Which words are homophones?


Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. The etymology of homophone is made up of the blending of two combining forms:
homo- (from the Greek word "homos")which means "same"
-phone (from the Greek word "phone") which means "voice" or "sound"
Therefore, there is a list of words which are homophones because their pronunciation is the same though they have different spelling and meaning:
sauce/source one/won
packed/ pact to/too/two
saw/soar/sore there/their/they're
scene/seen heard/herd
allowed/aloud pair/pare/pear
alms/arms there/their/they're
bare/bear pole/poll
liar/lyre rain/reign/rein
flair/flare vain/vane/vein
flaw/floor cite/sight/site
hail/hale right/rite/wright/write
hair/hare cereal/serial
Now, practise them matching the homophones words:
ate cell eight
sell sent bore
aloud course deer
coarse brake cent
scent board break
dear by aisle
isle chews blew
choose blue allowed
buy bye chance
close chants clothes

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