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Anonymous, 1 yr 345 days ago
there is cool and cool cool as in the person is cool and cool as in the cold air is cool. also contacts and contacs like eyes and in a phone book. train and train as train ur dog and as the choo choo train.back and back and feet and feet.
Anonymous, 1 yr 282 days ago

 CalifJim wrote:
Only five?! There must be thousands! Just open any page of a dictionary!

bank, crop, bear, peer, sink, fritter, pants, slip, slide, dry, fit, class, shine, creep, divide, page, gin, trip, keel, ship, fall, hedge, needle, scrape, riddle, throw, train, ...
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Anonymous, 1 yr 251 days ago
 what are words called that are spelled the same  and sound the same but have different meanings??

 

Anonymous, 1 yr 251 days ago
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Anonymous, 1 yr 251 days ago
 to to too too two
Mister Micawber  +  483919 Sun, 02 Mar 08 08:49 AM
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HOMONYM: One of two or more words having the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings. Examples: quail (cower), and quail (bird) fair (appearance), fair (county fair), and fair (reasonable).


HOMOPHONE: One of two or more words pronounced the same but different in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. Examples: cite, sight, and site; sea and see; your and you're; bow and bough.


HOMOGRAPH: One of two or more words spelled alike but different in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation. Examples: bow of a ship, a bow and arrow, and a bow (deference/manners).

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Anonymous, 1 yr 250 days ago

read, to read a book/ read, you have read the book

Anonymous, 1 yr 222 days ago

what are words that are spelt the same but pronounced two different ways. for example tear to cry tear --to rip a piece of cloth... wind- to entangle around something--wind - a force of nature?

Anonymous, 1 yr 206 days ago

multiple-meaning words are spelled the same, sound the same, but have different meanings

homonyms are spelled differently but sound the same

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