sight
/ˈsaɪt/
nounverb
Core
1.n.an instance of visual perception
“the sight of his wife brought him back to reality”
2.n.anything that is seen
“he was a familiar sight on the television”
3.n.the ability to see; the visual faculty
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sight and site are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. sight means “an instance of visual perception”. site means “the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)”. sight is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈsaɪt/
1.n.an instance of visual perception
“the sight of his wife brought him back to reality”
2.n.anything that is seen
“he was a familiar sight on the television”
3.n.the ability to see; the visual faculty
/ˈsaɪt/
| sight | site | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪt/ | /ˈsaɪt/ |
| Said | sahyt | sahyt |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Senses | 9 | 4 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | land site |
Full entry for sight · Full entry for site · More comparisons
1.n.the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
“a good site for the school”
2.n.physical position in relation to the surroundings
“the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides”
3.n.a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
“the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers”