List of homophones

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Homophones are words that have the same sound but different meanings (and may or may not have different spellings). This list consists exclusively of American-accent homophones that have a different spelling.

The words are grouped by vowel and rhyming sounds.

Contents

1 Homophone List

1.1 Sound: A [ace]
1.2 Sound: E [easy]
1.3 Sound: I [ice]
1.4 Sound: O [go]
1.5 Sound: U/yü
1.6 Sound: a [ash]
1.7 Sound: au [cow]
1.8 Sound: e [ten]
1.9 Sound: & [pun]
1.10 Sound: i [hit]
1.11 Sound: o [law] or ä [mop]
1.12 Sound: u [foot]
1.13 Sound: ü [loot]

2 Notes on words
3 Notes on inclusion
4 See also
5 External links

Homophone List

Sound: A [ace]

Sound: A

: flay/fley ('flA)

: hay/hey ('hA)

: jay/[J] ('jA)

: (kay/[K])/(quai/quay) ('kA)

: lay/lei ('lA)

: nay/neigh/nee ('nA)

: pray/prey ('prA)

: ray/[re] ('rA)

: sleigh/slay ('slA)

: tray/trey ('trA)

: way/weigh/whey ('wA)

: patience/patients ('pA-sh&n(t)s, 'pA-sh&nts)

Sound: Ad

: ade/aid/aide ('Ad)

: braid/brayed ('brAd)

: grade/(grayed/greyed) ('grAd)

: lade/laid ('lAd)

: maid/made ('mAd)

: raid/rayed ('rAd)

: spade/spayed ('sAd)

: trade/trayed ('trAd)

: wade/weighed ('wAd)

Sound: Ak

: brake/break ('brAk)

: stake/steak ('stAk)

Sound: Ale

: ale/ail ('A(&)l)

: bale/bail ('bA(&)l)

: gale/Gail/Gayle ('gA(&)l)

: hale/hail ('hA(&)l)

: male/mail ('mA(&)l)

: pale/pail ('pA(&)l)

: sale/sail ('sA(&)l)

: tale/tail ('tA(&)l)

: vale/vail/veil ('vA(&)l)

: wale/whale/wail ('wA(&)l)

: whales/wails/Wales ('wA(&)lz)

Sound: An

: brain/brane ('brAn)

: fain/fane/feign ('fAn)

: lain/lane ('lAn)

: main/mane/mein/Maine ('mAn)

: pain/pane ('pAn)

: plain/plane ('plAn)

: rain/reign/rein ('rAn)

: vain/vane/vein ('vAn)

Sound: Ant

: faint/feint ('fAnt)

Sound: As

: bass/base ('bAs)

: place/plaice ('plAs)

Sound: Ast

: waste/waist ('wAst)

Sound: At

: ate/(eight/[8]) ('At)

: bait/bate ('bAt)

: gait/gate ('gAt)

: great/grate/[grateful] ('grAt)

: plate/plait ('plAt)

: strait/straight ('strAt)

: wait/weight ('wAt)

Sound: Av

: naval/navel ('nA-v&l, 'nA-v&l)

: wave/waive ('wAv)

:: waver/waiver ('wA-v&r)

Sound: Az

: days/daze ('dAz)

: faze/phase ('fAz)

: frays/phrase ('frAz)

: gaze/gay's ('gAz)

: graze/(grays/greys) ('grAz)

: haze/(hay's/hays)/hayes/(hes/hehs)/heighs/heys ('hAz)

: lais/lase/lays/laze/(leas/leys)/leis ('lAz)

: maize/maze/Mays/May's ('mAz)

: praise/prays/preys ('prAz)

: raise/raze/rays/Ray's ('rAz)

: sleighs/slays ('slAz)

Sound: E [easy]

Sound: E

: be/bee/[B] ('bE)

: (dee/[D]) ('dE)

: (ee/[E]) ('E)

: flee/flea ('flE)

: (gee/[G]) ('jE)

: cay/key/(quay/quai) ('kE)

: me/[mi] ('mE)

: see/sea/cee[C] ('sE)

: pea/pee/[P] ('pE)

: tee/tea/[ti]/[T] ('tE)

: the/thee ('[th]E)

: (vee/[V]) ('vE)

: we/wee ('wE)

: (zee/[Z]) ('zE)

Sound: Ech

: beach/beech ('bEch)

: breach/breech ('brEch)

: (leach/leech) ('lEch)

Sound: Ed

: cede/seed ('sEd)

: heed/he'd ('hEd)

: meed/mead ('mEd)

: knead/kneed/need ('nEd)

