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HOMONYM

HOMONYMS

HOMONYM

MEANING

HOMONYM

advertisement
to increase

beat
beet

strike, win
vegetable

but
butt

except
push with head

ail
ale

pain, trouble
liquor, beverage

been
bin

past of be
storage container

air
err
heir

atmosphere
make a mistake
inheritor

berry
bury

fruit
to inter

bye
by
buy

farewell
near
purchase

passage
island
I will

sleeping place
being born

large gun
law, rule

aisle
isle
Ill

berth
birth

cannon
canon

bite
byte

tear with teeth

computer data

canvas
canvass

material
to poll, solicit

blew
blue

past of blow
color

board
bored

wooden slat
disinterested

ad
add

arc
ark

curved shape
boat

ate
eight
all
awl

MEANING

(SOUND ALIKE, SPELLED DIFFERENT )

past of eat
number
everyone, everything
punching tool

aloud
allowed

audible
permitted

altar
alter

table for worship

change

ant
aunt

insect
relative

arc
ark

part of a circle
boat, chest

bail
bale

security
bundle

ball
bawl

round body, dance

cry aloud

bare
bear

no covering
animal, to carry

baron
barren
base
bass or base
bee
be

nobleman
unfruitful
bottom
in music
insect
to exist

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boarder
border
born
borne

a lodger
outer edge
come into life
carried

bow
beau

archery tool, tie

gentleman friend

bowl
boll
bole

basin, dish
pod, ball
tree trunk, earth

bough
bow
boy
buoy

tree limb
to bend, ship part
male child
floating signal

brake
stopping device
break past of broke, opening
bread
bred

food
brought up

bridal belonging to wedding

a curb
bridle
broach
brooch
burrow
borough

to utter
jewelry
rabbit hole
town

capital
capitol

MEANING

city, uppercase
building

carrot
vegetable
karat/carat
weight
caret
proofreading mark
cash
cache

money
hole for hiding goods

cast
caste

mold, throw
status

cede
seed

to give up
germ of plants

cell
sell

small room, body part

to give for money

censor
sensor

judge of suitability
receiving device

census
senses

population count
faculties

cent
sent
scent

penny
to make go
odor

cereal
serial

breakfast food
in a series

chews
choose

masticates
select

cheap
cheep

inexpensive
birds chirp

chili
chilly

spicy food
cool

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 1

HOMONYM

MEANING

coral
choral

rocklike deposit
choir

chord
cord

musical sequence
string, measure

chute
shoot

inclined trough
fire a weapon

HOMONYM
earn
urn
eight
ate

coarse
course

rough
class, route

feat
feet

compliment
complement

to flatter
full amount

fir
fur

council
counsel
creak
creek
crewel
cruel
cymbal
symbol
dam
damn
dear
deer

assembly, group
give advice
squeaky noise
stream
embroidery yarn
mean
musical instrument
representative sign
water blockage wall
curse
beloved
animal

dew
do
due

moisture
perform
owed

die
dye

expire, stamp
color

doe
dough
done
dun
dual
duel

female deer
unbaked batter
finished
pester for payment
two
to fight

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number
past of eat

grate
great

iron frame
large, wonderful

clear, pretty
price, food

shut
garments

inner part
soldiers

not old
past of know

fair
fare

close
clothes

faze
phase

flea
flee
flour
flower

to disturb
stage
accomplishment
plural of foot
evergreen tree
animal hair
insect
to run away
grain
blossom

