HOMOPHONES -- pronounced same but they mean differently
This is a list of British-English homophones. See the explanation page for details of the inclusion criteria. | |||
1. accessary, accessory | 111. dew, due | 221. leach, leech | 331. rouse, rows |
2. ad, add | 112. die, dye | 222. lead, led | 332. rung, wrung |
3. ail, ale | 113. discreet, discrete | 223. leak, leek | 333. rye, wry |
4. air, heir | 114. doe, doh, dough | 224. lean, lien | 334. saver, savour |
5. aisle, I'll, isle | 115. done, dun | 225. lessen, lesson | 335. spade, spayed |
6. all, awl | 116. douse, dowse | 226. levee, levy | 336. sale, sail |
7. allowed, aloud | 117. draft, draught | 227. liar, lyre | 337. sane, seine |
8. alms, arms | 118. dual, duel | 228. licence, license | 338. satire, satyr |
9. altar, alter | 119. earn, urn | 229. licker, liquor | 339. sauce, source |
10. arc, ark | 120. eery, eyrie | 230. lie, lye | 340. saw, soar, sore |
11. aren't, aunt | 121. ewe, yew, you | 231. lieu, loo | 341. scene, seen |
12. ate, eight | 122. faint, feint | 232. links, lynx | 342. scull, skull |
13. auger, augur | 123. fah, far | 233. lo, low | 343. sea, see |
14. auk, orc | 124. fair, fare | 234. load, lode | 344. seam, seem |
15. aural, oral | 125. farther, father | 235. loan, lone | 345. sear, seer, sere |
16. away, aweigh | 126. fate, fête | 236. locks, lox | 346. seas, sees, seize |
17. awe, oar, or, ore | 127. faun, fawn | 237. loop, loupe | 347. sew, so, sow |
18. axel, axle | 128. fay, fey | 238. loot, lute | 348. shake, sheikh |
19. aye, eye, I | 129. faze, phase | 239. made, maid | 349. shear, sheer |
20. bail, bale | 130. feat, feet | 240. mail, male | 350. shoe, shoo |
21. bait, bate | 131. ferrule, ferule | 241. main, mane | 351. sic, sick |
22. baize, bays | 132. few, phew | 242. maize, maze | 352. side, sighed |
23. bald, bawled | 133. fie, phi | 243. mall, maul | 353. sign, sine |
24. ball, bawl | 134. file, phial | 244. manna, manner | 354. sink, synch |
25. band, banned | 135. find, fined | 245. mantel, mantle | 355. slay, sleigh |
26. bard, barred | 136. fir, fur | 246. mare, mayor | 356. sloe, slow |
27. bare, bear | 137. fizz, phiz | 247. mark, marque | 357. sole, soul |
28. bark, barque | 138. flair, flare | 248. marshal, martial | 358. some, sum |
29. baron, barren | 139. flaw, floor | 249. marten, martin | 359. son, sun |
30. base, bass | 140. flea, flee | 250. mask, masque | 360. sort, sought |
31. bay, bey | 141. flex, flecks | 251. maw, more | 361. spa, spar |
32. bazaar, bizarre | 142. flew, flu, flue | 252. me, mi | 362. staid, stayed |
33. be, bee | 143. floe, flow | 253. mean, mien | 363. stair, stare |
34. beach, beech | 144. flour, flower | 254. meat, meet, mete | 364. stake, steak |
35. bean, been | 145. foaled, fold | 255. medal, meddle | 365. stalk, stork |
36. beat, beet | 146. for, fore, four | 256. metal, mettle | 366. stationary, stationery |
37. beau, bow | 147. foreword, forward | 257. meter, metre | 367. steal, steel |
38. beer, bier | 148. fort, fought | 258. might, mite | 368. stile, style |
39. bel, bell, belle | 149. forth, fourth | 259. miner, minor, mynah | 369. storey, story |
40. berry, bury | 150. foul, fowl | 260. mind, mined | 370. straight, strait |
41. berth, birth | 151. franc, frank | 261. missed, mist | 371. sweet, suite |
42. bight, bite, byte | 152. freeze, frieze | 262. moat, mote | 372. swat, swot |
43. billed, build | 153. friar, fryer | 263. mode, mowed | 373. tacks, tax |
44. bitten, bittern | 154. furs, furze | 264. moor, more | 374. tale, tail |
45. blew, blue | 155. gait, gate | 265. moose, mousse | 375. talk, torque |
46. bloc, block | 156. galipot, gallipot | 266. morning, mourning | 376. tare, tear |
47. boar, bore | 157. gallop, galop | 267. muscle, mussel | 377. taught, taut, tort |
48. board, bored | 158. gamble, gambol | 268. naval, navel | 378. te, tea, tee |
49. boarder, border | 159. gays, gaze | 269. nay, neigh | 379. team, teem |
50. bold, bowled | 160. genes, jeans | 270. nigh, nye | 380. tear, tier |
51. boos, booze | 161. gild, guild | 271. none, nun | 381. teas, tease |
52. born, borne | 162. gilt, guilt | 272. od, odd | 382. terce, terse |
53. bough, bow | 163. giro, gyro | 273. ode, owed | 383. tern, turn |
54. boy, buoy | 164. gnaw, nor | 274. oh, owe | 384. there, their, they're |
55. brae, bray | 165. gneiss, nice | 275. one, won | 385. threw, through |
56. braid, brayed | 166. gorilla, guerilla | 276. packed, pact | 386. throes, throws |
