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The BIG List of Homophones

As you look through this homophones list, keep in mind that some words may be homophones only in
certain areas. For example, merry and Mary sound alike in many regions, but not in others. If you
disagree with a homophone set, feel free to ignore it. It may not be a homophone in your area, but it is
somewhere else!

A allude/elude aural/oral basal/basil

Abel/able alluded/eluded aureole/oriole base/bass

accede/exceed allusion/illusion away/aweigh based/baste

allusive/elusive/illusive awl/all bases/basis
accept/except
aloud/allowed ax/acts basil/basal
acclamation/acclimation
already/all ready axel/axle basis/bases
acts/ax
altar/alter axes/axis bask/basque
ad/add
altogether/all together aye/eye/I bass/base
Adam/atom
always/all ways ayes/eyes baste/based
addition/edition
amend/emend bate/bait
adds/adz/ads B bated/baited
analyst/annalist
adduce/educe baa/bah
ant/aunt bawl/ball
adherence/adherents baal/bail/bale
apatite/appetite bawled/bald/balled
adieu/ado babble/Babel
apprise/apprize bazaar/bizarre
ads/adds/adz bad/bade
arc/ark be/bee
aerial/ariel bah/baa
ariel/aerial beach/beech
affect/effect bail/bale/baal
ark/arc bear/bare
affected/effected bait/bate beat/beet
arrant/errant
affects/effects baited/bated beau/bow
ascent/assent
afterward/afterword bald/balled/bawled bee/be
assistance/assistants
aid/aide bale/baal/bail beech/beach
ate/eight
ail/ale ball/bawl been/bin
atom/Adam
air/heir/err balled/bawled/bald beer/bier
auger/augur
aisle/isle/I’ll balm/bomb/bombe beet/beat
aunt/ant
ale/ail band/banned bell/belle
all ready/already bard/barred berry/bury
all together/altogether bare/bear berth/birth
all ways/always baron/barren better/bettor
all/awl barred/bard bib/bibb
allowed/aloud
aunt ant barren/baron bier/beer

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bight/bite/byte brayed/braid carat/carrot/caret/karat climb/clime

billed/build brays/braise carol/carrel clique/click
bin/been breach/breech carrot/caret/karat/carat close/clothes/cloze
bird/burred bread/bred cash/cache clue/clew
birth/berth break/brake cast/caste coal/cole
bite/byte/bight bred/bread caster/castor coarse/course
bizarre/bazaar breech/breach cause/caws coarser/courser
blew/blue brewed/brood cedar/seeder coat/cote
brews/bruise cede/seed coax/cokes
bridal/bridle ceiling/sealing coffers/coughers
broach/brooch cell/sell cokes/coax
brood/brewed cellar/seller cole/coal

blew blue brows/browse censor/sensor collard/collared

bruise/brews cent/scent/sent colonel/kernel
bloc/block cents/scents/sense complacent/complaisant
brut/brute
blue/blew cereal/serial complement/compliment
build/billed
boar/bore Ceres/series complementary/
bullion/bouillon
board/bored cession/session complimentary
buoy/boy
boarder/border chance/chants conceded/conceited
burger/burgher
bode/bowed chased/chaste confirmation/
burred/bird
bold/bowled chauffeur/shofar conformation
burro/burrow/borough
bolder/boulder cheap/cheep consonance/consonants
bury/berry
bomb/bombe/balm check/Czech continence/continents
bussed/bust
bootie/booty cheep/cheap coo/coup
but/butt
border/boarder chews/choose coolie/coulee
buy/by/bye
bore/boar chic/sheik coop/coupe
byte/bight/bite
bored/board Chile/chilly/chili cops/copse
born/borne C choir/quire coral/choral
borough/burro/burrow cache/cash choose/chews cord/cored/chord
bough/bow caddie/caddy choral/coral core/corps
bouillon/bullion Cain/cane chord/cord/cored cored/chord/cord
boulder/bolder calendar/calender chute/shoot corps/core
bow/beau callous/callus cite/sight/site correspondence/
bow/bough canapé/canopy cited/sided/sighted correspondents
bowed/bode cane/Cain clack/claque cote/coat
bowled/bold cannon/canon clamber/clammer/clamor coughers/coffers
boy/buoy canopy/canapé claque/clack coulee/coolie
braid/brayed canter/cantor clause/claws council/counsel
braise/brays canvas/canvass clew/clue coup/coo
brake/break capital/capitol click/clique coupe/coop

