Homonym

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One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).

One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.

Standard modern American English pronunciation (checked against Meriam-Webster Online).

Must be different spellings. Must mean different things (i.e., cannot be two different spellings with the same definition). No directly foreign words that would not be found in an English dictionary and are not used in English conversation. No proper nouns.

ad add	ade aid	ail ale	air ere err heir
aisle I'll isle	ait ate eight	all awl	ant aunt see note
ante anti	arc ark	away aweigh	aye eye I
bail bale	bait bate	ball bawl	band banned
bare bear	base bass	be bee	beach beech
beat beet	beau bow	been bin	beer bier
berth birth	bight bite byte	blew blue	bloc block
boar bore	board bored	bode bowed	born borne
bough bow	brake break	bread bred	bridal bridle
broach brooch	but butt	buy by bye	cache cash
capital capitol	carat carrot karat	cast caste	cay key quay
cede seed	cel cell sell	cellar seller	censer censor sensor
cent scent sent	cents sense	cereal serial	chased chaste
chews choose	choral coral	chorale corral	chute shoot
cite sight site	clause claws	close clothes	coarse course
cocks cox	colonel kernel	complement compliment	coo coup
core corps	creak creek	cue queue	cygnet signet
cymbal symbol	dam damn	days daze	dear deer
defused diffused	dew do due	die dye	discreet discrete
doe dough	draft draught	earn erne urn	ewe yew you
fain feign	fair fare	faze phase	feat feet
fennel phenol	file phial	fir fur	flair flare
flea flee	flew flu flue	flocks phlox	flour flower
for fore four	foreword forward	foul fowl	freeze frieze
friar fryer	gait gate	gene jean	gild guild
gnu knew new	gored gourd	grate great	grisly grizzly
groan grown	guide guyed	hail hale	hair hare
hall haul	halve have	hart heart	hay hey
heal heel	hear here	heard herd	hi high
higher hire	him hymn	hoar whore	hoard horde
hoarse horse	hoes hose	hold holed	hole whole
holey holy wholly	hour our	idle idol	ileum ilium
in inn	it's its	jewel joule	knap nap
knead kneed need	knight night	knit nit	knot not
know no	knows nose	lay lei	lays laze leas leis see note
leach leech	lead led	leak leek	lean lien
liar lyre	lie lye	links lynx	loan lone
locks lox	made maid	mail male	main mane
maize maze	mall maul	marshall martial	mean mien
meat meet mete	medal meddle	might mite	mince mints
mind mined	moan mown	moat mote	mode mowed
moo moue see note	moor more	moose mousse	morning mourning
muscle mussel	mustard mustered	naval navel	nay nee neigh
none nun	oar or ore	oh owe	one won
pail pale	pain pane	pair pare pear	palate palette
pall pawl	patience patients	pause paws	pea pee
peace piece	peak peek pique	peal peel	pearl perl
pedal peddle	peer pier	pi pie	picks pyx
pistil pistol	plain plane	pleas please	plum plumb
pole poll	poor pore pour	praise prays	pray prey
presence presents	prince prints	principal principle	profit prophet
psalter salter	psi si sigh	quean queen	rack wrack
rain reign rein	raise rays raze	rap wrap	rapt wrapped
read reed	read red	real reel	reek wreak
rest wrest	retch wretch	review revue	rho roe row
rhyme rime	right rite wright write	ring wring	role roll
root route see note	rote wrote	rough ruff	rout route see note
rye wry	sail sale	scene seen	sea see
seam seem	seamen semen	seas sees seize	sew so sow
shake sheik	shear sheer	shoe shoo	shore sure
side sighed	sighs size	sign sine	slay sleigh
sleight slight	slew slue	sloe slow	soar sore
soared sword	sole soul	some sum	son sun
spade spayed	staid stayed	stair stare	stake steak
stationary stationery	steal steel	straight strait	suite sweet
tacks tax	tail tale	tare tear	taught taut
tea tee	team teem	tear tier	tease tees
tense tents	tern turn	their there they're	threw through
throne thrown	thyme time	tic tick	tide tied
to too two	toad towed	toe tow	tough tuff
troop troupe	vail vale veil	vain vane	vial vile
wail whale	waist waste	wait weight	want wont
war wore	ware wear where	way weigh	we wee
wead we'd	weak week	weir we're	whine wine
wind wined	wood would	yoke yolk	yore your you're *see note