English language can be hard ~~~ game

[lor]

We played this on another site, but I'm not sure of all the words

Write two words that are spelled different but sound the same or two words that are spelled the same but have different meanings :

tea & tee
a drink made with the dried leaves of a bush / a golfing impliment
or
park & park
when you might stop a car / a piece of land on which kids play

just do one 'set' with explainations

[KarenMarie]

heard and herd

the sounds that were in your area / a group of animals

[bluenurse]

threw & through

throws / completion or function word with many meanings

[KarenMarie]

there & their

that place / belonging to them

[weegot5kiz]

reed ..read

[KarenMarie]

write & right

sending letters ----- that's correct

[bluenurse]

arc & ark

high curve / Noah's boat

[KarenMarie]

road & rode

pavement or gravel way / travel

[bluenurse]

alter & altar

change / worship table

[KarenMarie]

Rome & roam

city in Italy (or NYS, etc) / wander

[bluenurse]

hour & our

60 minutes / belongs to

[megveg]

aisle ~ isle

hallway type deal/island

[KarenMarie]

meat & meet

supper - greet

[bluenurse]

ate & eight

past tense of eat / number after 7

[lor]

knows / nose

when someone is aware of something / part of the face that is used for smelling

[KarenMarie]

scent & sent

odor and mailed

[yeahbut]

plant & plant

to place or set / a building - factory

[MooseasaurusRex]

moose/mousse

(noun) A big animal capable of lifting heavy things, not too bright but very friendly and not good with computers/stuff you put in your hair

[KarenMarie]

grouse & grouse

a game bird / to grumble or complain

[lor]

blues/blues

a type of music / several shades of blue

[Vonn07]

ant // aunt

bug that crawls and makes tunnels ...
one that you are related to via the family tree (or not) ... kids call me Aunt Vonnie ... and I'm not related ...

[houghchrst]

See / sea

done with the eyes/body of water

[bluenurse]

ad / add

short for advertisement// to join or combine

[weegot5kiz]

read and red

[Vonn07]

no // know

[weegot5kiz]

ade and aid


no wonder folks dont want to learn english lol

[lor]

goard ~ gored

a fruit with a thin flesh & hard skin, like a pumpkin

past tense of "gore" ~~~ to pearce something

[weegot5kiz]

hear ..... here

[KarenMarie]

hole and whole

[weegot5kiz]

wear........where

[KarenMarie]

pear and pair

[weegot5kiz]

eight ..ate

[KarenMarie]

team and teem

[weegot5kiz]

great..grate

[KarenMarie]

tire and tire

tire of talking and a flat tire

[weegot5kiz]

wait and weight

[KarenMarie]

it's Halloween time - so grave & grave

in the ground an a serious expression either spoken or visual

[weegot5kiz]

night ...knight

[KarenMarie]

way and whey

[bluenurse]

beat / beet

strike repeatly / vegetable

[weegot5kiz]

so ><><sew

[KarenMarie]

do and dew

[weegot5kiz]

hew and hue



you know this is actually not funny this is unreal how many there are

[KarenMarie]

I'd hate to be learning English - actually I'd hate to be learning any language -

when & win

[weegot5kiz]

ware/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ wear

[Darlene]

bear ~~~ bare

[weegot5kiz]

pray ><><><prey

[lor]

fire / fire

a flame / to release one from employment

[weegot5kiz]

tear n tare

[KarenMarie]

seer and sear

[weegot5kiz]

new and knew

[Darlene]

dew & due,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[weegot5kiz]

do .............due lol was just typing the same one as you

[Darlene]

peek ~ peak

Good minds think alike

[weegot5kiz]

leak <><leek

[lor]

which / witch

what one? as in....Which one do you want?

a mysterious, magical, lady


http://bestsmileys.com/halloween3/1.gif

http://bestsmileys.com/halloween3/3.gif

[Darlene]

an/and.........

[mistiis]

ten / tin

[Darlene]

pound/pound

dog/measurement

[lor]

reign / rain

to have rule over / wet drops that fall from the clouds



from Lorreign (lol) Do I reign over all of you? ............................. naaaaaaaa :)

[KarenMarie]

did we have - dew and due ??

