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Homophones beginning with F #AtoZChallenge

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Letter F graphic

For this year’s Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I am writing about words. I hope my posts will interest readers, who are fascinated by words as I am. A few years ago I began to compile a list of homophones. I’m not the only person, who has done this – other lists of homophones are available online. I haven’t found homophones beginning with every letter of the alphabet, so for some letters I am only including anagrams.

Homophones are words, which are spelled differently, but sound the same.

(More details in my theme reveal.)

fafarNot Scotland
fairfare
fakerfakir
fartherfatherNot Scotland
fatefete
fazephase
featfeet
felonfell on
fermentfoment*
fewphew
fiephi
filephial
fill itfillet
firfur
firsfurze
flairflare
fleaflee
flocksphlox
floeflow
flourflower
fluflueflew
foaledfold
forforefour
forbearforebear**
formallyformerly
fortfoughtNot Scotland
foulfowl
fraysphrase

Can you think of any others beginning with F?

*Ferment and foment are not true homophones, but sound similar.

**Forbear has the emphasis on the second syllable and forebear on the first syllable. These words should not be confused.

Anagram corner: FRETFUL and TRUFFLE are anagrams. Are people less FRETFUL after eating a TRUFFLE?

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Homophones beginning with E #AtoZChallenge

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Letter E graphic

For this year’s Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I am writing about words. I hope my posts will interest readers, who are fascinated by words as I am. A few years ago I began to compile a list of homophones. I’m not the only person, who has done this – other lists of homophones are available online. I haven’t found homophones beginning with every letter of the alphabet, so for some letters I am only including anagrams.

Homophones are words, which are spelled differently, but sound the same.

(More details in my theme reveal.)

earnerneurn
eatenEton
emergencesemergencies
excerptexert
Ewell*you’llyule
eyeayeI

*Ewell is a place in Surrey.

Can you think of any others beginning with E?

Anagram corner: EXCEPT and EXPECT are anagrams. Interestingly, the nouns formed from these verbs have different endings: Exception and Expectation.

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Homophones beginning with D #AtoZChallenge

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Letter D graphic

For this year’s Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I am writing about words. I hope my posts will interest readers, who are fascinated by words as I am. A few years ago I began to compile a list of homophones. I’m not the only person, who has done this – other lists of homophones are available online. I haven’t found homophones beginning with every letter of the alphabet, so for some letters I am only including anagrams.

Homophones are words, which are spelled differently, but sound the same.

(More details in my theme reveal.)

Note that a desert is not pronounced the same way as the verb to desert.

In UK English disk is a computer term only.

daysdaze
deardeer
Delhideli
desertdessert
deucejuice
dewd’youJew
diedye
discdisk*
djinngin
doedohdough
donedunSouthern England
dostdust
draydrey
dyeingdying
dynamiteDinah might

Can you think of any others beginning with D?

Anagram corner: some words have more than one possible anagram. DISCERN, RESCIND, CINDERS

I hope you are enjoying the Easter weekend.