ENGLISH HOMOPHONES
accede .....................exceed
accept................ except
addition .................. edition
affect ............. effect
affected ............. effected
ale .............. ail
all ready ..............already
all together .............. altogether
all ways ............ always
all ............. awl
ant ............ aunt
apatite ............ appetite
apprise ............. apprize
arc................ark
ariel .............. aerial
ark ...............arc
arrant ............... errant
ascent............. assent
assistance .............. assistants
ate .................. eight
axel .............axle
axes..............axis
eye .............I
bail ................. bale
bait ..............bate
baited ................ bated
bald ............. bawled
bale ............. bail
ball ............. bawl
balled ............ bawled
basal ................ basil
based .............. baste
bases .............. basis
basil ............. basal
basis .............bases
bask..........basque
bass ..............base
baste ............. based
bate.............bait
bated.............. baited
bawl ...............ball
been ................. bin
beer ................bier
beet ................ beat
bell .............. belle
berry .............. bury
berth ..............birth
better ...........bettor
bite ..............byte
billed ............. build
bird ..............burred
bizarre ............ bazaar
blew ............blue
bloc ................block
bolder ............ boulder
bomb ...........bombe
bootie..........booty
border ........... boarder
bore .......... boar
bored ........... board
born........... borne
borough ............ burrow
bough ............bow
braid............brayed
braise .............brays
brake ..............break
brayed ..............braid
brays ............. braise
breach .............breech
bread ............... bred
break .........brake
bred.............bread
breech ............breach
brewed............ brood
brews ............bruise
bridal ............. bridle
broach .............. brooch
bury ............. berry
bussed ............ bust
but ............. butt
buy............... by
cache ................. cash
caddie ............. caddy
Cain .............. cane
calendar ............. calender
caster ...............castor
cause .............caws
cedar — seeder
cede .............. seed
ceiling ............. sealing
cell ............ sell
cellar ............. seller
censor ............. sensor
cent ...............sent
cereal .................. serial
cession............session
chased ............. chaste
chauffeur ............ shofar
cheap ............ cheep
check ................. Czech
chews................ choose
Chilly..............chili
choir ..............quire
choose .............. chews
choral ............... coral
chord ...............cord
chute .............shoot
cite .............. site
cited ............sighted
clack .............. claque
clammer ................ clamor
claque ............... clack
clause .................claws
clew ...............clue
click ...............clique
climb ................ clime
clique ................ click
close ................cloze
clue .................clew
coarse ............. course
coat ............cote
coax .................. cokes
coffers............... coughers
cole ................ coal
collard ................... collared
colonel .............. kernel
coolie ...............coulee
coop ............... coupe
cops ..............copse
coral .............choral
cord ............ chord
core ...............corps
corps ............... core
council ...............counsel
coup ............. coo
course ...............coarse
cousin ..............cozen
coward ...........cowered
cozen .............cousin
craft ...............kraft
crape .............crepe
crawl.............. kraal
creak ............... creek
crepe .............crape
crewel................ cruel
crews ............... cruise
cruel ............... crewel
cruise ................ crews
dam ............. damn
Dane .............. deign
dear .............. deer
defused ............. diffused
deign ..............Dane
descent ............... dissent
desert ................dessert
dew ...............due
die .............. dye
diffused .............. defused
disburse ............... disperse
discreet .............. discrete
disperse .............disburse
dissent ............descent
duct .............ducked
ducts .............. ducks
due .............. dew
duel ............. dual
dye .............. die
edition ............. addition
effect ................affect
effected .................affected
effects ............... affects
eight .............. ate
elicit ...............illicit
elude ...............allude
errant ................. arrant
eve ................ eave
you ...............yew
ewes ..............use
exceed ..............accede
except .................accept
facts ............. fax
faint ............ feint
fair .............. fare
fairy .............ferry
fare ............. fair
fate ........... fete
faun .............. fawn
faze ........... phase
feat ........... feet
feint..............faint
ferry ............. fairy
fete .............. fate
few ............ phew
flair ............. flare
flea........... flee
flew ...........flu
flier .............flyer
