7Cent/sang/sens/sans
Some French homophones are more difficult than others. There are a lot of words with the same s sound. Cent means one hundred, sang means blood, sens means sense, for example, ceci ne fait pas de sens (this doesn’t make sense). Finally, sans means without. It is interesting because you say the last “s” in sens but not for sans.
8Plus tôt/plutôt
This is one of the harder homophones to remember since they are almost written the same and have similar meanings. For plus tôt, it means earlier and plutôt means rather or instead. Here are some examples: Vas-tu partir plus tôt pour ne pas manquer ton cours cette semaine? (Will you leave earlier so you don’t miss your class this week?) versus Plutôt que l’éviter, elle est allée lui parler directement (Instead of avoiding him, she went to see him right away).
9Dent/dans
Dent means teeth and dans means in, within, inside. If ever you get confused between the two, here is a (not so logical) tip. Dent has a t in it so it is closer to the word tooth. Whatever helps, right?
