What Are Homophones?
Homophones are those words that sound the same, but are spelt differently—and have different meanings. They seem to confuse a lot of people.
Words such as:
cent, sent and scent
beat and beet
they’re, their and there
raw and roar
board and bored, and so on.
Could visuals help you understand them better?
Take a look at Bruce Worden’s “Homophones, Weakly” to see the words that people often get wrong.
Oh, and by the way, you might often see jokes using homophones, such as:
What did the chess piece say before going to bed? Knight knight.
Why does the lion not enjoy cooked vegetables? He prefers them roar.
Do you know of any?
chess = Schach
knight = Ritter
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