flocks ............ phlox
flour ............flower
foaled ............ fold
fort............ forte
forth ........... fourth
forward ............ foreword
foul............ fowl
four ..............fore
gaff ........... gaffe
Gail ............ gale
gait ........... gate
gale ........... gail
gamble ..........gambol
gel ........... jell
gene .......... jean
gibe ........... jibe
knew ............. new
gofer ...........gopher
gored ........... gourd
gorilla ............ guerilla
grade .......... grayed
graft ........... graphed
hail ............hale
hair.......... hare
hale ............. hail
hall ............ haul
halve ..........have
hangar .......... hanger
hay ..........hey
hays ............ haze
heal .......... heel
hear.......... here
heard ............herd
heart .......... hart
heroin ........... heroine
hew.......... hue
hey ............ hay
hi ........... high
higher ............ hire
him ............ hymn
hire ............. higher
hoard ........... horde
hoarse .......... horse
hoe .......... ho
hoes ........... hose
hold ..........holed
hole .......... whole
holed ........ hold
hour ............ our
hue.......... hew
humerus............ humorous
hymn ......... him
I .........eye
idle ......... idol
illicit ........elicit
illusion ....... allusion
incite ......... insight
inn .......... in
knap ......... nap
knave ......... nave
ladder ......... latter
lade ...........laid
lain .......... lane
lays ......... laze
leach ......... leech
lead ......... led
leak .......... leek
lean ......... lien
leased ......... least
led ......... lead
leech ........ leach
liar ..........ier
madder ...........matter
made ............ maid
mail ...........male
main ...........Maine
maize .......... maze
meet .............. meat
merry ............ marry
metal .......... mettle
meddle ..........medal
missed ........... mist
misses .......... Mrs.
mist ......... missed
mite......... might
moan ........... mown
moat ........... mote
mode .......... mowed
mood .......... mooed
moose ......... mousse
morn ..........mourn
morning ........... mourning
mote —...........moat
mourn ........... morn
mourning .............morning
mousse .......... moose
mowed........... mode
mown ........... moan
mucous .......... mucus
mule ........... mewl
muscle ..........mussel
mustard .......... mustered
nap........... knap
naval..........navel
nave ........... knave
nay .......... neigh
need ........... kneed
neigh ...........nay
nice ............gneiss
Nice ........... niece
pain........pane
pair .......... pear
palate ......... palette
pale .......... pail
parish ........... perish
parlay ......... parley
passed ......... past
patience ........ patients
patted .........padded
pea .......... pee
peace .......... piece
peak ............pique
peal............ peel
pie ........... pi
piece .........peace
pier ..........peer
Pilate ........... pilot
pique .........peak
pistil......... pistol
plum ......... plumb
read .......... red
read .......... reed
real ........... reel
red ..........read
reed ........... read
reek .......... wreak
reel .......... real
reign ......... rain
residence ........... residents
seam .........seem
sear ..........seer
seas........sees
see ..........sea
seed ...........cede
sighs ........ size
sighted ......... cited
stayed ..........staid
steak .......... stake
steal ........ steel
theirs ......... there’s
their ..........there
weighs ......... ways
weight .........wait
accede .....................exceed
accept................ except
addition .................. edition
affect ............. effect
affected ............. effected
ale .............. ail
all ready ..............already
all together .............. altogether
all ways ............ always
all ............. awl
ant ............ aunt
apatite ............ appetite
apprise ............. apprize
arc................ark
ariel .............. aerial
ark ...............arc
arrant ............... errant
ascent............. assent
assistance .............. assistants
ate .................. eight
axel .............axle
axes..............axis
eye .............I
bail ................. bale
bait ..............bate
baited ................ bated
bald ............. bawled
bale ............. bail
ball ............. bawl
balled ............ bawled
basal ................ basil
based .............. baste
bases .............. basis
basil ............. basal
basis .............bases
bask..........basque
bass ..............base
baste ............. based
bate.............bait
bated.............. baited
bawl ...............ball
been ................. bin
beer ................bier
beet ................ beat
bell .............. belle
berry .............. bury
berth ..............birth
better ...........bettor
bite ..............byte
billed ............. build
bird ..............burred
bizarre ............ bazaar
blew ............blue
bloc ................block
bolder ............ boulder
bomb ...........bombe
bootie..........booty
border ........... boarder
bore .......... boar
bored ........... board
born........... borne
borough ............ burrow
bough ............bow
braid............brayed
braise .............brays
brake ..............break
brayed ..............braid
brays ............. braise
breach .............breech
bread ............... bred
