Sound Alikes

Sound alike words, also known as homophones, cause confusion. Here at VocabularySpellingCity.com, we want you to learn the correct spelling and meaning behind all of the sound alike words. VocabularySpellingCity provides you with "confusing words" vocabulary lists for you to practice with.

We all have made those mistakes when, for instance, your friend had a hoarse throat and you sent an email that said, "Tommy has a horse throat." Did you really mean that your friend has a horse in his throat? Of course not!

Sound Alikes/Homophones/Confusing Word Lists

Most Commonly Confused Sound Alike Word Lists	Words on List	MatchIt Game	Import
Most Commonly Confused Sound Alikes - List 1	they're, their, there, to, too, two, its, it's	Play MatchIt!	Import
Most Commonly Confused Sound Alikes - List 2	your, you're, sun, son, sea, see, now, know, no	Play MatchIt!	Import

Elementary School Sound Alike Word Lists	Words on List	MatchIt Game	Import
1st Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	to, too, two, be, bee, tea, tee, dew, due, do	Play MatchIt!	Import
1st Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	ad, add, buy, by, one, won, in, inn, see, sea	Play MatchIt!	Import
2nd Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	son, sun, tail, tale, I, eye, or, oar, blew, blue	Play MatchIt!	Import
2nd Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	bare, bear, dear, deer, fair, fare, there, their, they're	Play MatchIt!	Import
3rd Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	ail, ale, bait, bate, hair, hare, sail, sale, mail, male	Play MatchIt!	Import
3rd Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	feat, feet, leak, leek, meat, meet, peek, peak, seam, seem	Play MatchIt!	Import
3rd Grade Sound Alikes - List 3	its, it's, nose, knows, hour, our, pail, pale	Play MatchIt!	Import
4th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	pair, pare, pear, lie, lye, read, reed, soar, sore	Play MatchIt!	Import
4th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	wrap, rap, knot, not, loan, lone, flea, flee, stair, stare	Play MatchIt!	Import
4th Grade Sound Alikes - List 3	boar, bore, board, bored, flour, flower, sweet, suite, weak, week	Play MatchIt!	Import
5th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	throne, thrown, peer, pier, plain, plane, waist, waste, real, reel	Play MatchIt!	Import
5th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	cent, scent, sent, cheap, cheep, ware, wear, where, we're, were	Play MatchIt!	Import
5th Grade Sound Alikes - List 3	which, witch, rays, raise, who's, whose, ring, wring, threw, through	Play MatchIt!	Import

Middle School Sound Alike Word Lists	Words on List	MatchIt Game	Import
6th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	accept, except, marry, merry, affect, effect, allowed, aloud, addition, edition	Play MatchIt!	Import
6th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	away, aweigh, aisle, I'll, fore, four, lean, lien, loot, lute	Play MatchIt!	Import
7th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	shear, sheer, sink, synch, air, heir, scene, seen	Play MatchIt!	Import
7th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	sign, sine, flair, flare, bite, byte, nay, neigh, he'd, heed	Play MatchIt!	Import
8th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	thyme, time, praise, prays, preys, rain, reign, rein, heard, herd	Play MatchIt!	Import
8th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	wail, whale, pause, paws, pores, pours, site, sight, cite	Play MatchIt!	Import

High School Sound Alike Word Lists	Words on List	MatchIt Game	Import
9th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	throes, throws, rote, wrote, whine, wine, accent, assent, ascent, excess, access	Play MatchIt!	Import
9th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	leak, leek, elude, allude, aid, aide, mall, maul, muscle, mussel	Play MatchIt!	Import
9th Grade Sound Alikes - List 3	advice, advise, karat, carrot, discreet, discrete, slay, sleigh, altar, alter	Play MatchIt!	Import
10th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	faint, feint, satire, satyr, marshal, martial, baron, barren, beach, beech	Play MatchIt!	Import
10th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	medal, meddle, storey, story, berth, birth, moose, mousse, muscle, mussel	Play MatchIt!	Import
11th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	braise, brays, palette, pallet, naval, navel, boarder, border, gorilla, guerilla	Play MatchIt!	Import
11th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	canvas, canvass, cereal, serial, principal, principle, coarse, course	Play MatchIt!	Import
12th Grade Sound Alikes - List 1	whether, weather, complement, compliment, council, counsel, desert, dessert	Play MatchIt!	Import
12th Grade Sound Alikes - List 2	knead, need, currant, current, accept, except, leased, least, accede, exceed	Play MatchIt!	Import
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Practice makes perfect and with VocabularySpellingCity.com, practicing the correct use of homophones is fun and easy!

Did you know that you can import these or any lists into your own List Management? Simply follow these steps:

Log in to your account
Go to Find A List page and search for list
Click Import to the right of the list name
That list will now appear on your Homepage and in List Management, where you can edit the list.

How about the infamous words - there, their and they're? Do you know how to correctly use each word? Sound alike words are not there to trick you, so VocabularySpellingCity.com allows you to learn the proper meaning and spelling of each. Here are some sentences using them correctly:

The spelling books are over there on the floor.

The storm's wind gust blew away their outside toys.

I haven't heard from my cousins yet and wonder if they're coming to my party.

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