Homonyms

Homonyms

Homonyms are words that have the same pronunciation, but different spellings and meaning. 

List of Homonyms

Homonyms        Meanings

AIR – HEIR        :  fresh air; the heir to the throne;

AISLE – ISLE     :  an aisle seat; the British Isles;

ALTAR – ALTER  : to lead to the altar; to alter course;

BAND – BAND     : a rock band; a rubber band;

BANK – BANK     : the bank of the river; the Bank of England; a bank account;

BARE – BEAR – BEAR : with bare hands; I can't bear it; the polar bear;

BARK – BARK     : the dog barked at me; barking dogs; the bark of a tree;

BAT – BAT        : blind as a bat; a baseball bat;

BE – BEE          : to be or not to be; to be as busy as a bee;

BEAT – BEET     : to beat the drums; beets and carrots;

BRAKE – BREAK  : car brakes; let's have a break; don't break it;

BUY – BY          : to buy a car; to walk by the river; to sit by the window;

CACHE – CASH   : cache memory; pay cash; I have no cash;

CELL – SELL       : a prison cell; my cell phone; to sell books;

CENT – SCENT    : 100 cents in a dollar; a faint scent of roses;

CEREAL – SERIAL : to eat breakfast cereal; to watch TV serials;

COARSE – COURSE        : coarse fabric; a course of lectures;

CURRANT – CURRENT   : red currant; current year; ocean current;

DEAR – DEER      : Dear Sir; dear friend; a young deer; several deer;

DEW – DUE        : morning dew; When is the train due?

DIE – DYE          : He died two years ago. She dyed her hair red.

FAIR – FAIR – FARE     : that's fair; book fair; bus fare;

FINE – FINE        : one fine day; fine wine; to pay a fine for speeding;

FIR – FUR           : pines and fir trees; a fir cone; a fur coat; natural fur;

FLEA – FLEE        : a flea market; to flee the country;

FLOUR – FLOWER : two cups of flour; a bunch of flowers;

FOREWORD – FORWARD : a foreword in a book; to move forward;

GAIT – GATE       : heavy gait; slow gait; to open the gate;

GRATE – GREAT   : to grate cheese; a great opportunity;

GROUND – GROUND  : to fall to the ground; freshly ground coffee;

HAIR – HARE       :  she has dark hair and green eyes; he ran like a hare;

HAY – HEY         : to make hay; hay fever; Hey!

HEAL – HEEL       : to heal the wounds; high heels;

HEAR – HERE       : Did you hear what he said? She doesn't live here.

HI – HIGH           : Hi; how are you? high walls; high speed; high temperature;

I – EYE              : I can see it clearly. My left eye itches.

KNIGHT – NIGHT  : the Knights of the Round Table; a dark night; days and nights;

KNOW – NO        : Do you know him? No, I don't. I have no time.

MAIL – MALE      : to send by mail; a male child;

MEAT – MEET     : meat and potatoes; to meet a girl; to meet with friends;

NONE – NUN       : none of them; she is a nun;

PAIL – PALE       : a pail of water; his face is pale;

PAIR – PEAR       : a pair of gloves; apples and pears;

PEACE – PIECE   : peace and quiet; a piece of bread; a piece of paper;

PEAK – PEEK      : a mountain peak; to peek into the hole;

PLAIN – PLANE   : plain answer; plain food; to go by plane;

PRINCIPAL – PRINCIPLE  : principal cause; a man of principle;

READ – REED     : to read a book; reed grows near water;

RIGHT – WRITE  : that's right; my right hand; civil rights; to write a letter;

RING – RING      : a wedding ring; to ring a bell;

ROLE – ROLL     : to play a role; a roll of toilet paper; the ball rolled away;

ROOT – ROUTE  : the roots of the tree; Route 10; bus route;

SAIL – SALE      : to sail on a ship; I bought it on sale;

SIGHT – SITE    : a beautiful sight; to see the sights; good eyesight; construction site; website;

SOME – SUM     : I need some money; a large sum of money;

SON – SUN       : he is my son; she has three sons; the sun is shining;

STAIR – STARE  : go down the stairs; don't stare at people;

STAKE – STEAK : the stakes are high; I'd like a steak for dinner;

STEAL – STEEL  : to steal money; stainless steel;

SUITE – SWEET : a hotel suite; this cake is too sweet;

TAIL – TALE      : a bird with a long tail; a long and interesting tale;

TOAST – TOAST: a piece of toast; I'd like to propose a toast to Alan's health;

TOE – TOW      : I stubbed my toe; a tow truck; to tow a car;

TOO – TWO      : I like it too. I spent two days at the lake.

TRUNK – TRUNK : the trunk of a tree; an elephant's trunk; a wooden trunk;

VAIN – VEIN      : in vain; she is vain; veins carry blood to the heart;

WAIST – WASTE: a slender waist; a waste of time; to waste money;

WAIT – WEIGHT: to wait for an hour; her weight is 65 kilograms;

WARE – WEAR –WHERE  : glassware; men's wear; he is wearing a suit; Where is Mike?

WAY – WEIGH   : to find a way; the shortest way; she weighs 65 kilograms;

WEAK – WEEK   : weak eyes; weak tea; next week; for two weeks;

WEATHER – WHETHER  : nice weather; ask her whether she wants to go;

WHICH – WITCH: which of these; Which bag is yours? She is a real witch.

WHINE – WINE  : my dog often whines; stop whining; red wine; French wines

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