最常见的英语同音词(Homophones) 2007-03-11 22:28 bear cannot bear to be bare at any hour." The word homophone is made from two combining forms: · homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same" · -phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or "sound" You will see many other English words using one or other of these combining forms. The following list of 70 groups of homophones contains only the most common homophones, using relatively well-known words. These are headwords only. No inflections (such as third person singular "s" or noun plurals) are included. air aisle anteeye bare brake buy cell cent cereal coarse complement dam dear die fair fir flour for hair heal hear him hole hour idle heir isle antiI bear be break by sell scent serial course compliment damn deer dye fare fur flower four hare heel here hymn whole our idol bee in i knight knot know made mail meat morning none oar one pair peace plain poor pray principal profit real right root sail sea seam sight sew nn night not no maid male meet mourning nun or won pear piece plane pour prey principle prophet reel write route sale see seem site so sow