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course/coarse dough eve/eave

courser/coarser do/due/dew ewe/you/yew Flour

cousin/cozen doc/dock ewes/yews/use

coward/cowered doe/dough/do exceed/accede
coy/koi (musical note) except/accept
flower flour
cozen/cousin does (female deer)/doze exercise/exorcise flower/flour
craft/kraft done/dun eye/I/aye flu/flue/flew
crape/crepe dough/do (musical eyed/I’d flyer/flier
crawl/kraal note)/doe eyelet/islet foaled/fold
creak/creek doze/does (female deer) eyes/ayes foe/faux
crepe/crape draft/draught fold/foaled
F
crewel/cruel dual/duel for/four/fore
facts/fax
crews/cruise ducked/duct foregone/forgone
faint/feint
cruel/crewel ducks/ducts foreword/forward
fair/fare
cruise/crews duct/ducked fort/forte
fairy/ferry
cue/queue ducts/ducks forth/fourth
fare/fair
currant/current due/dew/do forward/foreword
fate/fete
curser/cursor duel/dual foul/fowl
faun/fawn
cygnet/signet dun/done four/fore/for
fax/facts
cymbal/symbol dye/die fourth/forth
faze/phase
cypress/Cyprus dyeing/dying fowl/foul
feat/feet
Czech/check franc/frank
E feint/faint
frays/phrase
D earn/urn fends/fens
frees/freeze/frieze
dam/damn eave/eve ferry/fairy
friar/fryer
Dane/deign edition/addition fete/fate
frieze/frees/freeze
days/daze educe/adduce few/phew
fryer/friar
dear/deer eek/eke fiancé/fiancée
fur/fir
defused/diffused effect/affect fill/Phil
deign/Dane effected/affected find/fined G
dense/dents effects/affects finish/Finnish gaff/gaffe
descent/dissent eight/ate fir/fur Gail/gale
desert (abandon)/dessert eke/eek fisher/fissure gait/gate
dew/do/due elicit/illicit flair/flare gale/Gail
die/dye elude/allude flea/flee gamble/gambol
diffused/defused eluded/alluded flew/flu/flue gate/gait
disburse/disperse elusive/illusive/allusive flier/flyer gel/jell
discreet/discrete emend/amend flocks/phlox gene/jean
disperse/disburse enumerable/innumerable floe/flow gibe/jibe
dissent/descent err/air/heir flour/flower gild/guild
do (musical note)/doe/ errant/arrant flow/floe gilder/guilder

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gilt/guilt hart/heart hurts/hertz

gneiss/nice haul/hall hymn/him
gnome/Nome have/halve
I
gnu/knew/new hay/hey
gofer/gopher hays/haze
I/aye/eye
I’ll/aisle/isle
knight night
gored/gourd he’d/heed
I’d/eyed knit/nit
gorilla/guerilla he’ll/heal/heel
idle/idol/idyll knock/nock
gourd/gored hear/here
illicit/elicit knot/not
grade/grayed heard/herd
illusion/allusion know/no
graft/graphed heart/hart
illusive/allusive/elusive knows/nose
graham/gram heed/he’d
immanent/imminent koi/coy
graphed/graft heel/he’ll/heal
impassable/impassible kraal/crawl
grate/great heir/err/air
in/inn kraft/craft
grater/greater herd/heard
incite/insight
grayed/grade here/hear
inn/in
L
grays/graze heroin/heroine lacks/lax
innocence/innocents
grease/Greece hertz/hurts ladder/latter
innumerable/enumerable
great/grate hew/hue/Hugh lade/laid
insight/incite
greater/grater hey/hay lain/lane
instance/instants
Greece/grease hi/high lama/llama
intense/intents
grill/grille higher/hire lane/lain
isle/I’ll/aisle
grisly/grizzly him/hymn Lapps/laps/lapse
islet/eyelet
groan/grown hire/higher latter/ladder
it’s/its
guerilla/gorilla ho/hoe lax/lacks
guessed/guest hoard/horde
J lay/lei
guild/gild jam/jamb lays/laze/leis
hoarse/horse
guilder/gilder jean/gene lea/lee
hoe/ho
guilt/gilt jell/gel leach/leech
hoes/hose
gym/Jim jibe/gibe lead/led
hold/holed
Jim/gym
H hole/whole leak/leek
jinks/jinx lean/lien
hail/hale holed/hold
hair/hare holey/holy/wholly K leased/least
hale/hail hoop/whoop karat/carat/carrot/caret led/lead
hall/haul horde/hoard kernel/colonel lee/lea
halve/have horse/hoarse knap/nap leech/leach
handmade/handmaid hose/hoes knave/nave leek/leak
handsome/hansom hostel/hostile knead/kneed/need lei/lay
hangar/hanger hour/our knew/new/gnu leis/lays/laze
hansom/handsome hue/Hugh/hew knickers/nickers lends/lens
hare/hair humerus/humorous knight/night lessen/lesson

