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Homophones Word Search

Homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, such as pair and pear. English has hundreds of them, which is one reason spell checkers miss so many errors.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • ate
  • eight
  • hear
  • here
  • meat
  • one
  • pair
  • pear
  • sea
  • see
  • son
  • sun
  • tail
  • tale
  • won

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Words in the Homophones word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

sun
The star our planet orbits, sounds like son.
son
A male child in a family, sounds like sun.
see
To take something in with your eyes, sounds like sea.
sea
A large body of salt water, sounds like see.
one
The number that comes after zero, sounds like won.
won
Past form of win, sounds like one.
ate
Past form of eat, sounds like eight.
eight
The number after seven, sounds like ate.
hear
To take in sound with your ears, sounds like here.
here
In this place, sounds like hear.
pair
Two things that go together, sounds like pear.
pear
A sweet fruit with a wide bottom, sounds like pair.
tail
The back part of an animal, sounds like tale.
tale
A story that is told or written, sounds like tail.
meat
Food that comes from animals, sounds like meet.
meet
To come together with someone, sounds like meat.
right
Correct, or the side opposite left, sounds like write.
write
To put words on paper, sounds like right.
blue
The color of a clear sky, sounds like blew.
blew
Past form of blow, sounds like blue.

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