[lor]

calf / calf

baby cow / part of the leg


kid / kid

baby goat / slang for "child"

[Darlene]

seam & seem

[bluenurse]

birth / berth

[lor]

nun / none

a woman member of the catholic order / nothing

[Darlene]

rolls ~~ roles

[bluenurse]

berry /bury

fruit / put in the ground

[weegot5kiz]

bite ...byte

[Darlene]

operation/operation

plan/surgery

[lor]

doe / dough

doe a deer a female deer / a mixture of grain, liquid, yeast & other ingredients

[bluenurse]

bases / basis

plural of base / fundamental principle

[lor]

pie / pi

a fruit filling in a crust / 3.14

[weegot5kiz]

hi ...high

[KarenMarie]

down & down

descending and goose feathers

[weegot5kiz]

by ..........buy

[KarenMarie]

too and two

[weegot5kiz]

pea and pee

[KarenMarie]

don't know what we've already used -

file and file

shape nails and stack documents

[weegot5kiz]

night ........knight

[FranksAngel]

mail and male

[KarenMarie]

mug and mug - really stretching at this point

a coffee cup and a face

[weegot5kiz]

doe .........dough

[KarenMarie]

sent - cent and scent !

[weegot5kiz]

stake and steak


this game blows my mind never realized how many there were, I knew the english language and rules were whacked

[KarenMarie]

eight and ate

hard to learn but then so was Latin

[weegot5kiz]

meat to meet

true on latin and know i know naught of it although I can read french and latin spanish and get a drift of it still

[mistiis]

pain / pane

[bluenurse]

aloud / allowed

audibly / permitted

[weegot5kiz]

steal n steel

[KarenMarie]

rapt and wrapped

[weegot5kiz]

write and right

[KarenMarie]

stole and stole

robbed and a shawl or wrap

[weegot5kiz]

root and route(depends on how you all say route )but it is pronouced like root

[Darlene]

cane ~~ cane

candy/walking

[weegot5kiz]

fore and four and for and phor lol

[lor]

read ~ read


to look at & comprehend written words

to have looked at & comprehended written words

[weegot5kiz]

live from new york its......

live for today

[lor]

habit/habit

to automatically & constantly do something.......Such as 'Many boys & men have the habit of spitting in public.' (YUK! They apparently don't know or care how sick & dumb it makes them appear, or is.)

Part of a nun's clothing

[Darlene]

our ~~ hour

[weegot5kiz]

pi and....pie

[KarenMarie]

four and fore

number/front of boat

[weegot5kiz]

die and dye

[lor]

leaves / leaves

parts of a tree
to go away from


(I just thought) ------ left/left

the side opposite of Right
past tence of "leave"

[bluenurse]

cell / sell

small room / offer for sale

[Darlene]

deal ~~ deel

[weegot5kiz]

ball and bawl

[lor]

toast / toast

grilled bread / to hold up your ___ in honor of somone

[bluenurse]

blew / blue

[Darlene]

bread/bread

food/money

[lor]

feet/feat

part of the body/something you do

[weegot5kiz]

bough and bow(as in boat)

[Darlene]

charm/charm

bracelet/looks

[weegot5kiz]

I am going out back to PLOW my fields with the new PLOUGH I bought....

no wonder folks dont want to learn english what a mess:Bang-Head:

[bluenurse]

billed / build

sent a statement / constructed

[weegot5kiz]

scents ..................cents

[lor]

fire / fire

a flame
to make someone stop working a certain job

[weegot5kiz]

you and ewe......

[Darlene]

May/May

Month/permission

[bluenurse]

chord / cord

musical notes / small rope

[lor]

poll/pole/pull/Pol.

a collection of opinions
a bar
to draw away with pressure
short for Polish

[Darlene]

capital/capital

letter/government

[lor]

pot / pot

a cooking implement
slang for marijuana

[bluenurse]

would / wood

[weegot5kiz]

hole and whole

did we use this one yet?