: read/reed/rede ('rEd)

: weed/we'd ('wEd)

Sound: Ek

: creak/creek ('krEk)

: leak/leek ('lEk)

: peak/peek/pique ('pEk)

: (sheik/sheikh)/chic ('shEk)

: weak/week ('wEk)

: wreak/reek ('rEk)

Sound: El

: heal/heel/he'll ('hE(&)l)

: peal/peel ('pEl(&))

: real/reel ('rE(&)l)

: seal/seel/ceil ('sE(&)l)

:: sealing/ceiling ('sE(&)l-[ng])

: steal/steel ('stE(&)l)

: weal/wheal/wheel/we'll ('wE(&)l)

: weald/wield/wheeled ('wE(&)ld)

Sound: Em

: (cream/creme) ('krEm)

: deem/deme ('dEm)

: seam/seem ('sEm)

: semen/seamen ('sE-m&n)

: teem/team ('tEm)

Sound: En

: dean/dene ('dEn)

: jean/gene/Jean/Gene ('jEn)

: jeans/genes/Jean's/Gene's ('jEns)

: lien/lean ('lEn)

: mean/mien ('mEn)

: scene/seen ('sEn)

Sound: Ep

: cheap/cheep ('chEp)

Sound: Er

: [eerie,eery]/Erie ('ir-E, 'Er-)

Sound: Es

: grease/Greece ('grEs)

: piece/peace ('pEs)

Sound: Et

: sweet/suite ('swEt)

Sound: Ez

: bees/[B's] ('bEz)

: ease/[E's] ('Ez)

: frees/freeze/frieze ('frEz)

: pleas/please ('plEz)

: sees/seas/seize/(cees/ces/cs)/psis/sis/szis/[C's] ('sEz)

: teas/tees/tease/[T's] ('tEz)

Sound: Et

: beat/beet ('bEt)

: feat/feet ('fEt)

: meat/meet/mete ('mEt)

: peat/Pete ('pEt)

Sound: Ev

: weave/we've (wEv)

: eave/eve/Eve ('Ev)

: eaves/eves/Eve's ('Evz)

Sound: I [ice]

Sound: I

: buy/(by/bye) ('bI)

: hi/high/hie ('hI)

: die/dye ('dI)

: (ay/aye)/eye/I/[I] ('I)

: lie/lye ('lI)

: pie/[pi] ('pI)

: rye/wry ('rI)

: sigh/[psi] ('sI)

: tie/Thai/tai/taille/tye/Tyigh ('tI)

: why/wye[Y] ('wI)

Sound: Id

: eyed/I'd ('Id)

: pride/pried ('prId)

: side/sighed ('sId)

: tide/tied ('tId)

: wide/why'd ('wId)

Sound: Il

: isle/aisle/I'll ('I(&)l)

: viol/vial/vile ('vI(-&)l, 'vI(&)l)

: wile/while ('wI(&)l)

: wild/whiled/wiled ('wI(&)ld)

Sound: Im

: rime/rhyme ('rIm)

: time/thyme ('tIm)

Sound: In

: minor/miner ('mI-n&r)

: nine[9]/nein<German> ('nIn)

: sign/sine ('sIn)

: find/fined ('fInd)

: mind/mined ('mInd)

: wind/whined/wined/wynd ('wInd)

Sound: Ir

: dire/dyer ('dIr, 'dI(-&) r)

: drier/dryer ('drI(-&)r)

: flier/flyer ('flI(-&)r)

: hire/higher ('hI(-&)r)

: liar/lier/lyre ('lI(-&)r)

: sire/sigher ('sIr, 'sI(-&) r)

: tire/tier ('tIr, 'tI(-&) r)

: wire/why're ('wIr)

Sound: Iz

: (prize/prise) ('prIz)

: sighs/size ('sIz)

: wise/whys/why's/[Y's] (wIz)

Sound: It

: bite/bight/byte ('bIt)

: knight/night ('nIt)

: might/mite ('mIt)

: rite/right/write/wright ('rIt)

: cite/sight/site ('sIt)

: recite/resight/resite (ri-'sIt)

: slight/sleight ('slIt)

Sound: O [go]

Sound: O

: oh/owe/eau/eaux/haut/[o/O] ((')O)

: boy/buoy

: bow/beau ('bO)

: doe/dough/[do] ('dO)

: flow/floe ('flO)

: ho/hoe ('hO)

: lo/low ('lO)

: know/no ('nO)

: roe/row/[rho] ('rO)

: sew/so ('sO)

: slow/sloe ('slO)

: throw/throe ('thrO)

