flowered, floured

The words flowered, floured sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do flowered, floured sound the same even though they are completely different words?

The answer is simple: flowered, floured are homophones of the English language.

floured
  1. :: verb

    Simple past tense and past participle of flour.

flowered
  1. :: adjective

    That has produced flowers.

  2. :: adjective

    Decorated with flowers, or images of flowers.

  3. :: verb

    Simple past tense and past participle of flower.

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About Homophones

Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled.

If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing").