The paronyms, also called homophones, are two (or more) words that have a very similar sound but a different writing. For example:servant and deer / council and council.
This happens because in Spanish there are a number of letters or graphemes that sound quite similar to each other, such as V and B; S, C and Z or C and K. We also have a "silent" consonant (H) and a vowel (the U) that, when placed after certain consonants (G and Q), do not sound either. This complexity is what determines the existence of paronyms.
Monosyllables are paronyms there are Y Oh, also certain conjugations of the verb 'have' and the verb 'open' generate paronyms ( there would be Y opened) due to the "silent" consonant. These words are pronounced exactly the same and it is the context that allows them to be distinguished in meaning or meaning.
Some words tend to be pronounced the same in the vulgar language, for example, X is often pronounced as S, and that is why the words work as paronyms basket case Y sixth.
It can serve you:
- Homonyms
- Sentences with homonyms
| undone and discard | coal and run away |
| council and council | servant and deer |
| grind and devastate | find, there and there |
| faint and pass out | fell and fell |
| cook and sew | gallows and killer whale |
| I combine and agree | grass and boil |
| cape and dig | did and did |
| crooked and quiet | lock and lock |
| learn and apprehend | basket and sixth |
| blind and blind | stream and stream |
Follow with:
- Antonyms
- Synonyms
- Polysemy
- Hyperonyms