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lets/let’s mane/Maine/main mil/mill neigh/nay

levee/levy manner/manor mince/mints new/gnu/knew
liar/lier/lyre mantel/mantle mind/mined nice/gneiss
lichen/liken marc/mark miner/minor Nice/niece
lie/lye mare/mayor mints/mince nickers/knickers
lien/lean mark/marc missal/missile niece/Nice
lier/lyre/liar marry/merry/Mary missed/mist night/knight
lieu/Lou marshal/martial misses/Mrs. nit/knit
liken/lichen marten/martin missile/missal no/know
links/lynx Mary/marry/merry mist/missed nock/knock
literal/littoral massed/mast mite/might Nome/gnome
llama/lama mat/matte moan/mown none/nun
lo/low matter/madder moat/mote nose/knows
load/lode/lowed maul/mall mode/mowed not/knot
loan/lone may be/maybe mood/mooed nun/none
loath/loathe mayor/mare moose/mousse
loch/lock morn/mourn
O
maze/maize
oar/or/ore
lochs/locks/lox morning/mourning
ode/owed
lock/loch mote/moat
oh/owe
locks/lox/lochs mourn/morn
lode/lowed/load mourning/morning one/won
or/ore/oar
lone/loan
loot/lute
maze maize mousse/moose
mowed/mode oral/aural
Lou/lieu mown/moan ore/oar/or
mean/mien
low/lo Mrs./misses oriole/aureole
meat/meet/mete
lowed/load/lode mucous/mucus our/hour
meatier/meteor
lox/lochs/locks mule/mewl outcast/outcaste
medal/metal/mettle/
lumbar/lumber muscle/mussel overdo/overdue
meddle
lute/loot muse/mews overseas/oversees
meet/mete/meat
lye/lie mussed/must owe/oh
merry/Mary/marry
lynx/links mussel/muscle owed/ode
metal/mettle/meddle/
lyre/liar/lier medal must/mussed P
mustard/mustered
M mete/meat/meet paced/paste
madder/matter meteor/meatier N packed/pact
made/maid mettle/meddle/medal/ nap/knap padded/patted
mail/male metal naval/navel paean/paeon/peon
main/mane/Maine mewl/mule nave/knave pail/pale
maize/maze mews/muse navel/naval pain/pane
male/mail mien/mean nay/neigh pair/pare/pear
mall/maul might/mite need/knead/kneed palate/palette/pallet

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pale/pail Phil/fill profit/prophet road/rode/rowed

palette/pallet/palate phlox/flocks pros/prose roam/Rome
pall/Paul phrase/frays pugh/pew rode/rowed/road
pallet/palate/palette pi/pie purl/pearl roe/row
pane/pain picot/pekoe purr/per role/roll
pare/pear/pair pidgin/pigeon purveyed/pervade Rome/roam
parish/perish pie/pi room/rheum
Q
parlay/parley roomer/rumor
quarts/quartz
passed/past root/route
queue/cue
paste/paced rose/rows
quince/quints
patience/patients rote/wrote
quire/choir
patted/padded pie pi R
rough/ruff
Paul/pall rouse/rows (noisy
pause/paws piece/peace rabbet/rabbit
quarrels)
pea/pee pier/peer rack/wrack
route/root
peace/piece pigeon/pidgin rain/reign/rein
roux/rue
peak/peek/pique Pilate/pilot raise/rays/raze
row/roe
peal/peel pique/peak/peek rap/wrap
rowed/road/rode
pear/pair/pare pistil/pistol rapped/rapt/wrapped
rows (noisy quarrels)/
pearl/purl plain/plane rapper/wrapper
rouse
peas/pees plait/plate rapt/wrapped/rapped
rows/rose
peat/Pete plane/plain rays/raze/raise
rude/rued
pedal/peddle/petal plate/plait read/red
rue/roux
pee/pea pleas/please read/reed
rued/rude
peek/pique/peak plum/plumb real/reel
ruff/rough
peel/peal pole/poll red/read
rumor/roomer
peer/pier pore/pour reed/read
rung/wrung
pees/peas praise/prays/preys reek/wreak
Russell/rustle
pekoe/picot pray/prey reel/real
rye/wry
penance/pennants prays/preys/praise reign/rein/rain
peon/paean/paeon precedence/precedents residence/residents S
per/purr premier/premiere rest/wrest sac/sack
perish/parish presence/presents retch/wretch sachet/sashay
pervade/purveyed prey/pray review/revue sack/sac
petal/pedal/peddle preys/praise/prays rheum/room sacks/sax
Pete/peat pride/pried rigger/rigor sail/sale
petrel/petrol primer/primmer right/rite/write sane/seine
pew/pugh prince/prints rigor/rigger sari/sorry
phase/faze principal/principle ring/wring sashay/sachet
phew/few prints/prince rite/write/right saver/savor

