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List 11 – Homonyms

Homonym is a word that sounds the same as another but is different in meaning.

air

heir

main

mane

allowed

aloud

mare

mayor

ate

eight

meat

meet

bad

bade

medal

meddle

bail

bale

missed

mist

ball

bawl

muscle

mussel

bare

bear

none

nun

beach

beech

oar

ore

bean

been

one

won

beat

beet

pail

pale

bell

belle

pain

pane

birth

berth

pair

pear

blue

blew

peace

piece

boar

bore

peal

peel

board

bored

plain

plane

bow

bough

pore

pour

boy

buoy

practice

practise

brake

break

praise

prays

buy

by/bye

pray

prey

ceiling

sealing

principal

principle

cell

sell

profit

prophet

cent

sent

rain

reign

cheap

cheep

rap

wrap

check

cheque

read

reed

coarse

course

read

red

dear

deer

right

write

die

dye

ring

wring

ewe

you

road

rode

fair

fare

role

roll

feat

feet

root

route

find

fined

rose

rows

flea

flee

sale

sail

flew

flu

scene

seen

flour

flower

sea

see

fool

full

seam

seem

fore

four

sew

sow

foul

fowl

sight

site

fur

fir

soar

sore

gait

gate

sole

soul

groan

grown

son

sun

hair

hare

soot

suit

hall

haul

stair

stare

heal

heel

stake

steak

hear

here

steal

steel

heard

herd

stile

style

higher

hire

suite

sweet

him

hymn

tail

tale

hole

whole

tear

tier

hour

our

their

there

idle

idol

threw

through

key

quay

throne

thrown

knew

new

tide

tied

knight

night

to

two

knot

not

told

tolled

knows

nose

vain

vein

lain

lane

vale

veil

lead

led

waist

waste

leak

leek

wait

weight

lessen

lesson

weak

week

loan

lone

wood

would

made

maid

yoke

yolk

mail

male

yore

your

 
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