Homophones

There are literally hundreds of homophones in the English language and they can often be the reason why so many of us misspell words on a daily basis...even adults. So why are homophones so difficult? Homophone means ‘one sound.’ We have words in our language that sound the same but are spelt differently. Unfortunately this also means that there are no hard and fast rules about how we can learn to spell them. All we can do is learn the different spellings and remember when to use them.
Most common homophone misspelt: there their they’re

1. to too two
2. male mail
3. weak week
4. so sew sow
5. no know
6. leak leek
7. by bye buy
8. paw poor
9. tail tale
10. our are
11. pore poor
12. bean been
13. vain vane
14. bored board
15. through threw

16. new knew
17. there their they’re
18. where wear
19. waist waste
20. piece peace
21. hire higher
22. aloud allowed
23. flour flower
24. site sight
25. we’re weir
26. key quay
27. cent scent sent
28. check cheque
29. weather whether
30. serial cereal