150 Sets of HOMOPHONES from A-Z | List of Commonly Confused Homophones in English

HOMOPHONES! A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning and is spelled differently. https://7esl.com/homophones/

Homophones - the Most Confusing Words in English

Ant ----- Aunt
Ants work hard all summer.
My aunt lives in Canada.
Arc ----- Ark
The beach swept around in an arc.
The ark is vast, designed to float, not sail - and there were no launching problems!
Ate ----- Eight
I ate three hot dogs.
My parents died when I was eight.
Auger ----- Augur
These have parallel sides and an auger along which the excess wood escapes.
Conflicts among the various groups do not augur well for the future of the peace talks.
Aural ----- Oral
The sound track gives us the aural before the visual cue; it is as if the thunder arrives before the lightning.
Like our oral culture, our society is atomized, disparate and largely obsessed with trivia.
Baize ----- Bays
At the same time, away from the competitive baize, she was a loyal and warm-hearted personality.
He just crouches on the corner at lunchtime and occasionally bays, like a wolf or coyote.
Bald ----- Bawled
He combed his hair and tried to hide his bald patch.
If you didn't, you were bawled out, and that took an awful lot of getting used to.
Ball ----- Bawl
Tom caught the ball with one hand
I couldn't help it, I just started bawling.
Band ----- Banned
They formed a band when they were still at school.
Leaders of the banned party were arrested last night.
Bard ----- Barred
I can be a bard, a philosopher, an actor.
The gates are barred, the grass grows long, the paint peels.
Bare ----- Bear
The trees are already bare.
I am afraid of bears.
Baron ----- Barren
Hariri is not the first political baron to have risen without the benefit of family connections.
Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.
Be ----- Bee
Be quiet!
A bee is buzzing around.
Beach ----- Beech
It's a nice day for going to the beach.
Copses of beech and alder appeared, straggling along the banks with their roots lost in a tangle of briars and bracken.
Bean ----- Been
Tom doesn't like green beans.
I’ve never been to Japan.
Beer ----- Bier
He opened the fridge and got out a can of ice-cold beer.
She made an effort to compose her mind to do just that, and kept her eyes firmly on the bier.
Berry ----- Bury
If you are determined to cultivate fruits, then the safest bets are berry bushes and nut trees.
We hope to bury any speculation that there was a conspiracy.
Berth ----- Birth
You see them in dedicated lanes, hopefully being given a wide berth by cars.
What’s your date of birth?
Billed ----- Build
You will be billed monthly for the service.
They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
Blue ----- Blew
They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors.
She blew onto her coffee to cool it down.
Bored ----- Board
After a while, I got bored and left.
The plan of the new building is displayed on a board at the back of the room.
Braid ----- Brayed
A worn braid feels rough and is best cut away and the line joined by a blood knot.
The fisherman brayed laughter, pleased with his joke, and delighted to see the boy had composed himself.
Break ----- Brake
I need a break.
She stopped with a squeal of the brakes.
Brews ----- Bruise
In the days when most types of beer were dark, wheat brews were seen as being relatively pale and often cloudy.
Jenny looked as though she'd been crying, and there was a nasty bruise on her cheek.
Buy ----- By / Bye
I want to buy a new coat.
The telephone is by the window.
Bye, Dave.
Capital ----- Capitol
The government is eager to attract foreign capital.
This same senator also once got lost in a Capitol Hill garden after leaving a conference committee on the House side.
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