List of Identify and correct errors with homophones

Word Pair	Part of Speech	Meaning
Affect / Effect	Verb / Noun	To influence / A result
Accept / Except	Verb / Preposition	To receive / Excluding
Advice / Advise	Noun / Verb	Guidance / To give advice
Aisle / Isle	Noun / Noun	A walkway / An island
Aloud / Allowed	Adverb / Verb	Spoken out loud / Permitted
Bare / Bear	Adjective / Noun	Uncovered / An animal
Bolder / Boulder	Adjective / Noun	More daring / A large rock
Brake / Break	Noun / Verb	A device to stop / To fracture
Capital / Capitol	Noun / Noun	City or money / Government building
Cite / Site / Sight	Verb / Noun / Noun	To quote / A location / Vision
Complement / Compliment	Noun / Noun	Something that completes / Praise
Conscience / Conscious	Noun / Adjective	Sense of right and wrong / Aware
Currant / Current	Noun / Adjective	A type of fruit / Present time or flow
Desert / Dessert	Noun / Noun	A dry region / Sweet course
Discreet / Discrete	Adjective / Adjective	Careful / Separate
Elicit / Illicit	Verb / Adjective	To draw out / Illegal
Eminent / Imminent	Adjective / Adjective	Famous / About to happen
Ensure / Insure	Verb / Verb	To make certain / To provide insurance
Fair / Fare	Adjective / Noun	Just or light in color / Travel cost
Faze / Phase	Verb / Noun	To disturb / A stage
Flair / Flare	Noun / Verb	Natural talent / To blaze up
Formally / Formerly	Adverb / Adverb	Officially / Previously
Fourth / Forth	Adjective / Adverb	Number four / Forward
Grate / Great	Verb / Adjective	To shred / Excellent
Hair / Hare	Noun / Noun	Strands on head / A rabbit
Heal / Heel	Verb / Noun	To make well / Back of the foot
Hear / Here	Verb / Adverb	To listen / In this place
Hole / Whole	Noun / Adjective	An opening / Complete
Hour / Our	Noun / Pronoun	60 minutes / Belonging to us
Idle / Idol	Adjective / Noun	Inactive / Revered person or object
In / Inn	Preposition / Noun	Inside / A small hotel
Knew / New	Verb / Adjective	Past of know / Not old
Knot / Not	Noun / Adverb	A tied rope / Negation
Know / No	Verb / Adverb	To be aware / Negative response
Lead / Led	Noun / Verb	A type of metal / Past of lead
Lessen / Lesson	Verb / Noun	To reduce / A teaching session
Loan / Lone	Noun / Adjective	Something borrowed / Solitary
Made / Maid	Verb / Noun	Past of make / Domestic worker
Mail / Male	Noun / Adjective	Postal item / Relating to men
Main / Mane	Adjective / Noun	Primary / Hair on horse’s neck
Meat / Meet	Noun / Verb	Animal flesh / To encounter
Medal / Meddle	Noun / Verb	An award / To interfere
Miner / Minor	Noun / Noun	Worker in mine / Under 18
Morning / Mourning	Noun / Noun	Early day / Grief
Overdo / Overdue	Verb / Adjective	To do too much / Late
Pair / Pear	Noun / Noun	Two of something / A fruit
Peace / Piece	Noun / Noun	Tranquility / A part
Plain / Plane	Adjective / Noun	Simple / Aircraft
Principal / Principle	Noun / Noun	School head / Fundamental belief
Profit / Prophet	Noun / Noun	Financial gain / Religious messenger
Rain / Reign / Rein	Noun / Verb / Noun	Precipitation / To rule / Strap for horse
Raise / Raze	Verb / Verb	To lift / To demolish
Read / Red	Verb / Adjective	To look at text / A color
Real / Reel	Adjective / Noun	Genuine / A spool
Right / Rite / Write	Adj / Noun / Verb	Correct / Ceremony / To compose text
Road / Rode / Rowed	Noun / Verb / Verb	A street / Past of ride / Past of row
Role / Roll	Noun / Verb	A part in a play / To rotate
Root / Route	Noun / Noun	Part of plant / A path
Sail / Sale	Verb / Noun	To travel by boat / Selling event
Scene / Seen	Noun / Verb	A view or act / Past of see
Sea / See	Noun / Verb	Large water body / To view
Seam / Seem	Noun / Verb	Line of stitching / To appear
Sew / So / Sow	Verb / Conj / Verb	To stitch / Therefore / To plant seeds
Sole / Soul	Noun / Noun	Bottom of foot / Spiritual part
Some / Sum	Adjective / Noun	A certain amount / Total amount
Son / Sun	Noun / Noun	Male child / Star in solar system
Stair / Stare	Noun / Verb	A step / To gaze fixedly
Steal / Steel	Verb / Noun	To take illegally / A strong metal
Stationary / Stationery	Adjective / Noun	Not moving / Writing materials
Storey / Story	Noun / Noun	Level of a building / A tale
Their / There / They’re	Pronoun / Adv / Conj	Belonging to them / In that place / They are
Threw / Through	Verb / Preposition	Past of throw / From one side to another
To / Too / Two	Prep / Adv / Number	Direction / Also / Number after one
Toe / Tow	Noun / Verb	Foot digit / To pull
Vain / Vane / Vein	Adj / Noun / Noun	Conceited / Weather spinner / Blood vessel
Vary / Very	Verb / Adverb	To differ / Extremely
Waist / Waste	Noun / Verb	Middle of body / To use carelessly
Wait / Weight	Verb / Noun	To stay / Heaviness
Ware / Wear / Where	Noun / Verb / Adv	Goods / To have on / In what place

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