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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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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
BaconBoy
+16
Level 28
Mar 20, 2013
what about pores? as in the tiny tiny dimples on your face?
lolrobbielol
+4
Level 54
Mar 20, 2013
Good idea
ADeljaj
+10
Level 68
Sep 8, 2015
No. There is a distinct "r" sound in pores. A homophone is something that sounds exactly the same, not something that sounds similar.
TWM03
+28
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
They all sound the same in pretty much all of England. The difference if there is any is in the vowel, not the pronunciation of the 'R'.
ander217
+9
Level 75
Jun 27, 2018
Yet, I hear you add a distinctive "r" sound to words that end in "w". We pronounce raw as "rah" while when I hear some Brits say it, it becomes "rawr". There are regions in the US where paws and pores is pronounced the same, too. We have over 20 distinctive areas of accents in the US. Some of us say lah-yer, some same loy-er for lawyer. Some say doller for dollar, some say dollah, etc. We often have different words for the same thing, too - crawdad, crawfish, and crayfish are the same critter. I don't think any one is right and the others are wrong, it's just some of our differences to celebrate.
TWM03
+2
Level 70
Aug 17, 2018
I think this is a difference in the vowel sound rather than adding any consonant at the end. I agree the words sound different, but the way I pronounce 'raw', the sound at the beginning is not the same as the sound at the end. I know there are lots of different areas of accents, in fact I would be very surprised if there were only 20 in the USA! In Britain, accents are supposed to change noticeably every 20 miles. For example, a Manchester and a Liverpool accent are distinguishable. There are some parts of England where these words would be pronounced differently, for example in Cornwall (I think). However, mostly they are pronounced the same.
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+4
Level 46
Aug 9, 2020
I believe much of that is due to the intrusive "r", where an r is inserted where it normally wouldn't be where two sounds are. For example "Hosanna in the highest" is pronounced in many british accents as "Hosannar in the highest". "Raw" would be pronounced as "Rawr" in "Rawr eggs", but not "Raw meat".
ptilinopus
+3
Level 44
Oct 19, 2020
They are homophones in non-American English - British, Australian, NZ, etc - the "r" make the "o" say "aw" is the rule that is taught. Insisting on pronouncing the "r" in "pores" is an Americanism.
Mgeo
+1
Level 55
Jun 13, 2023
then i would argue that Prophet and Profit dont sound exactly the same.

Also Face should work for faze

MsKingBean89
+3
Level 60
Jun 27, 2018
Anywhere where the "r" is pronounced in "pores," they sound different. I believe the problem is accents. I personally pronounce it phonetically which I'm pretty sure is the official pronunciation, but I see where you're coming from.
SenileS
+15
Level 49
Jun 28, 2018
There is an official accent?
Malbaby
+12
Level 71
Jun 29, 2018
Everybody's accent is the "Official Accent"....... especially mine.
TWM03
+4
Level 70
Aug 17, 2018
There are some accents that have had phonetic dictionaries written for them and are used in some official contexts. However "the official pronunciation" definitely isn't a thing. You could say it was correct in the General American accent. The corresponding accent in the UK is Received Pronunciation. However in the case of RP, the accent is so old that now practically nobody speaks with it. Even the Queen's accent has changed away from traditional RP.
TarhalanS
+3
Level 47
Jun 18, 2020
Pores should be accepted. Just try typing pause, paws and pores to Google translate and listen the pronunciation. Sounds pretty similar to me...
Marvo7
+2
Level 59
Jul 30, 2021
No. Even in England the 'r' is pronounced in the West Country, Bristol, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon. And in Scotland and Ireland.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Jun 9, 2022
No. "Pores" rhymes with "wars."
dmachine
+3
Level 57
Sep 16, 2020
For Brits "source" and "sauce" are homophones. There's a Doctor Who episode, The Doctor's Daughter, where they're trying to find The Source. But when I choose to hear it as The Sauce it makes the episode absolutely hilarious. "Donna, I've made all this timey-wimey spaghetti, but I've nothing to put on it. We must find The Sauce!"

