Question

What is a homophone for caught?

Answer 1

Homophones are words that sound alike, but they're spelled differently and they mean different things. For example, the words 'two,' 'to,' and 'too' are homophones.

Answer 2

Answer:  The correct answer is cot.

Explanation: Homophones are  words that have the same pronunciation but are spelled differently and have different meanings. In Greek ‘homo’ means ‘same’ while ‘phone’ means ‘voice’.  

Going by this definition, caught and cot are a pair of homophones because they have the same pronunciation but different meanings. Caught is a verb and the past tense of catch while cot is a noun meaning a piece of furniture.