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Homophones #1

For each word, guess (and correctly spell) its homophone.
A homophone is a word that sounds the same but is spelled differently
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First submittedFebruary 18, 2013
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Word
Homophone
Days
Daze
Waste
Waist
Pause
Paws
Him
Hymn
Profit
Prophet
Slay
Sleigh
Links
Lynx
Patients
Patience
Step
Steppe
Word
Homophone
Ate
Eight
Seen
Scene
Peer
Pier
Council
Counsel
Beau
Bow
Plum
Plumb
Faze
Phase
Time
Thyme
Cast
Caste
Word
Homophone
Spade
Spayed
Gate
Gait
Ward
Warred
Rye
Wry
Earn
Urn
Cereal
Serial
Brews
Bruise
Ducked
Duct
Manner
Manor
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100 Recent Comments
Osiris
+15
Level 68
Jun 28, 2018
It would be fun to have a series of quizzes that focuses on homophones in specified accents from around the world. This comment section can provide a healthy start.
Dontforget
+3
Level 76
Nov 17, 2020
THAT'D BE AWESOME!
Yossarian
+2
Level 62
Jun 28, 2018
Same as above. Hem for him. General American accent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_change#Merger

aferguson22
+4
Level 51
Mar 15, 2024
That's not really general at this point. The pin-pen merger only exists in parts of the South and Midwest
shrekcena
+2
Level 60
May 10, 2024
hem and him sound different unless you're a southerner
cathie13
+6
Level 34
Jun 28, 2018
what about earn = ern or erne, which is a seabird
LouRo05
+3
Level 59
Jun 29, 2018
I'm the biggest failure at this... my mind was dying, and I literally got four. ._.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Jan 21, 2019
Has it revived?
redsplat
+1
Level 72
Sep 27, 2018
Great quiz, got all with 3:00 to spare. Please consider accepting 'fays' for faze.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jan 21, 2019
3:42 because of a typo....
antivist
+3
Level 22
Jan 21, 2019
English isn't my first language and this was surprisingly hard! Only got 8 and missed some obvious ones like patience and scene
Sifhraven
+8
Level 76
Jan 21, 2019
Yea it is pretty tough when english isnt your first language. First you have to know how the above words are prounounced ( and the people that DO speak english cant even seem to agree haha) then think about that sound and hope another word sounding like that comes to mind, and your vocabulary in other languages are usually always smaller than in your own language. (Though they still might be bigger than someone elses for whom it IS their native language ;) )

something just has to click when thinking of a sound. And in another language not all words are as readily available/accessible

That said I did get all but rye and ward. I havent looked the phonetic spelling up, but I still sort of see them as pronounced differently. Ward is spoken with an a that tends towards an o (as in warthog, not an a as in part) The a in warred (I assume from war, cause there could ofcourse be another warred that is pronouced differently) sounds more like hard.

bestanford
+3
Level 73
Oct 1, 2021
I agree. Wry and rye are pronounced slightly differently (more breathiness and longer initial consonant), and ward and warred are very much pronounced differently (at least in northeastern US). Different vowel sounds.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Mar 27, 2024
This time I did get ward (but as one of the last ones) and rye. I tried wart first.

I missed cast this time. I can't remember taking this specific quiz btw. None of it rings a bell. Though not surprised I have taken homphone quizzes before

MilanIsNotTheBaws
+2
Level 60
Jul 7, 2019
Ducked and duct aren't pronounced the same. One ends with a t.. That's a tuh sound at the end.. The other one doesn't.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Jul 21, 2019
They are pronounced the same. D and T are the same sound but one is voiced. However, final consonant sounds in English are often de-voiced.
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 60
Sep 3, 2025
I think they sound the same I think people on the comments are being picky about these homophones, they all in my ear sound the same, or maybe it because I am from the UK?
stusum
+1
Level 64
Jan 13, 2020
Missed earn/urn as I pronounce them completely differently.
Bonzo007
+3
Level 65
Feb 12, 2020
Still not allowing 'manna' for 'manner' quizmaster? Shurely shome mishtake.
Stef2
+1
Level 65
Feb 27, 2020
How about bruce?
JackintheBox
+4
Level 82
Feb 27, 2020
Bruce ends with /s/, while brews/bruise end with /z/.
HizashiYamada
+2
Level 16
Mar 26, 2020
Got 100%

With help from Google! :D

ooftownroad
+3
Level 69
Apr 9, 2020
the only reason i got serial was because we were in an overpass in my car, and i saw the pillars, and then, this happened. "Billar, Cillar, Dillar, ect. all the way to k. ....Killer, wait wat serial killer....