But Only Connect got revenge for it. They had a picture round with a miner, a minor, a mynah bird, and someone with a name something like Meine. When they said the answer I felt a bit betrayed. How could I, a Yank, have been expected to get that? If I had been on the show how could I have given the answer with my rhotic R's? But then I became fascinated by the whole situation. I also think people from Ireland (Northern and Republic of) would have had the same problem I did, and they're probably in the BBC's _intended_ audience.

Marvo7
+1
Level 59
Jul 30, 2021
No!!!! In most parts of the UK the 'r' is pronounced, including all of the west country in England. All of Scotland, Ireland ....
AnAussieHawk1
+1
Level 52
Sep 27, 2023
Also tried pores, but now I can understand the difference.
plattitude
+3
Level 91
Mar 20, 2013
Fun quiz, wry took me a couple minutes.
Twentysix385
+8
Level 61
Mar 20, 2013
what about pear or pare for peer?
ColoHarpare
+12
Level 51
Jun 10, 2014
You pronounce "peer" with a long "a" sound? I think most of us use a long "e".
shades
+11
Level 48
Jan 8, 2017
absolutely i pronounce peer and pear and pare the same. tried both of these. kiwi 'accent' i guess
GreenFriday
+7
Level 84
Jun 27, 2018
Kiwi hear, what long 'a' sound? Any "-air", "-eer", or "-ear" word sounds the same to me.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
Don't really know what you mean by long 'a' and long 'e' but I would pronounce them very differently. Do the words 'air' and 'ear' sound the same to you? If not that is the difference (from the perspective of a British speaker). If so, maybe look it up? Though I could imagine them being pronounced the same in a Kiwi/Australian accent.
idontlikeit2
+2
Level 73
Jun 28, 2018
GreenFriday

So you pronounce hair and here the same? Otherwise peer and here should rhyme while hair and pair should rhyme, but not both sets.

