Spelled Different But Sound The Same
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Spelled different but sound the same. We ll cover the pronunciation of. For example to two and too now choose the correct word for each sentence. Words like r o l e and r o l l which are spelled differently but sound the same are called homophones.
Here are some of the most popular homonyms and homographs in the english language. Lead to go in front of lead a metal wind to follow a course that is not straight wind a gust of air bass low deep sound bass a type of fish. If they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs literally different writing.
When two or more words have the same pronunciation but different spelling they are called homophones. Homophones literally same sound are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation regardless of how they are spelled. For instance the word bark is a homonym since it may represent different things.
English words that are spelled the same and have different meanings pronunciation oh boy these english words are called heteronyms and they can be a bit of a headache. Here are some of the most popular homonyms and homographs in the english language. When words are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings then they are called homonyms.
The homo root means same and the phone root means sound homophones are words that sound the same. Vocabulary today we have an exercise on homophones which as you have probably guessed from the title of the lesson means words that are spelled differently but sound the same they are sometimes called heterographs but it s not important to get that technical. When they are just spelled the same but sound different and have different meanings then they are homographs.
In this lesson we ll go over the vocabulary and correct pronunciation together. When two or more words are spelled the same but pronounced differently they are called homographs. When words are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings then they are called homonyms.