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50 Examples of Homophones:

1. air (the atmosphere) / heir (a person who inherits)

2. allowed (permitted) / aloud (out loud)

3. bare (uncovered) / bear (a large animal)

4. brake (a device for stopping) / break (to separate)

5. buy (to purchase) / by (near)

6. cell (a small room) / sell (to offer for sale)

7. cent (a unit of currency) / sent (past tense of "send")

8. choose (to select) / chews (present tense of "chew")

9. coarse (rough) / course (a path or a series of lessons)

10. council (a group of people) / counsel (advice)

11. dear (beloved) / deer (a large mammal)

12. die (to cease to live) / dye (to color)

13. fair (just) / fare (the price of a journey)

14. flour (ground grain) / flower (a blossom)

15. for (because of) / four (the number 4)

16. hear (to perceive sound) / here (in this place)

17. heal (to cure) / heel (the back of the foot)

18. hole (an opening) / whole (complete)

19. hour (a period of time) / our (belonging to us)

20. idle (inactive) / idol (a person or thing worshipped)

21. its (belonging to it) / it's (it is)

22. know (to understand) / no (the opposite of yes)

23. led (past tense of "lead") / lead (a heavy metal)

24. mail (letters and packages) / male (masculine)

25. meat (animal flesh) / meet (to come together)

26. none (not any) / nun (a woman who has taken religious vows)

27. one (the number 1) / won (past tense of "win")

28. pair (two things that go together) / pare (to peel)

29. peace (tranquility) / piece (a part of something)

30. plain (simple) / plane (an aircraft)

31. poor (lacking in money) / pour (to make liquid flow)

32. pray (to speak to a deity) / prey (an animal hunted by another)

33. principal (the head of a school) / principle (a rule or belief)

34. read (to look at written words) / reed (a tall, thin plant)

35. right (correct) / write (to form words)

36. road (a path for vehicles) / rode (past tense of "ride")

37. role (a part in a play) / roll (to move by turning)

38. see (to perceive with the eyes) / sea (a large body of salt water)

39. sew (to stitch) / so (therefore)

40. some (a few) / sum (a total)

41. son (a male child) / sun (the star that provides light and heat)

42. stair (a step) / stare (to look fixedly)

43. steal (to take something without permission) / steel (a strong metal)

44. tail (the end of an animal's body) / tale (a story)

45. their (belonging to them) / there (in that place) / they're (they are)

46. threw (past tense of "throw") / through (from one side to another)

47. to (towards) / too (also) / two (the number 2)

48. waist (the part of the body between the ribs and hips) / waste (to use unnecessarily)

49. weak (lacking strength) / week (seven days)

50. weather (the state of the atmosphere) / whether (if)

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