: toe/tow ('tO)

: whoa/woe ('whO)

Sound: Och

: broach/brooch ('brOch)

Sound: Od

: bode/bowed ('bOd)

: load/lode/lowed ('lOd)

: mode/mowed ('mOd)

: ode/owed ('Od)

: road/rode/rowed ('rOd)

: toad/toed/towed ('tOd)

Sound: [OI]

: roil/royal ('roi(-&)l)

Sound: Ok

: yolk/yoke ('yOk)

Sound: Ol

: boll/bole/bowl ('bOl)

: cole/coal/kohl ('kOl)

: hole/whole ('hOl)

: holy/holey/wholly ('hO-lE)

: pole/poll ('pOl)

: role/roll ('rOl)

: sol/sole/soul/Seoul ('sOl)

: tole/toll ('tOl)

: bold/bowled ('bOld)

: hold/holed ('hOld)

: sold/souled/soled ('sOld)

: told/tolled ('tOld)

Sound: Om

: comb/combe ('kOm, 'küm)

: roam/Rome ('rOm)

Sound: On

: groan/grown ('grOn)

: loan/lone ('lOn)

: moan/mown ('mOn)

: shone/shown ('shOn)

: sone/sewn/sown ('sOn)

: throne/thrown ('thrOn)

Sound: Or

: boar/bore/Boer ('bOr)

: for/fore/(four/[4]) ('fOr)

: forward/foreword ('for-w&rd, 'fOr-w&rd)

: oar/or/ore/o'er ('Or)

: poor/pore/pour (pOr)

: soar/sore ('sOr)

: your/you're/yore (yOr)

: board/bored ('bOrd)

: gourd/gored ('gord, 'gOrd)

: hoard/horde/whored ('hOrd)

: sword/soared ('sOrd)

: coarse/course ('kOrs)

: hoarse/horse ('hors, 'hOrs)

: soars/sores ('sOrz)

: forth/fourth ('fOrth)

: born/borne ('bOrn)

Sound: Ot

: mote/moat ('mOt)

: rote/wrote ('rOt)

Sound: Otch

: brooch/broach ('brOch)

Sound: Oz

: hose/hoes ('hOz)

: knows/nose/(noes/nos) ('nOz)

: rows/rose/roes ('rOz)

Sound: U/yü

Sound: ü

: toupee/to-pay (tü-'pA)

: pupil/pupal ('pyü-p&l)

: yew/you/ewe/[U] ('yü)

: use/yews/ewes/[U's] ('yüz)

: yule/you'll ('yü(&)l, 'yul, 'y&l)

Sound: a [ash]

Sound: a[ks]

: tacks/tax ('taks)

Sound: ach

: bach/batch ('bach)

: catch/ketch ('kach, 'kech)

Sound: ad

: ad/add ('ad)

Sound: ak

: acclimation/acclamation ("a-kl&-'mA-sh&n)

: rack/wrack ('rak)

: sac/sack ('sak)

Sound: al

: palette/pallet ('pa-l&t)

: pall/pol/Paul ('pol, 'päl)

Sound: am

: dam/damn ('dam)

: jam/jamb ('jam)

: lam/lamb ('lam)

Sound: an

: cannon/canon ('ka-n&n)

: canvas/canvass (kan-v&s)

: manner/manor ('ma-n&r)

: band/banned ('band)

: ant/aunt ('ant, '[a']nt)

: cant/can't ('kant)

Sound: ap

: capital/capitol ('ka-p&-t&l)

: rap/wrap ('rap)

: rapper/wrapper ('ra-p&r)

: rapping/wrapping ('ra-pi[ng])

: rapped/wrapped/rapt ('rapd)

Sound: ar

: aerial/Ariel ('ar-E-&l)

: barren/baron ('bar-&n)

: heir/air/ere/err/(ayre/are)/Ayr/e'er/eyre ('ar, 'er)

: heirs/airs/errs ('arz, 'erz)

: bare/bear ('bar)

: fair/fare ('far)

: flair/flare

: (fairy/faery)/ferry ('far-E)

: hair/hare ('har)

: (carat/karat)/caret/carrot ('kar-&t)

: pair/pear/pare ('par)

: stair/stare ('star)

: tear/tare ('tar)

: there/their/they're ('[th]ar, '[th]er)

: theirs/there's ('[th]arz)

: where/wear/ware/weir/weigher ('war)

: marry/merry/Mary ('mar-E)

Sound: a[sh]

: cache/cash ('kash)

Sound: ast

: cast/caste ('kast)

Sound: at

: mat/(matte/matt)/Matt ('mat)