[lor]

nose / knows

part of the face
having knowledge

[Darlene]

hose/hose

nylons/water

[weegot5kiz]

pole and poll

[lor]

pants / pants

trousers

fast hard breathing

[Darlene]

page/page,,,,,,

[lor]

principal / principle

The 'big cheese' at the school (lol)
a certain/determeting reason for something

[Darlene]

sight -- site

[lor]

frame ~ frame

A rigid border around a picture

To set someone up



(football - an American game
football - a foriegn country's soccer type game)

[Darlene]

bank ~~ bank

financial ~~ shore

[weegot5kiz]

whey><><><>way

[lor]

joint/joint/joint

Where two bones meet
a place (down at the joint on the corner)
a marijuana cigarette





I came back on to say the second "joint" probably came from the first one because the second one is a place where PEOPLE MEET.

[weegot5kiz]

sell/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\cell

[Darlene]

night/knight

[bluenurse]

billed / build

[lor]

bark / bark

A noise a dog makes
The outside covering on a tree

[nana1]

founder/ founder

to fall lame

to sink

[lor]

sweet / suite

candy or other stuff with sugar

several connecting rooms ~~~~ bridal suite

[Darlene]

lease/lease

smallest/rent

[weegot5kiz]

sink////\\\\synce

[lor]

blue ~ blew

one of the primary colors
past tense of "blow"

[lor]

hearing / hearing

one of the 5 senses
a session in coart


pair / pear

two of something
a fruit

[Darlene]

ment/mint,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[lor]

rock/rock

a large stone
short for Rock and Roll


stones/Stones

a small rock
the Rolling Stones

[weegot5kiz]

brakes and breaks

[Darlene]

knew/new ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[doxiemama]

knew/new ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

hour/our.........

[Darlene]

stand/stand

on your feet/refreshment

[Twinkletoes]

ate ~ eight

[oldsteve]

Write/rite
Or rite/right

Sew/sow

Pee/pea

Aught/ought

Taught/taut

Sorry if I have repeated any that have already been cited! Sighted.

[weegot5kiz]

WEll Done/ dun steve

[Darlene]

store ~~ store

[oldsteve]

No ~ know.

Need~knead.

Tied~tide.

Hose~hoes. (Hoes as in the garden tools)

Rot~wrought.

[lor]

book a room
or
read a book

two coats of paint
or
It's time to get out the winter coats

[Darlene]

gin/gin

cotten/game

[lor]

claws/claus ---
sorta the fingernails on a paw
Santa's last name :winky:

star/star ---
an actor/actress
a twinkly object in the night sky

bare/bear ---
naked
a certain large furry animal

tie/tie
to fasten (sometimes decorative)
to both end at the same time in a contest

lie/lye
fib
a highly consintrated solution

[lor]

rein / rain

deer / dear

[Darlene]

brand/brand

type/name

[Macophile]

hide/hide
animal skin/ to keep out of sight

[Darlene]

nail/nail

finger/tool

[lor]

sock ~ sock
to hit someone ~ a stocking

flame ~ flame
fire ~ someone's significant other

fire ~ fire
a flame ~ to relinquish someone from his job
(I thought of "fire" when I wrote my 1 word discription of "flame")

Darlene, I like your graphic

http://bestsmileys.com/christmas4/12.gif

[weegot5kiz]

cycle and psycho(this one only works if you do not enunciate properly

[weegot5kiz]

weather and whether

[Darlene]

write/right/rite

[lor]

box / box

a cardboard container to put things in / to sorta fight in a boxing ring~~a sport

[lor]

cardinal/cardinal

a bird/an officila in the Roman Catholic Church

[oldsteve]

cot~caught

rot~wrought

sun~son

[Darlene]

tray/trey.......

[lor]

sore ~ soar

a booboo
to fly


watch/watch

an item worn on the wrist, that tells time
to continuousy look at something

[Twinkletoes]

crews ~ cruise! :Excited:

[lor]

rose/rose/rows

a flower/as in rise/several line-ups of something

[Darlene]

flour/flower

[lor]

new/knew

opposite of old
past tence of know

[Darlene]

knot/not ........

