Farro – Ancient European grain.
Pharaoh – Ancient Egyptian ruler.
A visual exploration of words that look the same, sound the same, or are otherwise easily confused. Updated weakly through 2016, now only occasionally. The book version "Homophones Visualized" is available wherever books are sold. Thanks for checking in!
Monday, July 26, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Climactic & Climatic
With a C in the middle – relating to the word "climax."
Without a C in the middle – relating to the word "climate."
These two aren't even homophones, but I see them mixed up all the time! Hope this helps.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Succeed & Secede
This goes out to all the red hats out there who need to learn:
1. how to spell secede.
2. what all this talk of secession really makes you look like.
3. you're not welcome on this blog. These aren't even homophones, dimwits.
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Defuse & Diffuse
With an E – (v.) literally, to remove a fuse. Metaphorically, to make a situation less dangerous.
With an I and two Fs – (v.) to scatter or spread thinly.
(By the way, the adjective form of Diffuse has essentially the same meaning as the verb, but is pronounced with a hard S sound at the end, rather than the Z sound used here. Homographs!) :)
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Decent, Descent, Dissent
I thought this might be a good one for today since Tuesday is election day here in the US. Two homophones, and a third word thrown in for good measure. While "decent" isn't pronounced the same as the other two, it is easily confused on the page. So I thought it was a good idea to include it here.
Decent (DEE-sent) – good, kind, caring
Descent (di-SENT) – moving downward
Dissent (di-SENT) – protest
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Desert - HOMOGRAPH
These are words with different meanings that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently. I've been keeping a list of them as long as I've had my list of homophones, and I think it's finally time to draw some of them! :)