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Or words that are spelled differently, but sound the same? We call these words homophones, homographs or homonyms.
- What are English words that look the same but sound different?
- What is a homophone 11+?
- Is there a word with 4 homophones?
- What words have 2 meanings?
- What is a 200 spelling?
- How do you spell 250 in English?
- What are some sound alike words?
- What 5 letter word sounds the same?
- What word has over 100?
- What is a homophone 11+?
- What are tricky homophones?
- What are the 5 sets of homophones?
What are English words that look the same but sound different?
There are many English words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Such words are called heteronyms (more loosely also homographs, but homographs can also be pronounced the same; they just mean different things).
What is a homophone 11+?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Some homophones are pronounced the same way and spelled the same way but have different meanings (homonyms). For example: rose (the flower) and rose (past tense of the verb to rise)
Is there a word with 4 homophones?
medal, meddle, metal, mettle- Probably the best example, doesn't need any pluralization and these are all reasonably common words. right, rite, wright, write- Good except "wright" which is not too common, although derivatives like "shipwright" make sense.
What words have 2 meanings?
Homonyms, or multiple-meaning words, are words that have the same spelling and usually sound alike, but have different meanings (e.g. dog bark, tree bark).
What is a 200 spelling?
200 in words is written as Two hundred. The name of number 200 in English is “Two Hundred”.
How do you spell 250 in English?
The spelling of 250 in English words is Two hundred fifty, so we can write 250 in words as “Two hundred fifty”.
What are some sound alike words?
Homophones: Words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings. Example: to, two, and too.
What 5 letter word sounds the same?
Queue is the only 5 letter word which has the same pronounciation even if the last 4 words are removed. That is , even though if we remove "ueue" from the word Queue , we will get the same pronounciation which was earlier. Hence, The answer is Queue.
What word has over 100?
The word with the most meanings in English is the verb 'set', with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989.
What is a homophone 11+?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Some homophones are pronounced the same way and spelled the same way but have different meanings (homonyms). For example: rose (the flower) and rose (past tense of the verb to rise)
What are tricky homophones?
These words sound the same, but are spelled differently and have a different meaning!
What are the 5 sets of homophones?
Common sets of homophones include: to, too, and two; they're and their; bee and be; sun and son; which and witch; and plain and plane.