Sound: av

: have/halve ('hav)

Sound: az

: ascent/assent (&-'sent)

Sound: au [cow]

Sound: au

: bow/bough ('bau)

: chow/ciao ('chau)

: (plow/plough) ('plau)

: sow/sough ('sau)

Sound: aul

: foul/fowl ('fau(&)l)

Sound: aun

: council/counsel ('kaun(t)-s&l)

: councillor/counselor ('kaun(t)-s(&-)l&r)

Sound: aur

: hour/our ('au(-&)r)

: flour/flower ('flaur, 'flau(-&) r)

Sound: e [ten]

Sound: e[ch]

: retch/wretch ('rech)

Sound: ed

: bread/bred ('bred)

: led/lead ('led)

: medal/meddle ('me-d&l)

: pedal/peddle ('pe-d&l)

: red/read ('red)

Sound: ek

: reck/wreck ('rek)

Sound: el

: ex/[X] ((')eks)

: (ef/[F]) ('ef)

: ell/(el/[L]) ('el)

: (em/[M]) ('em)

: (en/[N]) ('en)

: (es/[S]) ('es)

: cell/sell ('sel)

: cellar/seller ('se-l&r)

Sound: en

: cent/sent/scent ('sent)

: cents/scents/sense ('sents, 'sen(t) s)

: censer/censor/sensor ('sen(t)-s&r)

: centaury/Centaurii ('sen-"tor-E)

: dense/dents ('den(t)s, 'dents)

: presence/presents ('pre-z&n(t)s, 'pre-z&nts)

: residence/residents ('re-z&-d&n(t)s, 're-z&-d&nts)

Sound: ep

: step/steppe ('step)

Sound: ery

: berry/bury/Barry ('ber-E)

: vary/very ('ver-E)

Sound: es

: desert/dessert ('de-z&rt, di-'z&rt)

: rest/wrest ('rest)

Sound: ether

: weather/wether/whether ('we-[th]&r)

Sound: et

: wet/whet ('wet)

: metal/mettle ('me-t&l)

Sound: & [pun]

Sound: &

: aloud/allowed (&-'laud)

: bazaar/bizarre (b&-'zär)

Sound: &l

: idyll/idle/idol ('I-d&l)

: muscle/mussel ('m&-s&l)

Sound: um

: come/cum ('k&m, 'kum)

: plum/plumb ('pl&m)

: rum/rhumb ('r&m, 'r&m(b))

: some/sum ('s&m)

Sound: un

: undo/undue ('&n-dü)

: concent<archaic>/consent (k&n-'sent)

: done/dun ('d&n)

: none/nun ('n&n)

: rung/wrung ('r&[ng])

: (ton/tonne)/tun ('t&n)

: son/sun ('s&n)

: won/(one/[1]) ('w&n)

Sound: ur

: berth/birth ('b&rth)

: colonel/kernel ('k&r-n&l)

: currant/current ('k&r-&nt)

: earn/urn ('&rn)

: fir/fur ('f&r)

: gorilla/(guerilla/guerrilla) (g&-'ri-l&)

: per/purr ('p&r)

: turbine/turban ('t&r-bIn, 't&r-b&n)

: bird/burred ('b&rd)

: heard/herd ('h&rd)

: word/whirred ('w&rd)

: world/whirled/whorled ('w&r(-&)ld)

: serf/surf ('s&rf)

: hurts/hertz ('h&rts, 'herts)

Sound: us

: mustard/mustered ('m&s-t&rd)

Sound: ut

: but/butt ('b&t)

Sound: i [hit]

Sound: ib

: nibble/nybble ('ni-b&l)

Sound: i[ch]

: witch/which ('wich)

Sound: ig

: rigor/rigger ('ri-g&r)

Sound: ik

: accede/exceed (ak-'sEd, ik-'sEd)

: accept/except (ik-'sept)

Sound: il

: chilly/(chili/chilli)/Chile ('chi-lE, 'chE-(") lA)

: build/billed ('bild)

Sound: im

: cymbal/symbol ('sim-b&l)

: him/hymn ('him)

: immanent/imminent ('i-m&-n&nt)

: limb/limn ('lim)

Sound: in

: in/inn ('in)

: principle/principal ('prin(t)-s(&-)p&l)

: mince/mints ('min(t)s, 'mints)

: prince/prints ('prin(t)s, 'prints)

Sound: i[ng]

: links/lynx ('li[ng]ks, 'li[ng](k)s)

: ring/wring ('ri[ng])

: sink/(sync/synch) ('si[ng]k)

: ringer/wringer ('ri[ng]-&r)

