Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have a different meaning.

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 A

acts axe
ad add
aid aide
air heir
aisle I'll isle
all awl
allowed aloud
altar alter
ant aunt
arc ark
ascent assent
assistance assistants
ate eight
attendance attendant
away aweigh

B

bail bale
bait bate
ball bawl
band banned
bard barred
baron barren
bare bear
base bass
based baste
bases basis
bazaar bizarre
be bee
beach beech
beat beet
beau bow
been bin
berry bury
berth birth
billed build
bite byte
blue blew
boar bore
bolder boulder
born bourne
borough burro burrow
bough bow
boy bouy
brake break
bread bred
brewed brood
brews bruise
bridal bridle
broach brooch
but butt
buy by bye

C

cache cash
cannon canon
canvas canvass
capital Capitol
carat caret carrot karat
cast caste
cede seed
ceiling sealing
cell sell
cellar seller
censor sensor
cent scent sent
cereal serial
chance chants
chased chaste
cheap cheep
chews choose
chilly chili
choral coral
chord cord
chute shoot
cite sight site
clause claws
click clique
close clothes
coarse course
colonel kernel
complement compliment
core corps
council counsel
creak creek
crews cruise
currant current
cymbal symbol

D

dear deer
dew do due
die dye
doe dough
dual duel

E

earn urn
ewe you

F

faint feint
fair fare
faze phase
feat feet
find fined
fir fur
flair flare
flea flee
flew flu flue
flour flower
for fore four
foreword forward
forth fourth
foul fowl

G

gate gait
gilt guilt
grate great
groan grown
guessed guest

H

hail hale
hair hare
hall haul
halve halve
heal heel he'll
hear here
heard herd
hertz hurts
hi high
higher hire
him hymn
hoarse horse
hole whole
hour our

I

I aye eye
idle idol
in inn
incite insight
insure ensure
intense intents
its it's

K

knead need
knew gnu new
knight night
knit nit
knot not
know no

L

lay lei
lead led
leak leek
lean lien
leased least
lessen lesson
lie lye
load lode
loan lone
loot lute

M

made maid
main Maine mane
maize maze
male mail
mall maul
manner manor
meat meet
might mite
miner minor
missed mist
moan mown
morn mourn

N

none nun

O

ode owed
oh owe
one won
or oar ore
overseas oversees

P

pail pale
pain pane
pair pare pear
passed past
patience patients
pause paws
peace piece
peak peek pique
peal peel
pedal peddle
pi pie
plane plain
plum plumb
pole poll
pore poor pour
pray prey
presents presence
principal principle
profit prophet

R

rain reign rein
raise rays raze
rap wrap
read reed
real reel
read red
right write
ring wring
road rode rowed
role roll
root route
rose rows
rung wrung

S

sale sail
scene seen
sea see
seam seem
serf surf
sew so sow
shone shown
side sighed
slay sleigh
soar sore
some sum
son sun
stair stare
stake steak
stationary stationery
steal steel
suite sweet

T

tacks tax
tail tale
their there they're
threw through
throne thrown
thyme time
tide tied
to too two
toad towed
toe tow
told tolled

V

vain vane vein
vice vise
vile vial

W

waist waste
wait weight
waive wave
want wont
ware wear
way weight
way weight
weak week
weave we've
who's whose
wood would

Y

yoke yolk
you'll yule
your you're