GreenFriday
+1
Level 84
Jul 31, 2021
Yes hair, hear and hare all sound the same to me.
lolrobbielol
+10
Level 54
Mar 20, 2013
What about manna/mana for manner?
Tramp
+2
Level 75
Jun 27, 2018
Works for me too, but with "proper" pronunciation, you should be pronouncing the "r" on manner/manor. Most Brits get rid of -er sounds though and replace it with an "uh" sound.
TWM03
+9
Level 70
Jun 28, 2018
What pronunciation do you consider to be the "proper" one?
cosmicat7
+1
Level 17
Mar 20, 2013
Great quiz. Got stuck on a few, but really fun! 19/27
cosmicat7
+1
Level 17
May 3, 2013
5/3/13, 100% with 2:07 to go! School has improved me... :)
ShelleyRG
+1
Level 55
Mar 20, 2013
Love this. Reminds me of a homonym quiz in 5th grade. Got hung up on him/hymn way back then but got all of them today with 2:52 remaining.
xolkan
+6
Level 50
Mar 20, 2013
Do Pair and Pear not work for Peer?
JackintheBox
+7
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
No, because they sound different to 'peer'. (Unless you come from New Zealand)
McKenzieFam
+3
Level 59
May 4, 2020
True. I do, and couldn't figure out why they weren't accepted.
ptilinopus
+1
Level 44
Oct 19, 2020
I'm from New Zealand, and "pear" and "peer" are quite distinct. Don't blame it on the kiwis!
SkuxxKiwi
+1
Level 39
Aug 6, 2021
Another kiwi here says them the same!🤭
AUSCUBA
+4
Level 43
Mar 21, 2013
What about "hem" for him.
fireman1953
+1
Level 70
Mar 27, 2020
exactly my thoughts
bonk
+1
Level 75
Aug 9, 2020
This again depends on accent, I think most users on here are from the U.S., and pronounce the "em" as in EM-ily (I'm canadian so not too much of a difference in pronunciation) but those with an Australian or Kiwi accent would treat the "em" the same as "im". I see where you're coming from though
ptilinopus
+1
Level 44
Oct 19, 2020
Where do you get Aussies pronouncing "hem" and "him" the same? I'm an Aussie Kiwi - and we pronounce the much as American and Brits do!
TheKindCowboy
+1
Level 54
Mar 10, 2022
I was going to ask the same thing
shmily77
+1
Level 24
Mar 21, 2013
gosh dang it lol
Gaia
+1
Level 41
Mar 24, 2013
Interesting quiz!!
Symmetrik
+2
Level 57
Mar 14, 2014
The only one I thought that had me was cereal. I though surreal. Could that be accepted? Not exact but it's close, and once I had that I couldn't think of anything else.
dasims45
+11
Level 81
Sep 8, 2015
Only if you're Charles Barkley.
DoubleA
+1
Level 55
Nov 18, 2015
LOL
Jerry928
+3
Level 75
Aug 2, 2014
Cast/Karst (a geography term I learned at high school). Also please accept Speyed, which is how it is spelled outside of North America.
lucd13
+3
Level 69
Mar 8, 2016
Here in Australia, we spell it Spayed, as in what one might do to dogs and cats, etc
Berney
+4
Level 79
Jun 27, 2018
Agreed, the spelling is typically 'speyed' in the UK.
MsKingBean89
+3
Level 60
Jun 27, 2018
Accents once again complicate things. Karst is supposed to be pronounced carst, not cahst.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
Jun 27, 2018
Karst is pronounced the same as cast in my country.
ptilinopus
+1
Level 44
Oct 19, 2020
Only if you're an American! The rest of us don't pronounce the "r".
Dimby
+1
Level 76
Feb 26, 2021
Nah. Canada uses the Queen's English. We definitely pronounce it with the "R" sound. Dropping the "R" is colloquial, not proper Queen's English.
evilcheeser
+1
Level 72
Jun 9, 2022
Given how many Canadians pronounce decal, I would hesitate to be too forward on calling it the Queen's...
Dimby
+1
Level 76
Jun 11, 2022
Nah, I talked to her. Queen was pretty chill about how some Canadians say decal to rhyme with freckle. I, however, say decal to rhyme with tea-pal.
ander217
+3
Level 75
Feb 2, 2015
What about erne for earn? Or is that my southern accent showing again? (And my love of crossword puzzles.)
EcceHomo
+1
Level 77
Jul 13, 2020
Aah, the sea eagle is definitely a crossword-lovers' word.
ing
+2
Level 72
Aug 25, 2020
Yes, actually it can be spelled "ern" or "erne" according to Wikipedia. It's definitely a correct response.
Knyzna1
+1
Level 48
Sep 8, 2015
"Cast" and "karst" should work - they sound identical in both South African and British dialects
Freestatebear
+2
Level 84
Sep 8, 2015
In US English, we pronounce the "r" in karst, except perhaps in New England, where that letter gets little or no respect.
Tramp
+1
Level 75
Aug 20, 2016
I'm British and slightly pronounce the R in Karst, at least to the point of making the word more drawn out.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
Possibly a Northern English accent? I don't know the word 'karst' but I think I would pronounce them the same. It's like 'past'- in the South of England it is pronounced very differently to in the North.
Marvo7
+2
Level 59
Jul 30, 2021
NOOO! All Scottish, Irish, Cornish, Bristol, west country, Somerset, Devon pronounce the 'r'. So many 'experts' on 'Brit' pronunciation!
redsplat
+3
Level 74
Sep 8, 2015
Accept fays for faze as well please.
mckinpo
+1
Level 67
Dec 14, 2016
I agree. Fays has several definitions and is pronounced the same as faze.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
Yep. Would 'fays' be valid as well?
Calum
+4
Level 42
Sep 8, 2015
Not so intuitive with my Scottish accent! Particularly "earn" and "urn"! Very fun quiz though.
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Sep 8, 2015
"Ward" was so difficult for me! I spent at least a minute on it! I thought of "whirred" though...anyone else? "Warred" just wasn't an obvious answer at first.
mikeb
+1
Level 66
Jun 27, 2018
In some places in the South and Midwest, "wired" would be accurate.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jun 27, 2018
