Homophones = rite, write, right, wright

rite / write / right / wright

These all sound like the same word, but....

• rite refers to a religious act or ceremony.  Example:  "Our ancestors celebrated fertility rites."
• write refers to the act of writing.  Example:  "She promised to write to me while she's on vacation."  It also means to spell.  Example:  "How do you write your name?"
• right basically means correct or acceptable.  Examples:  "It wouldn't be right to ignore his request."
• wright refers to a builder or creator; one who constructs or repairs something.  This word is often used in combination.  Examples:  "She's a playwright" or "He's a shipwright."

Aren't words funny?  (And fun!)  These words are homophones.

ho·mo·phone /ˈhäməˌfōn,ˈhōməˌfōn/ noun (plural noun: homophones) = each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

Here are a few more examples of homophones:

• ad — add
• brake — break
• buy — by
• cellar — seller
• cite — site
• dual — duel
• eye — I
• flew — flu
• grate — great
• knew — new
• mail — male
• one — won
• overdo — overdue
• pain — pane
• plain — plane
• real — reel
• rest — wrest
• sail — sale
• tail — tale
• threw — through
• vain — vane

Can you think of other homophones?  Please share them with us in the comments.