Palavras Homófonas (Homophones)

As palavras homófonas são palavras que embora são pronunciadas da mesma forma, têm um significado e grafia diferente.

Air (ar) - err (errar) - heir (herdeiro)- /er/
Aloud (em voz alta)  - allowed (permitiu) - /əlaʊd/ˈ
Altar (altar) - alter (alterar) - /ɒlˈl.tər /
Ant (formiga) - aunt (tia) - /ænt/
Ate (comeu) - eight (oito) - /eɪt/
Band (banda) - banned (banido) - /bænd/
Bare (nu) - bear (urso) - /ber/
Base (base) - bass (baixo em música) - /beɪs/
Be (ser ou estar) - bee (abelha) - /bi/ ː
Sew (costurar) - so (então) - /soʊ/
Wait (esperar) - weight (peso) - /weɪt/
To (para) - two (dois) - too  (também) - /tu/ ː
Right (direito) - write (escrever) - /raɪt/

Homophones – words that sound the same

Homophones are words that sound the same but have a different meaning and spelling.

For example:
      My son is a doctor

        The sun is really hot today.

The common homophones on this page are grouped according to the sound that is spelled differently. Words marked UK only sound similar in British English.

      /i:/

bean – been

be – bee

feat – feet

flea – flee

heel – he'll – heal

leak – leek

meat – meet

peace – piece

peak – peek

peal – peel

reed – read

sea – see

seam – seem

seen – scene

steal – steel

suite – sweet

weak – week

weave – we've

UK /ɔ:/ US /ɔ:r/

board – bored

caught – court UK

coarse – course

hoarse – horse

sauce – source UK

saw – soar UK

sort – sought UK

warn – worn

     /eI/

bale – bail

brake – break

grate – great

male – mail

pain – pane

pair – pear

pray – prey

rain – reign – rein

sale – sail

slay – sleigh

stake – steak

Sunday – sundae

tale – tail

wail – whale

wait – weight

waste – waist

way – weigh

UK /aυ/ US /oυ/

groan – grown

hole – whole

know – no

loan – lone

road – rode – rowed

role – roll

row – roe

sew – so

sole – soul

  

     /ə/

altar – alter

currant – current

gorilla – guerrilla

idol – idle

manner – manor

miner – minor

    
       /aI/

aisle – I'll – isle

aye – eye – I

buy – by – bye

dye – die

hi – high

hire – higher

rye – wry

sight – site

right – write

tyre – tire

UK /ear/US /er/

air – heir

fair – fare

bare – bear

pair – pear

stair – stare

there – they're – their

ware – wear – where

     
     /u:/

blew – blue

flew – flu – flue

threw – through

to – too – two

Source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary