Homonyms
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Homonyms of one another are expressions that are both homophones (expressions that have the same phonematic string; i.e, "sound" the same way) and homographs (expressions that have the same spelling) of one another at the same time. The quality of homonyms is called homonymy.
Common homophones include:
| Common Homophones | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| They're | There | Their | |
| It's | Its | ||
| Hear | Here | ||
| Red | Read (past tense) | ||
| Your | You're | Yore |