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Homophones Word List: Top 24 Homophone Sets That Can Sabotage Your Writing If You’re Not Careful

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Discover our guide with a homophones word list to expand your vocabulary and learn to use these tricky words correctly. From your and you’re to there, they’re, and their homophones are everywhere–and if you don’t play your cards right, they can mess with your writing . You’ll want to keep an eye on these common homophones to be sure you’re using them correctly.&

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24 homophone sets · click a word to copy it

  • by
  • buy
  • bye
  • there
  • their
  • they're
  • to
  • too
  • two
  • aloud
  • allowed
  • bazaar
  • bizarre
  • borough
  • burrow
  • burrows
  • brake
  • break
  • coarse
  • course
  • colonel
  • kernel
  • compliment
  • complement
  • here
  • hear
  • know
  • no
  • meet
  • meat
  • muscle
  • mussel
  • peace
  • piece
  • pair
  • pear
  • pare
  • pray
  • prey
  • raise
  • rays
  • raze
  • right
  • write
  • rite
  • sail
  • sale
  • stare
  • stairs
  • stationary
  • stationery
  • whole
  • hole
  • your
  • you're

Curated word bank

Sparklines show each word's usage in published books since 1800 (Google Books Ngram data). The dot marks the peak decade.

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