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sole ~ sole ~ sole ~ soul

[four of these words have the same pronunciation, as in ‘sole’ which rhymes with “pole”]

“Sole” (adjective) means ‘the only person that has a special or different quality or character in a group of people or place; (of things) not shared with others’,

e.g.

He is the sole survivor of the fire accident.

She has the sole rights to the family property.   [i.e. she is the only one who can have the property legally]

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“Sole”, as a noun, is ‘the whole bottom surface of one’s foot which touches the ground when one stands or walks; the flat tough bottom part of one’s shoes, not including the raised back part’; as a verb, it is ‘to fix a new bottom flat part on a shoe’,

e.g.

The soles of the baby’s feet are not tough enough to walk on gravel.  Don’t let him go out.

The soles of his shoes had holes in them.

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“Sole” (noun) is ‘a kind of flat fish that is often used for food’,

e.g.

They had sole for their lunch, so let’s give them crabs and shrimps for dinner.

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“Soul” (noun) is ‘a person’s character, feelings, thoughts and sentiments that are not physical, which some people believe will continue to exist (live in this world) even after the physical person dies; somebody, some person’,

e.g.

He is very sensitive; he has a soul of glass.

Not a soul was out in the streets during the storm last night.   [i.e. not a single person was out because of the storm]

She warned her fickle-minded boyfriend to play with her money whatever way he liked but not with her soul.   [i.e. she told him to take all her money, she wouldn’t mind, but not to cheat on her and go with another girl]

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