List of homophones

This is a list of homophones (same sound, 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 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)

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)

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 ('hAz)

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

piece/peace ('pEs)

Sound: Et

sweet/suite ('swEt)

Sound: Ez

bees/[B's] ('bEz)

ease/[E's] ('Ez)

pleas/please ('plEz)

sees/seas/seize/[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 ('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/[O] ((')O)

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)

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 ('kOl)

hole/whole ('hOl)

holy/holey/wholly ('hO-lE)

pole/poll ('pOl)

role/roll ('rOl)

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 ('rapd)

Sound: ar

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

barren/baron ('bar-&n)

heir/air/ere/err ('ar, 'er)

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

bare/bear ('bar)

fair/fare ('far)

(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 ('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

ben/been/Ben ('ben)

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)

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)

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.

External links

• Merriam-Webster dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/)
• 1200 computer generated homophones in alphabetical order (http://cdl.best.vwh.net/NeXT/homophones.html)