List of 421 Pairs of Homophones


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ail ale
air heir
aisle isle
all awl
allowed aloud
altar alter
ant aunt
arc ark
ate eight
auger augur
aural oral
away aweigh
axel axle
aye eye
bail bale
bait bate
baize bays
bald bawled
ball bawl
band banned
bard barred
bare bear
bark barque
baron barren
base bass
bay bey
bazaar bizarre
be bee
beach beech
bean been
beat beet
beau bow
beer bier
bell belle
berry bury
berth birth
bight bite
billed build
bitten bittern
blew blue
bloc block
boar bore
board bored
boarder border
bold bowled
boos booze
born borne
bough bow
boy buoy
brae bray
braid brayed
braise braze
brake break
bread bred
brews bruise
bridal bridle
broach brooch
but butt
buy bye
buyer byre
calendar calender
call caul
canvas canvass
capital capitol
cast caste
caster castor
caught court
caw core
cede seed
ceiling sealing
cell sell
cellar seller
censer censor
cent scent
cereal serial
chili chilly
choir quire
choral coral
chord cord
cite sight
clack claque
clew clue
climb clime
close cloze
coal kohl
coarse course
coign coin
colonel kernel
complacent complaisant
complement compliment
coo coup
cops copse
council counsel
cousin cozen
creak creek
crews cruise
cue queue
currant current
cymbal symbol
dam damn
days daze
dear deer
descent dissent
desert dessert
deviser divisor
dew due
die dye
discreet discrete
doe dough
done dun
dual duel
earn urn
ewe yew
eye I
faint feint
fair fare
farther father
fate fête
faun fawn
fay fey
faze phase
feat feet
ferrule ferule
few phew
fie phi
file phial
find fined
fir fur
fizz phiz
flair flare
flaw floor
flea flee
flecks flex
flew flu
floe flow
foaled fold
for fore
foreword forward
fort fought
forth fourth
foul fowl
franc frank
freeze frieze
friar fryer
gait gate
galipot gallipot
gallop galop
gamble gambol
genes jeans
gild guild
gilt guilt
gnaw nor
gneiss nice
gored gourd
gorilla guerrilla
grate great
grays graze
greave grieve
grisly grizzly
groan grown
guessed guest
hail hale
hair hare
hall haul
hangar hanger
hart heart
haw hoar
hay hey
he'd heed
heal heel
hear here
heard herd
heroin heroine
hew hue
hi high
higher hire
him hymn
hoard horde
hoarse horse
hole whole
holey holy
holy wholly
hour our
idle idol
in inn
incite insight
indict indite
it's its
jewel joule
key quay
knave nave
knead need
knew new
knight night
knit nit
knob nob
knock nock
knot not
know no
knows nose
laager lager
lac lack
lade laid
lain lane
lam lamb
laps lapse
larva lava
lase laze
law lore
lay ley
lea lee
leach leech
lead led
leak leek
lean lien
lessen lesson
levee levy
liar lyre
licker liquor
lie lye
lieu loo
links lynx
lo low
load lode
loan lone
locks lox
loop loupe
loot lute
made maid
mail male
main mane
maize maze
mall maul
mantel mantle
mark marque
marshal martial
marten martin
mask masque
maw more
me mi
meat meet
medal meddle
metal mettle
might mite
miner minor
missed mist
moat mote
moose mousse
morning mourning
muscle mussel
naval navel
nay neigh
none nun
oar ore
od odd
ode owed
oh owe
packed pact
packs pax
pail pale
pain pane
pair pare
pair pear
palette pallet
passed past
paten patten
pawn porn
paws pores
peace piece
peak peek
peal peel
pearl purl
pedal peddle
peek peke
peer pier
pi pie
pica pika
place plaice
plain plane
pleas please
plum plumb
pole poll
poof pouffe
praise prays
pray prey
principal principle
quarts quartz
quean queen
rain reign
raise raze
rap wrap
raw roar
read reed
red read
reek wreak
rest wrest
retch wretch
review revue
right write
ring wring
rite right
road rode
roe row
role roll
rood rude
room rheum
root route
rose rows
rote wrote
rough ruff
roux rue
rung wrung
rye wry
sail sale
sauce source
saver savor
scene seen
scull skull
sea see
seam seem
sear sere
sees seize
seine sane
sew so
shear sheer
shoe shoo
sic sick
side sighed
sight site
sign sine
sink sync
slay sleigh
sloe slow
soar sore
sole soul
some sum
son sun
sort sought
spa spar
spade spayed
staid stayed
stair stare
stake steak
stalk stork
stationary stationery
steal steel
stile style
straight strait
suite sweet
swat swot
tacks tax
tail tale
talk torque
tare tear
taught taut
tea tee
team teem
tear tier
teas tease
terce terse
tern turn
than then
threw through
throes throws
throne thrown
thyme time
tic tick
tide tied
to too
to two
toe tow
toed toad
told tolled
tole toll
ton tun
tor tore
tough tuff
troop troupe
tuba tuber
vain vein
vale veil
vary very
vial vile
wail whale
wain wane
waist waste
wait weight
waive wave
wall waul
warn worn
wart wort
watt what
wax whacks
way weigh
we'd weed
we'll wheel
we're weir
weak week
weald wheeled
wean ween
wear where
weather whether
weaver weever
wee whee
were whir
wet whet
which witch
while wile
whine wine
whirled world
whit wit
white wight
who’s whose
whoa woe
wood would
write wright
yaw yore
yoke yolk
you'll Yule
you're your