HOMONYMS, HOMOPHONES, HOMOGRAPHS, and HETERONYMS

Buzzy Bee riddles are a play on the sound and spelling of words. This is easily done because many words in the English language sound alike or are spelled alike but have different meanings. Bee is spelled with two "e's" and therefore any words with the letters "b" and "e" are likely to have an extra "e" when misspelled by Buzzy. While the following words are spelled correctly, look for their misspellings in the Buzzy Bee riddles and Buzzy's "answers." be beautiful because become behave behind beware maybe

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).

SUMMARY CHART
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)

HETERONYM WORDS type of homograph different sound same spelling tear (in the eye)

lie (lie down) tear (in the eye) tear (rip) Buzzy Bee Riddle #4; spelling bee, spelling bee

tear (rip)

DETAIL CHART Same Sound / different meanings Same Spelling / different meanings

Homonyms Homophones Homographs Heteronyms

Different Spelling see (with your
eye)

Different Sound

sea (the ocean) to (preposition) too (as well) two (2) there their

see sea to too two there their they're bough bow bow bow bow

see sea to too two there their they're bough bow bough bow

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they're

(contraction)

bough (tree
limb) boat)

bow (front of a bow (at the

waist)

bow bow bow bow

bow bow bow bow

bow (tied with

ribbon) bow (shoots arrows)

lead (to guide) lead (the metal) led (guided) lie (untruth) lie (lie down)

lead led lie lie

lead led
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lead lead lie lie fair fair fair bass bass tear tear

lead lead

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fair (appearance) fair fair (county fair) fair fair (reasonable) fair bass (fish) bass (low note) tear (in the eye) tear (rip)
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bass bass tear tear

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