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Homophones: Tricky Pairs

Harder homophone pairs and trios, with meanings.

121 cardsGrades 6–8, Grades 9–12#homophones#vocabulary

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  • acceptWord
    To receive (partner: except)
  • exceptWord
    Leaving out (partner: accept)
  • affectWord
    To influence (a verb, usually) (partner: effect)
  • effectWord
    A result (a noun, usually) (partner: affect)
  • allowedWord
    Permitted (partner: aloud)
  • aloudWord
    Out loud (partner: allowed)
  • altarWord
    A table used in a ceremony (partner: alter)
  • alterWord
    To change (partner: altar)
  • assistanceWord
    Help (partner: assistants)
  • assistantsWord
    People who help (partner: assistance)
  • baldWord
    Having no hair (partner: bawled)
  • bawledWord
    Cried loudly (partner: bald)
  • bandWord
    A group of musicians (partner: banned)
  • bannedWord
    Not allowed (partner: band)
  • bazaarWord
    A market (partner: bizarre)
  • bizarreWord
    Very strange (partner: bazaar)
  • boughWord
    A large branch of a tree (partner: bow)
  • bowWord
    To bend at the waist (partner: bough)
  • brakeWord
    A device that stops a car (partner: break)
  • breakWord
    To crack or split (partner: brake)
  • canvasWord
    Heavy cloth (partner: canvass)
  • canvassWord
    To ask people for votes or opinions (partner: canvas)
  • capitalWord
    A city that is the seat of government (partner: capitol)
  • capitolWord
    The building where a legislature meets (partner: capital)
  • cerealWord
    A breakfast food (partner: serial)
  • serialWord
    Happening in a series (partner: cereal)
  • citeWord
    To quote as a source (partners: sight, site)
  • sightWord
    The ability to see (partners: cite, site)
  • siteWord
    A place (partners: cite, sight)
  • coarseWord
    Rough (partner: course)
  • courseWord
    A path, or a class (partner: coarse)
  • complementWord
    Something that completes (partner: compliment)
  • complimentWord
    A kind remark (partner: complement)
  • councilWord
    A group that makes decisions (partner: counsel)
  • counselWord
    Advice (partner: council)
  • creakWord
    A squeaky noise (partner: creek)
  • creekWord
    A small stream (partner: creak)
  • desertWord
    A dry sandy place (partner: dessert)
  • dessertWord
    A sweet treat after a meal (partner: desert)
  • dieWord
    To stop living (partner: dye)
  • dyeWord
    Color for cloth (partner: die)
  • discreetWord
    Careful with secrets (partner: discrete)
  • discreteWord
    Separate and distinct (partner: discreet)
  • draftWord
    A rough version, or a current of air (partner: draught)
  • elicitWord
    To draw out (partner: illicit)
  • illicitWord
    Against the law (partner: elicit)
  • ensureWord
    To make certain (partner: insure)
  • insureWord
    To buy insurance (partner: ensure)
  • faintWord
    To pass out, or weak (partner: feint)
  • feintWord
    A fake move (partner: faint)
  • flairWord
    A natural talent (partner: flare)
  • flareWord
    A bright flame or signal (partner: flair)
  • flewWord
    Past tense of fly (partners: flu, flue)
  • fluWord
    An illness (partners: flew, flue)
  • foulWord
    Bad or unfair (partner: fowl)
  • fowlWord
    A bird such as a chicken (partner: foul)
  • gorillaWord
    A large ape (partner: guerrilla)
  • guerrillaWord
    A fighter in a small group (partner: gorilla)
  • grateWord
    To shred; a metal frame (partner: great)
  • greatWord
    Very good or large (partner: grate)
  • groanWord
    A low sound of pain (partner: grown)
  • grownWord
    Got bigger (partner: groan)
  • hangarWord
    A building for planes (partner: hanger)
  • hangerWord
    A tool for hanging clothes (partner: hangar)
  • hoarseWord
    Rough-sounding voice (partner: horse)
  • horseWord
    A large animal people ride (partner: hoarse)
  • idleWord
    Not working (partners: idol, idyll)
  • idolWord
    A person you greatly admire (partner: idle)
  • lessenWord
    To make smaller (partner: lesson)
  • lessonWord
    Something you learn in class (partner: lessen)
  • leveeWord
    A wall that holds back a river (partner: levy)
  • levyWord
    A tax or fee (partner: levee)
  • loanWord
    Money lent (partner: lone)
  • loneWord
    Alone (partner: loan)
  • medalWord
    An award (partners: meddle, metal)
  • meddleWord
    To butt in (partner: medal)
  • metalWord
    A hard shiny material (partner: medal)
  • minerWord
    A person who digs underground (partner: minor)
  • minorWord
    Younger than an adult, or small in importance (partner: miner)
  • moralWord
    A lesson about right and wrong (partner: morale)
  • moraleWord
    The spirit of a group (partner: moral)
  • navalWord
    Of the navy (partner: navel)
  • navelWord
    The belly button (partner: naval)
  • pedalWord
    A foot lever on a bike (partner: peddle)
  • peddleWord
    To sell goods from place to place (partner: pedal)
  • poreWord
    A tiny hole in the skin (partners: pour, poor)
  • pourWord
    To make liquid flow (partners: pore, poor)
  • poorWord
    Having little money (partners: pore, pour)
  • principalWord
    Head of a school, or main (partner: principle)
  • principleWord
    A basic rule or belief (partner: principal)
  • profitWord
    Money gained (partner: prophet)
  • prophetWord
    A person who foretells the future (partner: profit)
  • rapWord
    A quick knock, or a kind of music (partner: wrap)
  • wrapWord
    To cover with paper (partner: rap)
  • rappedWord
    Knocked quickly (partner: wrapped)
  • wrappedWord
    Covered (partner: rapped)
  • raiseWord
    To lift up (partners: rays, raze)
  • raysWord
    Beams of light (partner: raise)
  • roleWord
    A part in a play (partner: roll)
  • rollWord
    To turn over and over, or a bun (partner: role)

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