Words that sound like one another but have different meanings are called homonyms. Select the most appropriate homonym for the following sentence.
He hired a _______ to clean his room.

Maid

The correct answer is maid.

The word maid is a homophone of the word made. They sound the same when spoken aloud, but they have different meanings. The word maid refers to a female servant or a young woman. The word made refers to the past participle of the verb make.

In the sentence "He hired a _______ to clean his room," the word maid is the most appropriate homophone because it refers to a female servant who would be responsible for cleaning the room. The other homophones, made, mode, and maide, do not have the same meaning and would not make sense in the sentence.