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.
Homophones word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- ate
- eight
- hear
- here
- one
- sea
- see
- son
- sun
- won
Homophones word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ate
- eight
- hear
- here
- meat
- one
- pair
- pear
- sea
- see
- son
- sun
- tail
- tale
- won
Homophones word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- ate
- blew
- blue
- eight
- hear
- here
- meat
- meet
- one
- pair
- pear
- right
- sea
- see
- son
- sun
- tail
- tale
- won
- write
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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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