break .........brake
bred.............bread
breech ............breach
brewed............ brood
brews ............bruise
bridal ............. bridle
broach .............. brooch
bury ............. berry
bussed ............ bust
but ............. butt
buy............... by
cache ................. cash
caddie ............. caddy
Cain .............. cane
calendar ............. calender
caster ...............castor
cause .............caws
cedar — seeder
cede .............. seed
ceiling ............. sealing
cell ............ sell
cellar ............. seller
censor ............. sensor
cent ...............sent
cereal .................. serial
cession............session
chased ............. chaste
chauffeur ............ shofar
cheap ............ cheep
check ................. Czech
chews................ choose
Chilly..............chili
choir ..............quire
choose .............. chews
choral ............... coral
chord ...............cord
chute .............shoot
cite .............. site
cited ............sighted
clack .............. claque
clammer ................ clamor
claque ............... clack
clause .................claws
clew ...............clue
click ...............clique
climb ................ clime
clique ................ click
close ................cloze
clue .................clew
coarse ............. course
coat ............cote
coax .................. cokes
coffers............... coughers
cole ................ coal
collard ................... collared
colonel .............. kernel
coolie ...............coulee
coop ............... coupe
cops ..............copse
coral .............choral
cord ............ chord
core ...............corps
corps ............... core
council ...............counsel
coup ............. coo
course ...............coarse
cousin ..............cozen
coward ...........cowered
cozen .............cousin
craft ...............kraft
crape .............crepe
crawl.............. kraal
creak ............... creek
crepe .............crape
crewel................ cruel
crews ............... cruise
cruel ............... crewel
cruise ................ crews
dam ............. damn
Dane .............. deign
dear .............. deer
defused ............. diffused
deign ..............Dane
descent ............... dissent
desert ................dessert
dew ...............due
die .............. dye
diffused .............. defused
disburse ............... disperse
discreet .............. discrete
disperse .............disburse
dissent ............descent
duct .............ducked
ducts .............. ducks
due .............. dew
duel ............. dual
dye .............. die
edition ............. addition
effect ................affect
effected .................affected
effects ............... affects
eight .............. ate
elicit ...............illicit
elude ...............allude
errant ................. arrant
eve ................ eave
you ...............yew
ewes ..............use
exceed ..............accede
except .................accept
facts ............. fax
faint ............ feint
fair .............. fare
fairy .............ferry
fare ............. fair
fate ........... fete
faun .............. fawn
faze ........... phase
feat ........... feet
feint..............faint
ferry ............. fairy
fete .............. fate
few ............ phew
flair ............. flare
flea........... flee
flew ...........flu
flier .............flyer
flocks ............ phlox
flour ............flower
foaled ............ fold
fort............ forte
forth ........... fourth
forward ............ foreword
foul............ fowl
four ..............fore
gaff ........... gaffe
Gail ............ gale
gait ........... gate
gale ........... gail
gamble ..........gambol
gel ........... jell
gene .......... jean
gibe ........... jibe
knew ............. new
gofer ...........gopher
gored ........... gourd
gorilla ............ guerilla
grade .......... grayed
graft ........... graphed
hail ............hale
hair.......... hare
hale ............. hail
hall ............ haul
halve ..........have
hangar .......... hanger
hay ..........hey
hays ............ haze
heal .......... heel
hear.......... here
heard ............herd
heart .......... hart
heroin ........... heroine
hew.......... hue
hey ............ hay
hi ........... high
higher ............ hire
him ............ hymn
hire ............. higher
hoard ........... horde
hoarse .......... horse
hoe .......... ho
hoes ........... hose
hold ..........holed
hole .......... whole
holed ........ hold
hour ............ our
hue.......... hew
humerus............ humorous
hymn ......... him
I .........eye
idle ......... idol
illicit ........elicit
illusion ....... allusion
incite ......... insight
inn .......... in
knap ......... nap
knave ......... nave
ladder ......... latter
lade ...........laid
lain .......... lane
lays ......... laze
leach ......... leech
lead ......... led
leak .......... leek
lean ......... lien
leased ......... least
led ......... lead
leech ........ leach
liar ..........ier
madder ...........matter
made ............ maid
mail ...........male
main ...........Maine
maize .......... maze
meet .............. meat
merry ............ marry
metal .......... mettle
meddle ..........medal
missed ........... mist
misses .......... Mrs.
