Homophones

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. Two words can share none, any or all of Spelling, Pronunciation and Meaning. All languages have synonyms(words with unrelated spelling and pronunciation but the same meaning) and words with multiple meanings. However English has an exceptional disparity between spelling and pronunciation.

 The possiblecombinations or some but all characteristics being the same are as follows…
Spelling | Pronunciation | Meaning | Classification | Example |
Same | Different | Different | Homonym |refuse |
Different | Same | Different | Homophone | See below |
Same | Same | Different | Multiple meanings | trap |
Different | Different | Same| Synonym | rare/uncommon |

There are homophones that have been rejected from the lists by small differences in writing or by other details. For many reasons it is impossible to callhomophones to the following examples:

* accept, except
* acetic, ascetic
* advice, advise
* ambiance, ambience
* assay, essay
* aught, ought
* cot, cote* Here I put some examples:

All (óol) - todo/a, todos/as Awl (óol) - lezna, punzón
Air (éer) - aire heir (éer) – heredero
Altar (ólter) - - altar alter (ólter) - alterar, modificarAnt (ánt) - hormiga aunt (ánt) - tía
Ate (éit) - pasado de eat eight (éit) - ocho
Capital (cápital) - capital capitol (cápital) - capitolio
Cent (sént) - centavo scent (sént) -perfume, rastro, pista
Cereal (sírial) - cereal serial (sírial) - serie de TV
Chili (chíli) - ají, chile chilly (chíli) - frío
Chord (córd) – acorde cord (córd) - cable, cuerda
Cite (sáit) –citar site sitio, escenario sight (sáit) - vista, visión
Coarse (cóors) - tosco, grosero course (cóors) - curso, camino
Colonel (kérnel) - coronel kernel (kérnel) - núcleo, meollo
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