Homonyms generally include two categories of word types: homophones and homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Homophones are words that sound the same when you pronounce them, but have different meanings. This list contains both homophones and homographs. ade - drink type, as in lemonade aid - to help or assist aide - assistant affect - change effect - result or consequence air - atmosphere (the stuff we breathe) err - to make a mistake aisle - walkway Ill - I will isle - island allowed - permitted aloud - out loud ant - picnic pest aunt - relative, as in your moms sister arc - curve ark - Noahs boat ate - chewed up and swallowed eight - number after seven bare - uncovered bear - grizzly animal berry - fruit from a bush bury - to put underground base - bottom part bass - deep or low be - to exist bee - buzzing insect beach - sandy shore beech - type of tree beat - to pound beet - type of edible plant berth - tie up birth - to be born bite - nibble byte - 8 bits (computer data) blew - past of blow blue - color of ocean boar - pig bore - not interesting bore - to drill borough - area or district burrow - dig through burro - small donkey bough - branch bow - bend or curtsy buoy - floater boy - young man brake - stop pedal break - smash bread - bakery food bred - form of breed broach - mention brooch - pin brows - eyebrows browse - look around buy - purchase by - beside by - originating from,BR. bye - short for goodbye cell - compartment sell - vend cent - penny coin sent - did send cereal - breakfast food serial - sequential Chile - country in South America chili - bean stew chilly - frosty chord - musical tone cord - rope cite - quote site - location sight - view close - opposite of open clothes - clothing complement - enhance; go together compliment - praise council - committee counsel - guidance creak - squeak creek - stream of water crews - gangs cruise - ride on a boat dear - darling deer - woodland animal dew - morning mist do - operate due - payable die - cease to exist dye - color doe - female dear dough - uncooked bread dual - double duel - battle ewe - female sheep you - second-person personal pronoun eye - sight organ I - me fair - equal fare - price fairy - elflike creature with wings ferry - boat faze - impact phase - stage feat - achievement feet - plural of foot fir - type of tree fur - animal hair flea - small biting insect flee - run flew - did fly flu - illness flour - powdery, ground up grain flower - blooming plant for - on behalf of fore - front four - one more than three forth - onward fourth - number four knew - did know new - not old gorilla - big ape guerrilla - warrior grease - fat Greece - country in Europe groan - moan grown - form of grow hair - head covering hare - rabbit-like animal hall - passageway haul - tow halve - cut in two parts have - possess hay - animal food hey - interjection to get attention heal - mend heel - back of foot hi - hello high - up far hoarse - croaky horse - riding animal hole - opening whole - entire holey - full of holes holy - divine wholly - entirely hour - sixty minutes our - belonging to us knead - massage need - desire knight - feudal horseman night - evening knot - tied rope not - negative know - have knowledge no - opposite of yes lead - metal led - was the leader lessen - make smaller lesson - class loan - lend lone - solitary made - did make maid - servant mail - postage male - opposite of female marry - to wed merry - very happy meat - animal protein meet - encounter none - not any nun - woman who takes special vows oar - boat paddle or - otherwise ore - mineral oh - expression of surprise or awe owe - be obligated one - single won - did win overdo - do too much overdue - past due date pail - bucket pale - not bright pain - hurt pane - window glass peace - calm piece - segment peak - highest point peek - glance plain - ordinary plane - flight machine plane - flat surface pole - post poll - survey poor - not rich pour - make flow pray - implore God prey - quarry principal - most important principle - belief rain - water from sky rein - bridle rap - tap wrap - drape around real - factual reel - roll right - correct; not left write - scribble ring - encircle wring - squeeze role - function roll - rotate rose - flower rows - lines sail - move by wind power sale - bargain price scene - landscape seen - viewed sea - ocean segment see - observe with eyes seam - joining edge seem - appear sew - connect with thread so - as a result sow - plant soar - ascend sore - hurt place sole - single soul - essence some - a few sum - amount steal - swipe steel - alloy tail - animals appendage tale - story their - belonging to them there - at that place theyre - they are to - toward too - also toe - foot appendage tow - pull along vary - differ very - much wail - howl whale - huge swimming mammal waist - area below ribs waste - squander wait - kill time weight - measurable load war - battle wore - did wear warn - caution worn - used way - path weigh - measure mass we - us wee - tiny weak - not strong week - period of seven days weather - climate whether - if which - that witch - sorcerer your - belonging to you youre - you are
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