mist ......... missed
mite......... might
moan ........... mown
moat ........... mote
mode .......... mowed
mood .......... mooed
moose ......... mousse
morn ..........mourn
morning ........... mourning
mote —...........moat
mourn ........... morn
mourning .............morning
mousse .......... moose
mowed........... mode
mown ........... moan
mucous .......... mucus
mule ........... mewl
muscle ..........mussel
mustard .......... mustered
nap........... knap
naval..........navel
nave ........... knave
nay .......... neigh
need ........... kneed
neigh ...........nay
nice ............gneiss
Nice ........... niece
pain........pane
pair .......... pear
palate ......... palette
pale .......... pail
parish ........... perish
parlay ......... parley
passed ......... past
patience ........ patients
patted .........padded
pea .......... pee
peace .......... piece
peak ............pique
peal............ peel
pie ........... pi
piece .........peace
pier ..........peer
Pilate ........... pilot
pique .........peak
pistil......... pistol
plum ......... plumb
read .......... red
read .......... reed
real ........... reel
red ..........read
reed ........... read
reek .......... wreak
reel .......... real
reign ......... rain
seam .........seem
sear ..........seer
seas........sees
see ..........sea
seed ...........cede
sighs ........ size
sighted ......... cited
stayed ..........staid
steak .......... stake
steal ........ steel
theirs ......... there’s
their ..........there
weighs ......... ways
weight .........wait
MORE EXAMPLES OF HOMOPHONES
aisle........isle
ante...........anti-
eye.............I
bare............bear
be...........bee
brake............break
buy............by
cell...........sell
cent............scent
cereal...........serial
coarse.........course
complement...........compliment
dam.........damn
dear..........deer
die...........dye
fair.........fare
fir.........fur
flour.........flower
for........four
hair...........hare
heal..........heel
hear.........here
him.........hymn
hole........whole
hour...........our
idle.........idol
in............inn
knight...........night
knot..........not
know.........no
made ........maid
mail.......male
meat.......meet
morning......mourning
none......nun
oar......or
one.......won
pair......pear
peace.......piece
plain.......plane
poor.......pour
pray.......prey
principal.......principle
profit.......prophet
real.......reel
right......write
root......route
sail......sale
sea.......see
seam......seem
sight.......site
sew..........so
shore......sure
sole.........soul
some........sum
son.......sun
stair.......stare
stationary.......stationery
steal......steel
suite.......sweet
tail........tale
mail.......male
meat.......meet
morning......mourning
none......nun
oar......or
one.......won
pair......pear
peace.......piece
plain.......plane
poor.......pour
pray.......prey
principal.......principle
profit.......prophet
real.......reel
right......write
root......route
sail......sale
sea.......see
seam......seem
sight.......site
sew..........so
shore......sure
sole.........soul
some........sum
son.......sun
stair.......stare
stationary.......stationery
steal......steel
suite.......sweet
tail........tale
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