Sapling Logo

“Air” or “Aire” or “Ayre” or “Ere” or “Err” or “Eyre” or “Heir”

air / aire / ayre / ere / err / eyre / heir are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Get Sapling See examples
Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

air EH·r

  • nouna mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of.
  • nounthe region above the ground.
  • nouna distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing.
  • nounonce thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).
  • nounmedium for radio and television broadcasting.
  • verbbe broadcast.
  • verbbroadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.
  • verbexpose to warm or heated air, so as to dry.

aire

  • nouna river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.

ayre EH·r

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

ere EH·r

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

err EH·r

  • verbto make a mistake or be incorrect.

eyre EH·r

  • nouna shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent.

heir EH·r

  • nouna person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“air”

  • …retired after 34 years on air in 2009 after airing some…
  • Category:Recipients of the Air Medal
  • …Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals.
  • Marine Air Control Group 38 (MACG-38) is…
  • Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 38
  • Marine Air Control Squadron 1
  • …Photographic Technical Squadron at Topeka Air Force Base, Kansas, where it…
  • Marine Air Control Group 38 was activated…
  • 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion
  • Marine Air Support Squadron 3

“aire”

  • …de honores del ejercito del aire
  • …display at the Museo del Aire in Madrid.
  • FRIO CALOR AIRE ACONDICIONADO,S.L., E – Madrid
  • …Éamon de Valera former Príomh Aire (prime minister & president of…
  • …an area of voluntary commitment (aire d'adhésion, buffer zone) covering and…
  • …Academy (formerly Samuel Lister Academy, Aire Valley School, Nab Wood School…
  • Both sites fall in the aire d'adhésion outside the park's core…
  • …flanks of the Serra de Aire, approximately above sea level.
  • …brother of the jeweller Chris Aire.
  • …geology of the Serras de Aire and Candeeiros gives rise to…

“ayre”

  • …replaced by his assistant, Billy Ayre.
  • …Hotspur, new Seasiders manager Billy Ayre agreed to pay Hull £50,000…
  • Billy Ayre got on the coach further…
  • …under the guidance of Billy Ayre.
  • …he was reunited with Billy Ayre.

“ere”

No example sentences found for this spelling.

“err”

  • …<> typeOf e3 then raise Err
  • …means "Means 'drunk', MY contains ERR, has 5 letters", = MERRY.
  • …BoolTy then BoolTy else raise Err
  • …IntTy) then IntTy else raise Err
  • …eval e) (* will raise Err on type error *)
  • …e1 <> BoolTy then raise Err
  • exception Err
  • uncaught exception Err

“eyre”

  • …Gray in 1869 Charles Petre Eyre (b.
  • Jim Eyre is a British architect and…
  • …Last Days of Pompeii, Jane Eyre, Ivanhoe, and The Rise of…
  • Eyre, G. E. B., and G.…
  • …north of Kimba, on central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
  • Eyre is the recipient of multiple…
  • Christine Ann Eyre – for services to the…
  • The Eyre Developmental Road is a gazetted…
  • …Glasgow was re-established, and Archbishop Eyre was transferred to the restored
  • Category:Lake Eyre basin

“heir”

  • …14 June 1948) is the heir to the Halsey Baronetcy.
  • …who died before being served heir to his father.
  • …leaving Charlotte as the sole heir of his real and personal…
  • …son but yet was made heir implies that she had no
  • …Five Million Look for an Heir
  • …a woman is the last heir of her line.
  • …Freud, whom she calls "Nietzsche's heir" and one of the greatest…
  • …thus became the de facto heir to the presidency, and succeeded…
  • …prince and provide the proverbial "heir and a spare" to continue…
  • …favourite grandson Alexander as her heir, superseding her difficult son Paul,…

Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions are drawn from WordNet.

Too much to remember?

Looking for a tool that handles this for you wherever you write?

Install Sapling Try the grammar checker