Yep, as in, "They finally got their cabin "warred" for electricity." Far and fire are the same in those areas, too. I heard those a lot when I was growing up, but not so much now. We are becoming more homogenized in our speech.
KiwiTyke
+3
Level 60
Sep 9, 2015
Good quiz, but I agree with the addition of "manna" as in "manna from heaven" as a match for "manner". "Mana" doesn't work though; it's a Maori word which has a longer first vowel sound.
beccimoo
+1
Level 57
Oct 10, 2015
Fun quiz. Talking to myself even more than usual! Although I still couldn't get caste. Another quiz like this please!
TheNewPotato
+1
Level 49
Feb 7, 2016
Vedas on the Caste. That system was so....caste.
Tsizzle
+1
Level 71
Apr 1, 2016
Him......what about hem. As in hem used to even out your pants. Hem clothing.
kiwiquizzer
+3
Level 68
Jun 27, 2018
Him and hem don't sound the same in New Zealand.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
hem rhymes with gem
AwesomeAnna10
+1
Level 27
Apr 23, 2016
unfair 'Beau' is french
gurkenpeter
+6
Level 43
May 8, 2020
There are at least ten words of French origin in this quiz. Why is "beau" the problem?
OJOdin
+7
Level 20
Apr 23, 2016
I thought homophones were made by Apple.
Soccerstud
+1
Level 31
May 26, 2016
100% too easy
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Jun 1, 2017
Agreed. Had more than 3 minutes left.
emwcee
+1
Level 45
Jul 21, 2016
Fun quiz. Thanks.
mckinpo
+2
Level 67
Dec 14, 2016
Ern and Erne are two acceptable spellings for a sea bird. I've always thought they were pronounced the same as urn/earn. Am I wrong?
Beatles
+2
Level 51
Dec 15, 2016
bow and beau are not even close.
sillie
+1
Level 78
Mar 18, 2018
Agreed. But apparently the borrowing into English has bastardized the French enough that "beau" sounds just like "bow".
hwes
+6
Level 84
Mar 18, 2018
a "bow" tie and beau are the same but bow as a verb is completely different.
TheLastFish
+1
Level 69
Mar 25, 2018
Just realised that some "bow"s are pronounced with an "a" (instead of the original "o"). Further, the weapon can be pronounced eitherway?! That is even more confusing...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
not quite, with bow your lips (should) form a "w"sound, when other not it is distinctly heard. Usually you hardly hear it, but the lips are still formed that way which makes a slight difference
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
They are pronounced the same in English.
Spritefalcon
+1
Level 31
Apr 20, 2023
You have to say it like an englishman
blowonthepie
+2
Level 57
Oct 20, 2017
there is also multiple homophones for peer: Pier, pear, pair, pare
joeythelemur
+8
Level 84
Mar 19, 2018
Yes, no, no, no. :-)
kiwikiwiNZ
+1
Level 40
Dec 6, 2019
but they're pronounced the same
JackintheBox
+6
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
No, they're not. (Unless you come from New Zealand)
Marvinthemartian
+3
Level 44
Oct 20, 2017
Another valid homophone for manner is "manna".
fuanacdc
+6
Level 84
Mar 19, 2018
Found the New Englander.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
Marvin claims to be a Martian.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 78
Feb 17, 2020
*Or Brit, or Aussie or Kiwi.
idontkn1
+1
Level 89
Oct 20, 2017
Shouldn't dais be an acceptable answer?
RobNobody
+2
Level 76
Jun 27, 2018
I've only ever heard that pronounced with two syllables, something like "DAY-us" (or /ˈdeɪ.ɪs/, if you want proper phonetic notation.)
hwes
+1
Level 84
Mar 18, 2018
rye and why?? really? not in southern Ontario.
samiamco
+9
Level 69
Mar 22, 2018
It says wRy, not wHy.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jan 21, 2019
I would think rye and wry would be homonyms.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
Isnt the w in wry pronounced??(forming your lips differently) like you say the first sound in ring and wrought differently (rrr and w-r)
tzhg
+2
Level 60
Jul 3, 2020
I pronounce the first sound in "ring" and "wrought" in the exact same way. The "w" is completely silent.
EMPTYHAND
+1
Level 33
Sep 2, 2022
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings while homonyms are words that have the same spellings and have a different meaning.
mf3
+2
Level 86
Mar 18, 2018
Another vote for "erne"/"ern" (seabird)
almightyjosh
+3
Level 74
Mar 18, 2018
It's always funny to see people argue, then realise that yes, they too have an accent. I have to put on an american accent in my head to get these sometimes.
81928128
+2
Level 60
Mar 19, 2018
I tried pores before realising it was an American quiz
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Mar 22, 2018
I wish people would look up the IPA/phoenetic spelling before posting their impassioned "but *I* don't have an accent!" argument, but that would, ya know, make actual sense.
Djilas
+4
Level 82
Mar 24, 2018
Patients / Patience - how, where??? Does patient lose T in plural? Or someone invented it in patience?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
In written form it doesnt lose it, but when spoken, yes the t often gets swallowed/buried/lost
beccimoo
+2
Level 57
Apr 15, 2018
For manner, I kept thinking Manna (from Heaven)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jun 19, 2018
You're one of those people who adds "r" sounds to the end of any word that ends in a vowel?
sihollett
+7
Level 85
Jun 19, 2018
The opposite is the effect here. While 'intrusive-r' (adding linking 'r's where there is no r) is increasingly a feature of non-rhotic accents, the dialect issue here is the r-dropping unless before a vowel.

