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Homophones - Coggle Diagram
Homophones
Types of homophones
Synophone
These are similar sounding words that have only one phoneme difference, similar meanings yet different spellings
Beat /biːt/ - hitting someone
Bit /bɪt/ - wounding someone with a bite (past tense)
Effect /ɪˈfɛkt/ - results
Affect /əˈfɛkt/ - influence negatively
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Pseudo-homophone
Same pronunciation but one of the words is not a proper word or wrong spelling for the other yet often used by mistake.
Groan - a barely audible sound expressing pain
Grone - a common misspelling of “Groan”
Crane - a bird with a long neck; a machine used in construction works
Crain - a common misspelling of “Crane”
Homograph
Sets of words that have the same spelling but different meanings regardless of the fact whether they are pronounced the same or not.
Bat /bat/ - a winged mammal of the night
Bat /bat/ - a wooden ladle to hit the ball in sports
Letter /ˈlɛtə/ - a paper holding written messages to someone
Letter /ˈlɛtə/ - every single written unit in the alphabet
They are sets of same or similar sounding words or word clusters that have different spellings, origins, and meanings.