[lor]

moon / moon

The 'star' in the midnight sky

to ummmm, turn around & show ones bottom?

http://dl6.glitter-graphics.net/pub/226/226666i80evm0dzv.jpg (http://www.glitter-graphics.com)

[lor]

wait/weight

I thought of this one as I 'weighted' on the phone "for the next opperator".

[lor]

Doesn't anybody like this one :(

tail - the long thing at the end of a dog & many animals

tale - a story

[Darlene]

block/block/block

territory/toy/ban

[lor]

train / train

locomotive cars & engine
to teach

[Darlene]

key/key

answer to test/opens a door

[lor]

coke ~ coke

a soda pop brand
slang for cocaine

[LavandulaCanadensis]

switch / switch
(interruptor / exchange)

[lor]

cold/cold
(chilly/illness)

Lav, I like that bird graphic
That little guy with the scarf, made me think of "cold"

[LavandulaCanadensis]

wit / with
(clever / accompanied by)

Lor, click on it and you'll discover a new smilies website... beware not to click on the advertized free smilies packages from smilies central in the orange/yellow/blue banners (those are full of unwanted junk difficult to get rid of, believe me!) http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-scared002.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[lor]

cent / sent

a penny
to send

[lor]

pen / pen

a writing impliment that holds ink
a small fenced-in area

[Darlene]

block/block

area of neighborhood/toy

[lor]

light / light

opposite of heavy
a thing that can make it better to see in the dark (such as with a lamp)

[lor]

ear - ear

appendage on a body for hearing

a part of the plant from which we get corn

[Darlene]

I/Eye

myself/organ

[lor]

rose / rose

a flower
to have risen

[the Bird]

rough and ruff

(I got tired of trying to read the whole game list! I hope this is new!)

[lor]

pet / pet

an animal that belongs to someone / to stroke

Ev-opyE2AeU

[the Bird]

bust / bust

anatomy vs tearing something up

[Darlene]

close ~~ close

shut ~~ near

[lor]

pupil - pupil

student - part of an eye

[lor]

male / mail

the sex opposite of "female"
stuff the postal service does

[Darlene]

major/major

Service/college

[the Bird]

General / general

General of the military/ generally speaking!

[lor]

beat/beat/beet

to hit over & over -------(Traci beat Betty on the head)
the first one ------------(Betty beat Traci in the relay race)
a vegetable -------------(They shared a big red beet)

[lor]

note / note

a short letter
one 'piece' of music

[Darlene]

sink/sink

under water/kitchen

[weegot5kiz]

tyme and time

which and witch

doe and dough

peace and out

[lor]

bark - bark
covering on a tree - noise a dog makes

ate - eight
past tense of eat - a number after seven


Every once & awhile I still think of this when I'm going down the street & see something, like:
sign - sign
a display board - to put your name down on something

[lor]

pitcher / pitcher

The one who throws the ball in a baseball game / a vessle that holds liquid

[Darlene]

tape/tape

recording/scotch

[lor]

we / Wii

us / a game machine



(Thumper, you gave me that idea)

[Darlene]

box/box

container/sport

[lor]

root/root

to cheer for a team
the part of a plant that grows underground

[lor]

red / read

a color
past tense of read
?????? lol

[Darlene]

bread/bread

money/food

[lor]

can / can

aluminum or steel container / slang for toilet

[azoyizes]

tot / tot

a small child / a small drink

[Darlene]

pale/pail

skin color/bucket

[lor]

fly/fly

an insect/when an animal moves using it's wings

[azoyizes]

jerk / jerk

a sharp twist / an annoying person

[lor]

drag / drag

to pull something along the floor / to deeply inhale a cigarette

[Darlene]

Tape/Tape

Cassette/Scotch

[lor]

rug / rug

a small piece of carpet
what some call a hairpiece

[Darlene]

ring/ring/ring

telephone/circle/jewelry

[lor]

boob/boob
an idiot/you know

[lor]

chick ~ chick

baby chicken ~ slang for a female

[Darlene]

bell/bell

ring/pepper

[lor]

fan/fan

a person who is extemely 'for' a certain 'thing'/an object with blades, for cooling