“She mistook fort for fought.”
Homophones Entry 1545 / 1605 60-second read
Fort vs. Fought
A stronghold versus past tense of fight.
The comparisoni
“She mistook fort for fought — they sound alike but mean different things: A stronghold versus past tense of fight.”
The ruleii
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FORT ≠ FOUGHT.
Fort and Fought are homophones — pronounced the same. A stronghold versus past tense of fight. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
FORT vs FOUGHT — same sound, different meaning.