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sax/sacks side/sighed staid/stayed team/teem

scene/seen sided/sighted/cited stair/stare tear/tier
scent/sent/cent sighed/side stake/steak teas/tease/tees
scents/sense/cents sighs/size stare/stair tee/tea
scull/skull sight/site/cite stationary/stationery teem/team
sea/see sighted/cited/sided stayed/staid tees/teas/tease
sealing/ceiling signet/cygnet steak/stake tends/tens
seam/seem sink/sync steal/steel tense/tents
sear/seer/sere Sioux/sue step/steppe tern/turn
seas/sees/seize site/cite/sight stile/style terry/tarry
see/sea size/sighs straight/strait Thai/tie
seed/cede skull/scull straightened/straitened the/thee
seeder/cedar slay/sleigh style/stile their/there/they’re
seem/seam sleight/slight sue/Sioux theirs/there’s
seen/scene slew/slue/slough suede/swayed there/they’re/their
seer/sere/sear slight/sleight suit/soot there’s/theirs
sees/seize/seas sloe/slow suite/sweet they’re/their/there
seine/sane slough/slew/slue sum/some threw/through
seize/seas/sees slow/sloe summary/summery throes/throws
sell/cell slue/slough/slew sun/son throne/thrown
seller/cellar so/sow/sew sundae/Sunday through/threw
sense/cents/scents soar/sore surf/serf thrown/throne
sensor/censor soared/sword surge/serge throws/throes
sent/cent/scent sold/soled swayed/suede thyme/time
sere/sear/seer sole/soul sweet/suite tic/tick
serf/surf soled/sold sword/soared tide/tied
serge/surge some/sum symbol/cymbal tie/Thai
serial/cereal son/sun sync/sink tied/tide
series/Ceres T tier/tear
session/cession tacked/tact tigress/Tigris
sew/so/sow tacks/tax timber/timbre
shear/sheer tact/tacked time/thyme
sheik/chic
shoe/shoo
son sun tail/tale to/too/two
toad/toed/towed
taper/tapir
shofar/chauffeur soot/suit tarry/terry toe/tow
shone/shown sore/soar taught/taut toed/towed/toad
shoo/shoe sorry/sari taupe/tope told/tolled
shoot/chute soul/sole taut/taught too/two/to
shown/shone sow/sew/so tax/tacks tool/tulle
sic/sick spade/spayed tea/tee tooter/Tudor/tutor

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tope/taupe vile/vial which/witch woe/whoa

tort/torte vise/vice while/wile wok/walk
tortuous/torturous whine/wine won/one
W
tow/toe whined/wind/wined
wade/weighed
towed/toad/toed whir/were
wader/waiter
tracked/tract whirled/whorled/world
wail/whale/wale
trader/traitor whirred/word CONGRATULATIONS!

wails/Wales/whales
troop/troupe
wain/wane/Wayne whoa/woe won one
trussed/trust whole/hole
waist/waste wont/want
tucks/tux wholly/holey/holy
wait/weight wood/would
Tudor/tutor/tooter whoop/hoop
waiter/wader word/whirred
tulle/tool wee/we
waive/wave wore/war
turban/turbine weed/we’d
wale/wail/whale world/whirled/whorled
turn/tern week/weak
Wales/whales/wails worn/warn
tutor/tooter/Tudor weigh/whey/way
walk/wok would/wood
tux/tucks weighed/wade
wane/Wayne/wain wrack/rack
two/to/too weighs/ways
want/wont wrap/rap
U war/wore weight/wait wrapped/rapped/rapt
udder/utter ware/wear/where we’ll/wheel wrapper/rapper
undo/undue wares/where’s/wears were/whir wreak/reek
urn/earn warn/worn wet/whet wrest/rest
use/ewes/yews waste/waist wether/weather/whether wretch/retch
utter/udder wave/waive we’ve/weave wring/ring

V wax/whacks whacks/wax write/right/rite

vain/vane/vein way/weigh/whey whale/wale/wail wrote/rote

valance/valence Wayne/wain/wane whales/wails/Wales wrung/rung

vale/veil ways/weighs wheel/we’ll wry/rye

valence/valance we/wee where/ware/wear Y

vane/vein/vain we’ll/wheel where’s/wears/wares yew/ewe/you
vary/very weak/week whet/wet yews/use/ewes
veil/vale wear/where/ware whorled/world/whirled yoke/yolk
vein/vain/vane wears/wares/where’s who’s/whose yore/your/you’re
venous/Venus weather/whether/wether wile/while you/yew/ewe
verses/versus weave/we’ve wind/wined/whined you’re/yore/your
very/vary we’d/weed wine/whine you’ll/Yule
vial/vile whether/wether/weather wined/whined/wind your/you’re/yore
vice/vise whey/way/weigh witch/which Yule/you’ll