GIVE 'PEACE' or 'PIECE' A CHANCE. WHICH IS 'WRITE' OR 'RIGHT'?

GIVE  'PEACE' or 'PIECE' A CHANCE !

WHICH IS 'RIGHT' OR 'WRITE'?

Recently, in the children's corner of a museum, I overheard a parent explaining to her child, who was sitting writing, the difference between 'here' and 'hear', and 'which' and 'witch'.

Most children leaving primary school will know that words that sound the same but are spelt differently, and have a different meaning, are called HOMOPHONES.  The Greek prefix to the word means 'the same'.

Yet even my MA level students occasionally lapse into confusion!

Here is a list of the most commonly confused homophones:

There,  their,  they're     -     Where, wear

Our, are     -     Piece, peace

Whether, weather     -     Allowed, aloud

Pear, pair     -     Caught, court

One, won     - To, too, two

Which, witch     -     whole, hole

Would, wood     -     through, threw

Write, right    -     heal, heel

Here, hear     -     bored, board

See, sea     -     plain, plane

Saw, sore.

Can you think of any more?