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January 20, 2023
Homophones that cause spelling mistakes: hear-here
Apart from the punctuation errors, can you spot the homophone error on this post?
It could be a typo, but for examiners, this kind of mistake stands out like a sore thumb.
Common homophone spelling mistakes
(native speakers make these mistakes ALL THE TIME and it drives examiners NUTS).
Say each word out loud - do they sound the same to you? If not, it could be causing problems in the Listening test, because of the sound-spelling differences:
- there/their/they’re
- where/wear/we're
- your/you're
- who's/whose
- it's/its
- deer/dear
- whether/weather
- flour/flower
- principle/principal
- complement/compliment
- week/weak
- waist/waste
- brake/break
- bear/bare
- whole/hole
- led/lead
- sight/site/cite
- here/hear
- to/too/two
- meet/meat
- pair/pear
Homophones are the source/sauce of many jokes: