English Words That Almost Sound The Same (With Pronunciation Examples!)

Hit.

Heart.

Hurt.

Have you ever noticed how some English words

sound somewhat alike

when you hear an English speaker say them?

Sometimes you're not quite sure which word they used.

Words like hit, or heart, or hurt.

That actually did hurt just a little bit.

Sometimes when you're learning the English language,

it's very difficult to distinguish between two words.

So in this English lesson,

I'm going to look at a bunch of different English words

that sound almost the same,

and I'll try to help you learn how to distinguish

between each of them.

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This is pepper.

This is something that you put on your food,

so it tastes better, it's pepper.

But this is paper.

We use paper when we need to print something.

We put paper in our printer,

or we might even write on it.

So this is pepper, and this is paper,

but the pronunciation is very, very similar, isn't it?

So let me give you a couple more example sentences.

In the morning, I put pepper on my eggs.

I put a little bit of salt on too,

but I definitely like putting on some pepper.

This morning, I put some paper in my printer,

because I needed to print something.

So pepper and paper.

Ah, there is a mouse over there.

There is a little mouse over there.

Did you hear the sound I made with my mouth

when I saw the mouse?

Sometimes when I see a mouse,

I make sounds like that with my mouth,