57. braise, brays, braze | 167. grate, great | 277. packs, pax | 387. throne, thrown |
58. brake, break | 168. greave, grieve | 278. pail, pale | 388. thyme, time |
59. bread, bred | 169. greys, graze | 279. pain, pane | 389. tic, tick |
60. brews, bruise | 170. grisly, grizzly | 280. pair, pare, pear | 390. tide, tied |
61. bridal, bridle | 171. groan, grown | 281. palate, palette, pallet | 391. tire, tyre |
62. broach, brooch | 172. guessed, guest | 282. pascal, paschal | 392. to, too, two |
63. bur, burr | 173. hail, hale | 283. paten, patten, pattern | 393. toad, toed, towed |
64. but, butt | 174. hair, hare | 284. pause, paws, pores, pours | 394. told, tolled |
65. buy, by, bye | 175. hall, haul | 285. pawn, porn | 395. tole, toll |
66. buyer, byre | 176. hangar, hanger | 286. pea, pee | 396. ton, tun |
67. calendar, calender | 177. hart, heart | 287. peace, piece | 397. tor, tore |
68. call, caul | 178. haw, hoar, whore | 288. peak, peek, peke, pique | 398. tough, tuff |
69. canvas, canvass | 179. hay, hey | 289. peal, peel | 399. troop, troupe |
70. cast, caste | 180. heal, heel, he'll | 290. pearl, purl | 400. tuba, tuber |
71. caster, castor | 181. hear, here | 291. pedal, peddle | 401. vain, vane, vein |
72. caught, court | 182. heard, herd | 292. peer, pier | 402. vale, veil |
73. caw, core, corps | 183. he'd, heed | 293. pi, pie | 403. vial, vile |
74. cede, seed | 184. heroin, heroine | 294. pica, pika | 404. wail, wale, whale |
75. ceiling, sealing | 185. hew, hue | 295. place, plaice | 405. wain, wane |
76. cell, sell | 186. hi, high | 296. plain, plane | 406. waist, waste |
77. censer, censor, sensor | 187. higher, hire | 297. pleas, please | 407. wait, weight |
78. cent, scent, sent | 188. him, hymn | 298. plum, plumb | 408. waive, wave |
79. cereal, serial | 189. ho, hoe | 299. pole, poll | 409. wall, waul |
80. cheap, cheep | 190. hoard, horde | 300. poof, pouffe | 410. war, wore |
81. check, cheque | 191. hoarse, horse | 301. practice, practise | 411. ware, wear, where |
82. choir, quire | 192. holey, holy, wholly | 302. praise, prays, preys | 412. warn, worn |
83. chord, cord | 193. hour, our | 303. principal, principle | 413. wart, wort |
84. cite, sight, site | 194. idle, idol | 304. profit, prophet | 414. watt, what |
85. clack, claque | 195. in, inn | 305. quarts, quartz | 415. wax, whacks |
86. clew, clue | 196. indict, indite | 306. quean, queen | 416. way, weigh, whey |
87. climb, clime | 197. it's, its | 307. rain, reign, rein | 417. we, wee, whee |
88. close, cloze | 198. jewel, joule | 308. raise, rays, raze | 418. weak, week |
89. coal, kohl | 199. key, quay | 309. rap, wrap | 419. we'd, weed |
90. coarse, course | 200. knave, nave | 310. raw, roar | 420. weal, we'll, wheel |
91. coign, coin | 201. knead, need | 311. read, reed | 421. wean, ween |
92. colonel, kernel | 202. knew, new | 312. read, red | 422. weather, whether |
93. complacent, complaisant | 203. knight, night | 313. real, reel | 423. weaver, weever |
94. complement, compliment | 204. knit, nit | 314. reek, wreak | 424. weir, we're |
95. coo, coup | 205. knob, nob | 315. rest, wrest | 425. were, whirr |
96. cops, copse | 206. knock, nock | 316. retch, wretch | 426. wet, whet |
97. council, counsel | 207. knot, not | 317. review, revue | 427. wheald, wheeled |
98. cousin, cozen | 208. know, no | 318. rheum, room | 428. which, witch |
99. creak, creek | 209. knows, nose | 319. right, rite, wright, write | 429. whig, wig |
100. crews, cruise | 210. laager, lager | 320. ring, wring | 430. while, wile |
101. cue, kyu, queue | 211. lac, lack | 321. road, rode | 431. whine, wine |
102. curb, kerb | 212. lade, laid | 322. roe, row | 432. whirl, whorl |
103. currant, current | 213. lain, lane | 323. role, roll | 433. whirled, world |
104. cymbol, symbol | 214. lam, lamb | 324. roo, roux, rue | 434. whit, wit |
105. dam, damn | 215. laps, lapse | 325. rood, rude | 435. white, wight |
106. days, daze | 216. larva, lava | 326. root, route | 436. who's, whose |
107. dear, deer | 217. lase, laze | 327. rose, rows | 437. woe, whoa |
108. descent, dissent | 218. law, lore | 328. rota, rotor | 438. wood, would |
109. desert, dessert | 219. lay, ley | 329. rote, wrote | 439. yaw, yore, your, you're |
110. deviser, divisor | 220. lea, lee | 330. rough, ruff | 440. yoke, yolk |
441. you'll, yule http://www.singularis.ltd.uk/bifroest/misc/homophones-list.html |
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