read (past of read) / red (the colour)
      • right (correct; opposite of left) / write (put words on paper)
      • road (a street) / rode (past of ride) / rowed (past of row)
      • sail (cloth that catches wind; travel by boat) / sale (selling, often for less)
      • scene (a view; part of a play) / seen (as in "I have seen it")
      • sea (a large area of salt water) / see (with your eyes)
      • son (a boy child) / sun (the star we orbit)
      • stair (a step) / stare (look for a long time)
      • steal (take without permission) / steel (a strong metal)
      • tail (at the back of an animal) / tale (a story)
      • their (belongs to them) / there (that place) / they're (they are)
      • threw (past of throw) / through (in one side and out the other)
      • to (towards) / too (also; more than enough) / two (the number 2)
      • toe (on your foot) / tow (pull along behind)
      • wail (a long, loud cry) / whale (the huge sea mammal)
      • wait (stay until something happens) / weight (how heavy something is)
      • waist (the middle of your body) / waste (rubbish; use badly)
      • weak (not strong) / week (seven days)
      • wear (have clothes on) / where (which place)
      • weather (sun, rain, wind) / whether (if)
      • which (what one) / witch (a magic character in stories)
      • who's (who is) / whose (belonging to which person)
      • wood (from trees) / would (as in "would you like")
      • your (belongs to you) / you're (you are)

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      Questions people ask

      What are homophones?

      Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, and usually different spellings: flour and flower, knight and night. The name comes from Greek words meaning "same sound".

      What is the difference between homophones, homonyms and homographs?

      Homophones sound the same (sea, see). Homographs are spelled the same but differ in meaning, and sometimes in sound, like a bow you tie and the bow of a ship. Homonym is a looser word, used most for words spelled and said the same, like a bat that flies and a cricket bat.

      Which homophones do people mix up most?

      Their, there and they're; your and you're; its and it's; and to, too and two. Press Tricky ones for the groups that cause the most spelling mistakes, in school and in everyday writing.

      Do homophones depend on your accent?

      Sometimes. Some Scottish, Irish and American speakers sound the "h" in which and whale, so for them which and witch are different. In many British accents ate sounds like "et". Every group here sounds alike for most English speakers.