Outside of rhotic accents, 'manna', 'manor' and 'manner' are all pronounced /ˈmanə/ (cf Oxford English Dictionary). Not an 'r' in sight - all ending in a schwa.

To not allow manna requires some sort of note about what accent is being used to justify its exclusion.

Pharley
+3
Level 72
Jun 27, 2018
In other words, they're pronounced incorrectly.
Corrode
+4
Level 60
Jun 27, 2018
@Pharley no, there's a variety of accents in English and none of those described are "incorrect."
TWM03
+2
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
@kalbahamut, in England they are pronounced identically. But not adding an 'r' sound, just not pronouncing the 'r' in 'manner'. We pronounce them both like @sihollett said.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jun 27, 2018
I hear the same thing as Kalbahamut said. Lots of Brits add what sounds like an "r" to words that end in a vowel. For example, your pronunciation of "amnesia" sounds like "amnesier" to our ears - New Englanders do the same thing in the US. It doesn't mean you pronounce them incorrectly, just differently to some of us. I love reading the comments on these type quizzes. I'm always amazed at the differences.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 28, 2018
Not quite sure what you are referring to but perhaps it is because there is a difference in the pronunciation of the 's' and following vowel? It could also be a 'linking r' - which would only be heard of the following word began with a vowel.
Osiris
+2
Level 62
Jun 28, 2018
They pronounce words much like Mike Myers's character Simon from Saturday Night Live. "Would you like to see my drworrings?" Maybe I'm showing my age.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 28, 2018
OK I agree that this is an exception to the general rule. But what we were mainly talking about was the endings of words where an 'r' sound may or may not be heard.
Bonzo65
+1
Level 69
Jul 30, 2021
Unaccented English would not add an 'r' to manna, or even overpronouce the 'r' at the end of manner. However, if you are listening to a strong South East England or London cockney type of accent, then the end of certain words would sound different. I'm thinking 'amnesia' becomes 'amnesiar'.

It's not the prettiest accent by a long shot, though I think Dick van Dyke nailed it in Mary Poppins. Not.

Pharley
+2
Level 72
Jun 27, 2018
If earn and urn sound the same, you're pronouncing (at least) one of them wrong.
TWM03
+9
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
No you're not.
RobNobody
+7
Level 76
Jun 27, 2018
Have you got a dictionary with phonetic pronunciation to back that up? Because all the ones I've checked have them pronounced exactly the same. I linked my sources above, but I'll do again here because why not:

