Homophones - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Homophones Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,003,850,254 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

homophone
(redirected from Homophones)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.03 sec.

homophone

Word that sounds the same as another but has a different spelling and meaning. Examples are air and heir, right and write, and son and sun.

Homophones are a source of spelling errors. The student needs to distinguish particularly between there, their, and they're: ‘They're over there with their friends’; its and it's: ‘It's a pity its stem is damaged’; your and you're: ‘You're next to your father’; whose and who's: ‘Who's the man whose watch was stolen?’; hear and here: ‘I hear your mother was here yesterday.’
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Our database of 5,100 of the most frequently used words allows teachers to easily create spelling groups, selecting from twelve spelling rules and ten categories such as homophones or compound words.
SpellChamp! by District Administration
Discuss and make a list of any homophones you've already discovered in Steig's books.
A month of William Steig: from Pete's a Pizza to Sylvester and the ... by Trierweiler, Hannah / Instructor (1990)
Peak, peek, pique--"These homophones have a way of being muddled by nodding writers" (Webster's).
Divorce court is now open for these troublesome couples by Swift, Paul / The Newsletter on Newsletters
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.