SERIAL

ooftownroad
+1
Level 69
Apr 9, 2020
plz accept console for council. they sound so similar....
skalidor
+2
Level 62
Apr 29, 2020
Hymn and Him are pronounced differently.
Hampus
+1
Level 56
Apr 14, 2021
They sure are.
johnnyrdnck
+1
Level 48
May 16, 2020
as someone from germany, face and faze are homophones to me
camus
+1
Level 80
Jul 30, 2021
The difference between -ze and -ce (and the fact that words ending in s are usually pronounced like -ze) was drummed into us by our phonology lecturer at the uni.
PumaDAces
+1
Level 13
May 30, 2024
johnappleseed might be from southern germany. Because I am from switzerland where we do not differenciate the /z/ and /s/ sound. Well, there is no /z/ sound to be precise. I'm not even able to pronounce it so that's why for us it sounds the same. But it's not correct that way for sure. My english is just not perfect.
QuizMaster124
+1
Level 18
May 22, 2020
In my opinion, this quiz was very good even though it was quite tough. It really made me think!
Scaro88
+1
Level 77
May 24, 2020
Hmmm I think pores and pours should have been accepted for the pause one
joesoap
+4
Level 43
Aug 21, 2020
Are you serious? They are completely different.
daQuokka
+3
Level 67
Jun 27, 2020
Please accept 'karst' for cast; they sound the same at least in British and Australian English
itzrhubarb
+4
Level 28
Jul 3, 2020
I looked like a right idiot sounding each word about 5 times before putting the answer it
Cobby
+3
Level 56
Jul 20, 2020
pours and pores but okay
morcaca
+3
Level 59
Aug 18, 2020
Quay and key would be a fun one. Unless that’s just my pronunciation.
joesoap
+2
Level 43
Aug 21, 2020
I've always pronounced the 'h' in thyme; it sounds different to 'time' when I say it.
KraytRaptor13
+2
Level 38
Aug 25, 2020
I feel really dumb
KiwiQuizWhiz
+4
Level 39
Aug 27, 2020
You could accept pores for pause, pear for peer, and manna for manner. But I guess it kind of matters about your accent. >_
JackintheBox
+4
Level 82
Nov 18, 2020
I pronounce 'ate' and 'eight' differently. I pronounce the former as /ɛt/, and the latter as /eɪt/.
eppek
+1
Level 68
Nov 24, 2020
What accent do you have?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Dec 17, 2020
I'm from Malaysia. And the Oxford Dictionary of English itself shows that both pronunciations of 'ate' are correct.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Dec 17, 2020
Also nice map you've got on your profile! I guess you highlighted Singapore, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City (the last four not visible) 😁
Boutros03
+2
Level 32
Apr 22, 2021
i had to say all these in an american accent to get this bahaha (im aussie)
NoahGBurns
+1
Level 37
May 30, 2021
Are 'wry' and 'rye' really homophones?
HylianScientist
+2
Level 86
Jul 31, 2021
In common English, yes :)

If you watch/read Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, not so much though!

Marvo7
+4
Level 65
Jul 30, 2021
'Patients' and 'patience' are not homophones. The 't' is subtle, but pronounced.
QuizApe
+1
Level 72
Jul 30, 2021
I just realised that Some of these homophones I pronounce completely differently.
Johnb
+2
Level 58
Jul 30, 2021
what about manna, as in 'manna from heaven'
mal
+3
Level 64
Jul 31, 2021
Only missed one, and the only one which isn't a homophone in my accent is ward and warred. I was raised and live in the SE of England. Good quiz some were really tricky once I'd seen the first word
HylianScientist
+4
Level 86
Jul 31, 2021
Would you be willing to accept Feys/Faes/Fays for homonyms to faze? They are just different spellings of a synonym for fairies/faeries. (Goodness, English has some strange standardisation principles for spelling.)

Fay is also used to describe fastening something tightly, so it stands on its own too.

vermiciousknid
+5
Level 91
Aug 6, 2021
Wow, I just read all 180 comments, for some reason. The discussion was both interesting and exhausting.
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 93
Jun 9, 2022
Lots of discussions regarding pronunciation differences. Fun to read for sure.
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 27
Oct 2, 2021
3:44 remaining!
81928128
+2
Level 63
Dec 26, 2021
fays (from the verb to fay) is also pronounced /feɪz/, same as faze and phase. (sources: fays, faze)
KTo288
+3
Level 46
Jan 11, 2022
in the British English from where I'm from (London) ducked and duct are not homophones. I hope I'm getting the terms right, but the "ed" in ducked is not aspirated, while the t in duct is.
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Jan 26, 2022
ait, ern, erne
BlackLab
+2
Level 67
Mar 3, 2022
Ward Spade and Council were intimidating.
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Apr 14, 2022
Please accept sin for seen
MajesticMango
+1
Level 45
Apr 25, 2022
seed and cede are good
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Apr 28, 2022
what about "an" for "earn"?
D31415
+1
Level 83
Jun 9, 2022
Ait (small island in a river) should work, online dictionary confirms this too has this phonetic eɪt
ellie111
+1
Level 44
Jun 12, 2022
Pretty happy with 14/27 as a non-native speaker :)

Difficult quiz!