Dictionary.com: urn, earn

Merriam-Webster: urn, earn

Oxford: urn, earn

Cambridge: urn, earn

jweld
+1
Level 66
Jun 27, 2018
As an in-house legal counsel in the US, you would be surprised how many people misspell my title (including the current president, who never gets it right on twitter).
divantilya
+3
Level 37
Jan 21, 2019
Why would you expect him to get it right? Forget his tax returns, I want to see his college transcript.
undeadwarrior
+2
Level 63
Jun 27, 2018
Manna/mana is pronounced the same as manner in all countries except for the USA. Only Americans stress their 'or's and 'er's.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jun 27, 2018
It's cute how people outside of the United States believe that their country represents the entire rest of the world. They're invariably wrong, but they speak with such confidence you'd almost be convinced that they knew what they were talking about.
TWM03
+12
Level 70
Jun 27, 2018
It's cute how @kalbahamut believes that @undeadwarrior and maybe a few other people he has met represent the entire rest of the world. He's wrong, but speaks in such a patronising way that you'd almost be convinced he knew what he was talking about.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jul 21, 2019
undeadwarrior said, verbatim: all countries except for the USA.

I made no such overreaching statement. I said people (such as undeadwarrior)

My statement is self-evidently true, as the phenomenon I was describing takes place a half inch up the page. And I'm going to take the 5 likes TWW got on his comment as further evidence that I'm right. The tens of thousands upon thousands of other examples proving my point in my collective life experience, or even just here in the comment sections of this very website, are not even necessary to reference. Undeadwarrior is demonstrably wrong. If you're not convinced I know what I'm talking about in this instance, any patronizing manner someone uses to address you is probably deserved.

TWM03
+2
Level 70
Jul 21, 2019
If it was in general true that people outside of the USA thought their country represented the rest of the world, then there wouldn't be nearly as many countries where people are fiercely nationalistic and think all foreigners are different to them. And even if you want to make out that your comment wasn't overreaching (though it was, given that you said invariably wrong) I am still not convinced that there is any sort of general rule applicable here.
Turtlescantalk
+3
Level 49
Jun 27, 2018
In Ireland manner and manor sound the same, it certainly does not sound the same as manna.

No issue with any of the above homophones.

kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jul 21, 2019
oh no. quick, oversensitive Europeans, plug your ears before your egos are hopelessly shattered.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jul 21, 2019
How can ManEr and ManOr sound the same?
TWM03
+6
Level 70
Jul 21, 2019
Because they both use a schwa (undressed vowel).
Marvo7
+1
Level 59
Jul 30, 2021
NOOOO! Have half the 'English' people on here never ventured down the road to Bristol, or Devon, or Cornwall, or anywhere in the West country? Have they never been to Scotland or any part of Ireland? The 'r' is pronounced in many parts of England and in the UK. Such adamant 'certainty' about fallacy.
ddddan
+1
Level 80
Oct 1, 2021
Sad Canadian noises
Huilo
+1
Level 78
Jun 27, 2018
Isn't "sin" a homophone of "seen"?
TWM03
+8
Level 70
Jun 28, 2018
Not sure what accent you speak with but I would certainly pronounce seen with a longer 'ee' sound than the shorter 'i' sound in sin.
blizzrd33
+3
Level 79
Jun 27, 2018
Karst should be accepted
Osiris
+3
Level 62
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
+1
Level 57
Nov 17, 2020
THAT'D BE AWESOME!
Yossarian
+1
Level 64
Jun 28, 2018
Same as above. Hem for him. General American accent.

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

cathie13
+2
Level 35
Jun 28, 2018
what about earn = ern or erne, which is a seabird
LouRo05
+1
Level 48
Jun 29, 2018
I'm the biggest failure at this... my mind was dying, and I literally got four. ._.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
Has it revived?
redsplat
+1
Level 74
Sep 27, 2018
Great quiz, got all with 3:00 to spare. Please consider accepting 'fays' for faze.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jan 21, 2019
3:42 because of a typo....
antivist
+1
Level 23
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
+3
Level 65
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.

woshiwaiguoren
+1
Level 69
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.
MilanIsNotTheBaws
+1
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 83
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.
stusum
+1
Level 63
Jan 13, 2020
Missed earn/urn as I pronounce them completely differently.
Bonzo007
+1
Level 66
Feb 12, 2020
Still not allowing 'manna' for 'manner' quizmaster? Shurely shome mishtake.
Stef2
+1
Level 59
Feb 27, 2020
How about bruce?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 78
Feb 27, 2020
Bruce ends with /s/, while brews/bruise end with /z/.
HizashiYamada
+1
Level 16
Mar 26, 2020
Got 100%

