Homophones


Homophones are words which are pronounced alike, but different in meaning or spelling.
aerie eagle's nest	airy breezy
affect to change	effect result
aero of aircraft	arrow pointed line
allowed permitted	aloud spoken
ascent the climb	assent to agree
bare naked	bear wild ursine
beach sea side	beech a type of tree
bean a legume	been past tense of be
blew past tense of blow	blue color
born brought into life	borne past participle of bear
brake stopping device	break to split apart
cache hidden storage	cash legal tender
canvas rough cloth	canvass to examine thoroughly
capital most important	capitol center of government
cast to throw	caste a social class
ceiling top of the room	sealing to close a package
cell a small room	sell to exchange for money
census numbering	senses faculties
scent an aroma	sent dispatched
cereal grains	serial numbers in sequence
cession giving up	session a group sitting
coarse rough	course path of travel
currant small berry	current of the present
dam holds back water	damn a curse
days plural for "day"	daze to bewilder
dew condensation	due payable
die to become dead	dye coloring agent
dire desperate	dyer one who dyes
discreet confidential	discrete individual
discussed talked about	disgust sickening
dual two things	duel a fight over honor
eyelet small hole for laces	islet small island
fair even-handed	fare payment
faze to stun	phase a part of the sequence
find to locate	fined penalized
flea parasitic insect	flee to run away
flew past tense of fly	flu short for influenza
foreword introduction to a book	forward the facing direction
gene a chromosome	jean cotton material
gnawed chewed	nod head tilting
knew past tense of know	new not old
grate lattice	large big
hall a large room	haul to carry
heal to cure of disease	heel hind part of foot
hear to listen	here at this location
higher farther up	hire to employ
hour sixty minutes	our possessed by us
idle not working	idol object of worship
incite to provoke	insight understanding
knead working bread dough	need must have
knight chivalrous man	night darkness
knot fastening in cord	not negation
lead heavy metal	led guided
lessen to reduce	lesson instruction
lightening removing weight or darkness	lightning static electricity from the sky
made accomplished	maid young woman
mail postal delivery	male masculine person
marry to join in matrimony	merry happy
missed not hit	mist fog
moose a large elk	mousse a dessert
nay no	neigh a horse's cry
one singularity	won victorious
overdo carried to excess	overdue past time for payment
paced measured by footsteps	paste thick glue
pair a set of two	pear bottom-heavy fruit
peace accord	piece portion
peak mountain top	peek secret look
plain not fancy	plane a surface
pray worship God	prey hunt
principal head of school	principle causative force
profit money earned	prophet seer
racket illegal scheme	racquet bat for tennis
rain precipitation	reign sovereign rule
ring loop	wring twisting
rot decay	wrought made
rude impolite	rued regretted
scene visual location	seen past tense of saw
sea ocean	see to look
seam row of stitches	seem appears
soar fly	sore hurt
some a few	sum addition
son male child	sun star
stationary not moving	stationery writing paper
vary to change	very extremely
verses paragraphs	versus against
waive give up rights	wave undulating motion
ware merchandise	wear attire
weak not strong	week seven days
weather climate	whether if it be the case
wood timber	would will do