20 Examples of Paronyms

Paronyms

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.

Paronyms are monosyllablesthere are Y Oh, also certain conjugations of the verb ‘there’ and the verb ‘open’ generate paronyms ( there would be Y opened) due to the "dumb" consonant. These words are pronounced exactly the same and it is the context that allows them to be distinguished in sense or meaning.

Some words tend to be pronounced the same in the vulgar languageFor example, the X is often pronounced as S, which is why the words basket case Y sixth.

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Examples of Paronymous Words

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