flew
flue
flu

past of fly
chimney vent
sickness

for
fore
four

preposition
preceding
number

forth
fourth

go forward
4th

foul
fowl

distasteful
bird

freeze
frieze

turn to ice
decoration

gait
gate
groan
grown

MEANING

new
knew

organ of sight
myself
yes

summons
place
view

HOMONYM

acquire for work

vase

eye
I
aye

cite
site
sight

core
corps

MEANING

manner of walking
an entry way
deep sigh
participle of grow

gild
guild

adorn
group

guilt
gilt

blame
gold on surface

grisly
grizzly

frightful
type of bear

groan
grown

deep sigh
participle of grow

hail
hale

salute, ice
healthy

hair
hare

body growth
rabbit

hall
haul

corridor
to carry

hay
hey

dried grass
greeting, expression

heal
heel

to cure
back of foot, scoundrel

hear
here

receive audibly
in this place

heard
herd
hi
high

past of hear
group of animals
greeting
great elevation

him
hymn

objective pronoun
religious song

hoard
horde

hide money away

large group

hoarse
horse

scratchy voice
animal

hole
whole

cavity
entire

hour
our

sixty minutes
belonging to us

idol
idle
idyl

worshiped being
inactive
poem

in
inn

preposition
lodging place, tavern

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 2

HOMONYM
incite
insight
its
its
kernel
colonel

MEANING
urge
intuition

possessive pronoun
it is
seed
officer

knead
need

work dough
desire

knew
new
gnu

past of know
not old
animal

knight
night
know
no
knot
not

title of honor
period of darkness
understand
not so
tied
negative

leach
leech

filtrate
worm

lead
led

metal
guided

lean
lien

thin, slant
mortgage

lesson
lessen
lie
lye

instruction
to make less
falsehood
chemical

loan
lone

to lead
solitary

made
maid

created
woman

mail
male

letters
masculine

HOMONYM
mantle
mantel

MEANING
cloak
part of fireplace

MEANING

pedal
peddle

for the foot

to sell

marry
merry

to wed
gay

peer
pier

contemporary
wharf

marshal
martial

officer
of war

pistil
pistol

part of a flower
firearm

encounter, match
food

plain
plane

simple
airplane, flat surface

meet
meat
meddle
medal
mite
might

interfere
a token

pole
poll

stick
canvass

small insect
possibly, power

pore
pour

opening in skin
cause to flow

early in day
grieve

principal
principle

chief, person
main, rule

naval
navel

nautical
center of abdomen

profit
prophet

gain
foreteller

nay
neigh

no
whinny of a horse

none
nun

no one, not any

female devotee

morn
mourn

oar
ore

paddle
mineral

oh
owe

interjection
indebted

one
won

single
gained

pail
pale

bucket
lacking color

pain
pane

agony
square of glass

pair
pare
pear

twosome
to peel
fruit

peace
piece

quiet
a part

maize
maze

corn
intricate puzzle

main
mane

principal
hair

peak
peek

high point
to look

mall
maul

hammer, stores
beat, tear up

peal
peel

loud sound
remove covering

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HOMONYM

rain
reign
rein

water
rule
bridle

raise
raze

lift
demolish

rap
wrap

strike, singing style

cover

read
reed

interpret
plant

real
reel
read
red

genuine, true
stagger, wind
past of read
color

retch
wretch

vomit
miserable person

review
revue

go over
musical show

right
rite
write

correct
ceremony
print letters

ring
wring

circle, jewelry
to twist

road
rode

street
past of ride

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 3

HOMONYM
role
roll

MEANING
part played
bread, turn over

HOMONYM

MEANING

HOMONYM

son
sun

boy child
star

vale
vail
veil

rote
wrote

memorized
past of write

stair
stare

steps
intent gaze

rung
wrung

sounded
past of wring

stake
steak

wager, post
meat

stationary
stationery

motionless
paper

rye
wry

grain
contemptuous

sail
sale

ship movement
reduction of prices

scene
seen
sea
see
seam
seem

vista
participle of see
ocean
to view
fastening
to appear

serf
surf

slave
waves

sew
sow
so

stitch
plant
conjunction

shake
sheik

vibrate
Arab leader

shear
sheer

clip
thin, steep

shoe
shoo

foot covering
begone

shone
shown

past of shine
participle of show

steal
steel
straight
strait
suite
sweet
tale
tail

thievery
metal
not crooked
narrow passageway
connected rooms
sugary, pleasing
story
part on animal

taught
taut

past of teach
tight

tea
tee

drink
golf ball peg

team
teem

group
full of

tear
tier

moisture from eyes

row, rank

their
there
theyre

belonging to them
place
they are

threw
through
thrown
throne

past of throw
finished, across
participle of throw
seat of royalty

shoot
chute

to kill
channel

slay
sleigh

kill
vehicle

toe
tow

part of foot
pull, drag

soar
sore

rise high
painful

sole
soul

only, foot bottom

spirit

to
too
two

preposition
also, excess
number

urn
earn

vase
gain by labor

vice
vise

sin
a press

some
sum

part
total

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vane
vein
vain

MEANING
valley
fee
cover
weathercock
blood vessel
conceited

wail
wale
whale

moan
a mark
sea animal

waist
waste

part of body
destroy, squander

wait
weight

stay
heaviness

waive
wave

relinquish
move

warn
to caution
worn affected by wear or use
way
whey
weigh
weak
week
wear
ware
where
wet
whet

manner, road
of milk
balance, measure
not strong
seven days
to put on
merchandise
in which place
moist
to sharpen

which
witch

the one that

sorceress

while
wile

time
deceit

whine
wine

whimpering
alcoholic beverage

wood
would

material of tree
was willing

wrote
rote

past of write
by memory

yolk
yoke

yellow of egg
oxen collar

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 4