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Spelling Definitions
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, such as "The heavy rain flooded our house." and "The rein of the king lasted for 100 years."
Homographs or phrases that are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as "I can row a boat." and "We sat in a row." Homographs do not always sound the same, such as "He shot the ow with the bow." and "We gave a bow after our performance."
Synonyms are words or phrases that mean the same or nearly the same as another word.
Antonyms are words or phrases with the opposite or nearly opposite meaning as another word.
Variant vowels are vowels or vowel-consonant combinations that vary or do not make their regular long or short vowel sound. For example, the variant spelling patterns a and aw, as in ball, walk, and saw are fairly reliable in terms of the sound they represent. They represent the /ah/ vowel sound. However, there are other letter combinations that make the same vowel sound. They include o as in toss, augh as in caught, and ough as in thought.
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, such as "The heavy rain flooded our house." and "The rein of the king lasted for 100 years."
Homographs or phrases that are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as "I can row a boat." and "We sat in a row." Homographs do not always sound the same, such as "He shot the ow with the bow." and "We gave a bow after our performance."
Synonyms are words or phrases that mean the same or nearly the same as another word.
Antonyms are words or phrases with the opposite or nearly opposite meaning as another word.
Variant vowels are vowels or vowel-consonant combinations that vary or do not make their regular long or short vowel sound. For example, the variant spelling patterns a and aw, as in ball, walk, and saw are fairly reliable in terms of the sound they represent. They represent the /ah/ vowel sound. However, there are other letter combinations that make the same vowel sound. They include o as in toss, augh as in caught, and ough as in thought.