HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).
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HOMOGRAPH WORDS SPELLING | |
same OR different sound | |
same spelling | |
lie (untruth) lie (lie down) tear (in the eye) tear (rip) |
DETAIL CHART |
Same Sound / different meanings | Same Spelling / different meanings | ||||||
Homonyms | Homophones | Homographs | |||||
Different Spelling | |||||||
see (with your eye) sea (the ocean) | see sea | see sea | n/a | ||||
to (preposition) too (as well) two (2) | to too two | to too two | n/a | ||||
there their (possessive) they're (contraction) | there their they're | there their they're | n/a | ||||
bough (tree limb) bow (front of a boat) bow (at the waist) bow (tied with ribbon) bow (shoots arrows) | bough bow bow | bow bow | bough bow | bough bow | bow bow bow bow | ||
lead (to guide) lead (the metal) led (guided) | lead led | lead led | lead lead | ||||
lie (untruth) lie (lie down) | lie lie | n/a | lie lie | ||||
fair (appearance) fair (county fair) fair (reasonable) | fair fair fair | n/a | fair fair fair | ||||
bass (fish) bass (low note) | n/a | n/a | bass bass | ||||
tear (in the eye) tear (rip) | n/a | n/a | tear tear |
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