With help from Google! :D

ooftownroad
+1
Level 59
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 59
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 57
Apr 14, 2021
They sure are.
johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
May 16, 2020
as someone from germany, face and faze are homophones to me
camus
+1
Level 78
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.
QuizMaster124
+1
Level 19
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 78
May 24, 2020
Hmmm I think pores and pours should have been accepted for the pause one
joesoap
+1
Level 41
Aug 21, 2020
Are you serious? They are completely different.
daQuokka
+2
Level 66
Jun 27, 2020
Please accept 'karst' for cast; they sound the same at least in British and Australian English
itzrhubarb
+1
Level 28
Jul 3, 2020
I looked like a right idiot sounding each word about 5 times before putting the answer it
Cobby
+1
Level 56
Jul 20, 2020
pours and pores but okay
yeetdeet
+1
Level 60
Aug 18, 2020
Quay and key would be a fun one. Unless that’s just my pronunciation.
joesoap
+1
Level 41
Aug 21, 2020
I've always pronounced the 'h' in thyme; it sounds different to 'time' when I say it.
KraytRaptor13
+1
Level 39
Aug 25, 2020
I feel really dumb
KiwiQuizWhiz
+2
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
+2
Level 78
Nov 18, 2020
I pronounce 'ate' and 'eight' differently. I pronounce the former as /ɛt/, and the latter as /eɪt/.
eppek
+1
Level 58
Nov 24, 2020
What accent do you have?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Dec 17, 2020
I'm from Malaysia. And the Oxford Dictionary of English itself shows that both pronunciations of 'ate' are correct.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
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
+1
Level 28
Apr 22, 2021
i had to say all these in an american accent to get this bahaha (im aussie)
NoahGBurns
+1
Level 36
May 30, 2021
Are 'wry' and 'rye' really homophones?
HylianScientist
+1
Level 74
Jul 31, 2021
In common English, yes :)

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

Marvo7
+2
Level 59
Jul 30, 2021
'Patients' and 'patience' are not homophones. The 't' is subtle, but pronounced.
QuizApe
+1
Level 66
Jul 30, 2021
I just realised that Some of these homophones I pronounce completely differently.
Johnb
+1
Level 57
Jul 30, 2021
what about manna, as in 'manna from heaven'
mal
+2
Level 61
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
+2
Level 74
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
+2
Level 87
Aug 6, 2021
Wow, I just read all 180 comments, for some reason. The discussion was both interesting and exhausting.
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 89
Jun 9, 2022
Lots of discussions regarding pronunciation differences. Fun to read for sure.
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 28
Oct 2, 2021
3:44 remaining!
81928128
+1
Level 60
Dec 26, 2021
fays (from the verb to fay) is also pronounced /feɪz/, same as faze and phase. (sources: fays, faze)
KTo288
+1
Level 47
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 76
Jan 26, 2022
ait, ern, erne
BlackLab
+2
Level 65
Mar 3, 2022
Ward Spade and Council were intimidating.
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 36
Apr 14, 2022
Please accept sin for seen
MajesticMango
+1
Level 44
Apr 25, 2022
seed and cede are good
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 36
Apr 28, 2022
what about "an" for "earn"?
D31415
+1
Level 69
Jun 9, 2022
Ait (small island in a river) should work, online dictionary confirms this too has this phonetic eɪt
ellie111
+1
Level 45
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 36
Jul 17, 2022
What about cancel for council?
DawnX
+1
Level 47
Apr 1, 2023
these sound nothing the same
WannabeSwede
+1
Level 28
Oct 23, 2022
how did i only get 4 right
tizzlizz
+1
Level 55
Oct 29, 2022
Dais for days.
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 66
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 53
Jan 10, 2023
no way im the only one that thought of dio when i saw WRY
Octopus72
+1
Level 60
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
+3
Level 42
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 47
Apr 1, 2023
can you accept bruce for brews
DawnX
+2
Level 47
Apr 1, 2023
and accept pear for peer
Kawada01
+1
Level 55
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".
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