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What other words might Buzzy misspell? (Hint: look up "be" in the dictionary.) Buzzy Bee riddles use misspelling to manipulate the meaning of words. Although not correctly spelled, these words might qualify as homophones (words that sound alike, but have a different spelling). HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Heteronyms are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have different meanings, but sound different. WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).
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HOMONYM WORDS SOUND same sound same OR different spelling fair (county fair) fair (reasonable) pear (fruit) pair (couple) Buzzy Bee Riddle #6; boo bee, booby Buzzy Bee Riddle #14; hum bug, humbug Buzzy Bee Riddle #13: cell, sell HOMOPHONE WORDS type of homonym same sound different spelling pear (fruit) pair (couple) Buzzy Bee Riddle #6; boo bee, booby Buzzy Bee Riddle #14; hum bug, humbug Buzzy Bee Riddle #13: cell, sell
HOMOGRAPH WORDS SPELLING same OR different sound same spelling lie (untruth) lie (lie down) tear (in the eye) tear (rip) Buzzy Bee Riddle #4; spelling bee, spelling bee
HETERONYM WORDS type of homograph different sound same spelling tear (in the eye) tear (rip)
DETAIL CHART Same Sound / different meanings Same Spelling / different meanings
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Homophones
Different Spelling
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see sea
see sea to too two there their they're bough bow bow bow bough bow bow bow bow bow lead lead lie lie fair fair fair bass bass tear tear
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to (preposition) too (as well) two (2) there their (possessive) they're (contraction)
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bough (tree limb) bough bow (front of a boat) bow bow (at the waist) bow bow (tied with ribbon
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bow
(shoots arrows)
lead (to guide) lead (the metal) led (guided) lie lie fair fair fair bass bass tear tear
(untruth) (lie down) (appearance) (county fair) (reasonable) (fish) (low note) (in the eye) (rip)
lead led
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