Gamerboy2
+1
Level 16
Jun 13, 2022
100% 2:14
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Jul 17, 2022
What about cancel for council?
DawnX
+2
Level 54
Apr 1, 2023
these sound nothing the same
WannabeSwede
+2
Level 27
Oct 23, 2022
how did i only get 4 right
tizzlizz
+2
Level 66
Oct 29, 2022
Dais for days.
HyddenRizz
+3
Level 67
Oct 29, 2022
Does patients and patience not have a totally different "T" sound?

Is this the case of the author pronouncing "T"s very softly at the end of words?

ElonMosque
+1
Level 58
Jan 10, 2023
no way im the only one that thought of dio when i saw WRY
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 60
Sep 3, 2025
What is dio?
megaloceros
+2
Level 71
Feb 22, 2023
You should select homophones that don't have any other homophones in any dialect, for example you shouldn't use "paws/pause" because they rhyme with "pores/pours" in some dialects.
HorizonZz
+5
Level 41
Mar 20, 2023
You should add what accent this homophone list is based off of, as different accents and dialects don't have the same ones.
DawnX
+1
Level 54
Apr 1, 2023
can you accept bruce for brews
DawnX
+3
Level 54
Apr 1, 2023
and accept pear for peer
Kawada01
+2
Level 65
Aug 8, 2023
In Singapore, North India, all of Oceania, the entirety of Africa, southern England, and some parts of the United States, "pause" is most certainly homophonous with "pores".
OliviaJane
+1
Level 38
Feb 9, 2024
yessss i was thinking the same
autoparts2
+1
Level 51
Feb 9, 2024
What about "him" & "hem", as in "hemmed pants" or "hem of a shirt"?
Shannanygans
+2
Level 68
Feb 9, 2024
Hi Quizmaster! Loved this—fun with words is fab! Please consider accepting Erne (as in the eagle) as a homophone for earn.

Thanks!

fmrfc
+2
Level 51
Feb 9, 2024
I'm Scottish and Earn and Urn sound nothing like each other. Not everyone is American.
OliviaJane
+4
Level 38
Feb 9, 2024
ok?? its not about being american, im nigerian, and i pronouce it like that. stop trying to tell everyone how different you are and enjoy a good quiz
itsrunningwind
+1
Level 70
Feb 9, 2024
Seine for seen?
mikeyheath92
+4
Level 49
Feb 9, 2024
Isn't 'Seine' pronounced like 'sen'?
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 60
Sep 3, 2025
I thought seine sounded like sane?
itsrunningwind
+3
Level 70
Feb 9, 2024
Also not everyone is American so this is kind of unfair.
Leafsnationguy
+1
Level 55
Feb 12, 2024
no idea caste was different than cast
CharlieBlue
+1
Level 22
Feb 27, 2024
Oh, l lost my "patience" on this one (kept spelling it "pacience", thanks to my Latin-based mother tongue).... Couldn't get "wry" either...
CharlieBlue
+2
Level 22
Feb 27, 2024
Another thing: where l live (Oxford), "cast" (as in to "cast a spell") rhymes with "cost" rather than "caste" (social class, category, etc) but l know, that is subjective to regional variations.
shaniquanderson
+1
Level 58
Mar 19, 2024
thankfully i didnt miss any easy ones but what is a ´plumb´ 😭
birdorrogers
+1
Level 56
Apr 18, 2024
ducked and duct are not homophones. they end in a different letter! who is saying.."i just need some ducd tape"??
GeoSquix
+2
Level 32
May 9, 2024
In the US (or at least New England where I’m from), the D at the end of Ducked is pronounced as a T
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 74
Sep 18, 2024
You try pronouncing ducked with a d sound at the end without it sounding like a t.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 2, 2025
There are different types of t sounds though. To put it in layman's terms there is a sort of 'tuh' and a sort of 'tts'
JeffBeef
+2
Level 49
Nov 5, 2024
What about "fays" for faze, as in the plural for fay
Jeanettemartin
+1
Level 58
Nov 6, 2024
How about Face for faze, Bruce for brews and Docked for Ducked? I think they sound pretty similar...
xtremeyoylecake
+1
Level 51
Feb 7, 2025
Add pistol and pistil

Thats a hard one unless you know botany

Relgasic
+1
Level 60
Feb 11, 2025
Can you accept Speyed for Spade, and Pours/Pores for Pause?

The first is an alternate spelling, the second are homophones in British English.

Doddie1999
+1
Level 52
Jul 9, 2025
There are a number of different ones for pause: Pours, Poors, Pores.
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 60
Sep 3, 2025
Wow I got 27/27 I thought all the homophones were fine but it was interesting reading the comments.
KKD
+1
Level 54
Jan 6, 2026
Got all but the last one because I couldn't get past MANNA from heaven. Is that not a valid option?
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