Sound: ir

: dear/deer ('dir)

: hear/here ('hir)

: peer/pier ('pir)

: sear/seer/sere ('sir)

: shear/sheer ('shir)

: tear/tier ('tir)

: cereal/serial ('sir-E-&l)

: serious/Sirius ('sir-E-&s)

Sound: is

: discrete/discreet (dis-'krEt, di-'skrEt)

: dissent/descent (di-'sent)

: scissel/scissile/Sicel/sisal/sisel/sissle/syssal ('sis-&l)

Sound: it

: whit/wit ('wit)

: its/it's ('its)

Sound: o [law] or ä [mop]

Sound: o

: paw/pa ('po)

: profit/prophet ('prä-f&t)

Sound: od

: odd/awed ('äd)

: sod/sawed ('säd, 'sod)

Sound: ok

: bloc/block ('bläk)

: balk/Bach ('bok)

: chalk/chock ('chok, 'chäk)

: (calk/caulk)/cock ('kok)

: doc/dock ('däk)

: hawk/hock ('hok, 'häk)

: (loch/lough)/lock ('läk)

: nock/knock ('näk)

: roc/rock ('räk)

: stalk/stock ('stok, 'stäk)

Sound: ol

: all/awl ('ol)

: all/oil ('ol, 'oi(&) l)

: altar/alter ('ol-t&r)

: ball/bawl ('bol)

: call/caul ('kol)

: hall/haul ('hol)

: mall/maul ('mol)

: bald/balled/bawled ('bold)

Sound: on

: awn/on ('än, 'on)

: fawn/faun ('fän)

: fond/fawned ('fänd)

: dawn/don/Dawn/Don ('don, 'dän)

Sound: or

: aureole/oriole ('or-E-"Ol, 'Or-E-"Ol, 'or-, -E-&l)

: are/ar[R] ('är)

: chord/cord/cored (kord, 'kOrd)

: (sergeant/serjeant)/Sargent ('sär-j&nt)

: war/wore ('wor)

: bard/barred ('bärd)

: ward/warred ('word)

Sound: orn

: mourn/morn ('morn)

: warn/worn ('worn, 'wOrn)

Sound: ar

: (marshal/marshall)/martial ('mär-sh&l)

: arc/ark ('ärk)

: hart/heart ('härt)

Sound: at

: aught/ought ('at)

: caught/cot ('kot, 'kät)

: knot/naught/not ('nät)

: rot/wrought ('rät)

: taught/taut/tot ('tot, 'tät)

: daughter/dotter ('do-t&r, 'dä-t&r)

Sound: oz

: paws/pause ('poz)

: claws/clause/Claus[Santa] ('kloz)

Sound: u [foot]

Sound: ud

: wood/would ('wud)

Sound: ü [loot]

Sound: oo

: blew/blue/bleu ('blü)

: cue/queue/[Q] ('kyü)

: cues/queues/[Q's] ('kyüz)

: dew/do/due ('dü)

: flew/flue/flu ('flü)

: lieu/loo/Lou ('lü)

: knew/gnu/new/[nu] ('nü)

: shoo/shoe ('shü)

: slue/slew/slough (slü)

: threw/(through/thru) ('thrü)

: to/too/(two/[2]) ('tü)

: who/whoo ('hü)

Sound: ood

: brood/brewed ('brüd)

: crude/crewed (krüd)

: dude/dewed ('düd)

: mood/mooed ('müd)

: rood/rude/rued ('rüd)

Sound: ool

: dual/duel ('dü-&l, dü(-&) l)

Sound: oom

: gloom/glume ('glüm)

: toom/tomb ('tüm)

Sound: oon

: lune/loon ('lün)

Sount: oop

: droop/drupe ('drüp)

: troop/troupe ('trüp)

Sound: oot

: chute/shoot ('shüt)

: lute/loot ('lüt)

: suit/soot ('süt)

Sound: ooz

: bruise/brews ('brüz)

: cruise/crews/cruse ('krüz)

: choose/chews ('chüz)

: ruse/rues ('rüz)

: whose/who's ('hüz)

Notes on words

Pronunciation symbols are from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
The list was based on American English spellings.
Different spellings of identical words are grouped with parentheses.
Symbols, numbers/letters are in brackets.
There is some ambiguity over homophones since there are different pronunciations of words.

Notes on inclusion

A few common nonenglish words are included.
Contracted words are included.
A few double-words are included. (A word can sound like two words in sequence)
Plural nouns, and tensed verbs are included.
Some well known proper names (first or last) are included, although this allows endless additions.

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