# sone, sown

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /soʊn/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### sone
*/soʊn/*
a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing

### sown
*/soʊn/*
past participle of sow

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/sone