英語的詞彙比漢語大得多,而英語中的同音詞要比漢語少得多。
同音詞主要有幾類,如專有名詞與普通單詞發音相同;縮略詞與普通名詞發音相同;名詞的複數形式或動詞的單數第三人稱與普通單詞發音相同;動詞的過去式或過去分詞與普通單詞發音相同;因相鄰字母重複與其它單詞發音相同;因不同的字母組合發音相同而構成的同音詞;因不發音的字母或字母組合造成的同音詞;英語單詞與外來詞同音等幾種情況。
下面列舉一些最常見的英文同音詞,一共有56對。
be / bee
bean / been
buy / by
eye / I
hear / here
hour / our
know / no
knows / nose
mail / male
meat / meet
plain / plane
prince / prints
right / write
road / rode
sail / sale
sea / see
son / sun
steal / steel
storey / story
tail / tale
their / there
to / two
wear / where
wood / would
ate / eight
blew / blue
brake / break
cell / sell
cent / sent
creak / creek
dear / deer
feat / feet
find / fined
hair / hare
heal / he’ll
hole / whole
made / maid
new / knew
oar / or
one / won
passed / past
poor / pour
shore / sure
so / sow
sole / soul
stair / stare
their / they're
theirs / there's
threw / through
throne / thrown
way / weigh
we’d / weed
we’ll / wheel
which / witch
who's / whose
your / you’re
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