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Homophones

5 anni fa
Hi everybody.

Here's a dizzying list of delightful homophones of the English language:

  1. accessary, accessory
  2. ad, add
  3. ail, ale
  4. air, heir
  5. aisle, I'll, isle
  6. all, awl
  7. allowed, aloud
  8. alms, arms
  9. altar, alter
  10. arc, ark
  11. aren't, aunt
  12. ate, eight
  13. auger, augur
  14. auk, orc
  15. aural, oral
  16. away, aweigh
  17. oar, or, ore
  18. axel, axle
  19. aye, eye, I
  20. bail, bale
  21. bait, bate
  22. baize, bays
  23. bald, bawled
  24. ball, bawl
  25. band, banned
  26. bard, barred
  27. bare, bear
  28. bark, barque
  29. baron, barren
  30. base, bass
  31. bay, bey
  32. bazaar, bizarre
  33. be, bee
  34. beach, beech
  35. bean, been
  36. beat, beet
  37. beau, bow
  38. beer, bier
  39. bel, bell, belle
  40. berry, bury
  41. berth, birth
  42. bight, bite, byte
  43. billed, build
  44. bitten, bittern
  45. blew, blue
  46. bloc, block
  47. boar, bore
  48. board, bored
  49. boarder, border
  50. bold, bowled
  51. boos, booze
  52. born, borne
  53. bough, bow
  54. boy, buoy
  55. brae, bray
  56. braid, brayed
  57. braise, brays, braze
  58. brake, break
  59. bread, bred
  60. brews, bruise
  61. bridal, bridle
  62. broach, brooch
  63. bur, burr
  64. but, butt
  65. buy, by, bye
  66. buyer, byre
  67. calendar, calender
  68. call, caul
  69. canvas, canvass
  70. cast, caste
  71. caster, castor
  72. caught, court
  73. caw, core, corps
  74. cede, seed
  75. ceiling, sealing
  76. cell, sell
  77. censer, censor, sensor
  78. cent, scent, sent
  79. cereal, serial
  80. cheap, cheep
  81. check, cheque
  82. choir, quire
  83. chord, cord
  84. cite, sight, site
  85. clack, claque
  86. clew, clue
  87. climb, clime
  88. close, cloze
  89. coal, kohl
  90. coarse, course
  91. coign, coin
  92. colonel, kernel
  93. complacent, complaisant
  94. complement, compliment
  95. coo, coup
  96. cops, copse
  97. council, counsel
  98. cousin, cozen
  99. creak, creek
  100. crews, cruise
  101. cue, queue
  102. curb, kerb
  103. currant, current
  104. cymbol, symbol
  105. dam, damn
  106. days, daze
  107. dear, deer
  108. descent, dissent
  109. desert, dessert
  110. deviser, divisor
  111. dew, due
  112. die, dye
  113. discreet, discrete
  114. doe, dough
  115. done, dun
  116. douse, dowse
  117. draft, draught
  118. dual, duel
  119. earn, urn
  120. eery, eyrie
  121. ewe, yew, you
  122. faint, feint
  123. fah, far
  124. fair, fare
  125. farther, father
  126. fate, fête
  127. faun, fawn
  128. fay, fey
  129. faze, phase
  130. feat, feet
  131. ferrule, ferule
  132. few, phew
  133. fie, phi
  134. file, phial
  135. find, fined
  136. fir, fur
  137. fizz, phiz
  138. flair, flare
  139. flaw, floor
  140. flea, flee
  141. flex, flecks
  142. flew, flu, flue
  143. floe, flow
  144. flour, flower
  145. foaled, fold
  146. for, fore, four
  147. foreword, forward
  148. fort, fought
  149. forth, fourth
  150. foul, fowl
  151. franc, frank
  152. freeze, frieze
  153. friar, fryer
  154. furs, furze
  155. gait, gate
  156. galipot, gallipot
  157. gallop, galop
  158. gamble, gambol
  159. gays, gaze
  160. genes, jeans
  161. gild, guild
  162. gilt, guilt
  163. giro, gyro
  164. gnaw, nor
  165. gneiss, nice
  166. gorilla, guerilla
  167. grate, great
  168. greave, grieve
  169. greys, graze
  170. grisly, grizzly
  171. groan, grown
  172. guessed, guest
  173. hail, hale
  174. hair, hare
  175. hall, haul
  176. hangar, hanger
  177. hart, heart
  178. haw, hoar, whore
  179. hay, hey
  180. heal, heel, he'll
  181. hear, here
  182. heard, herd
  183. he'd, heed
  184. heroin, heroine
  185. hew, hue
  186. hi, high
  187. higher, hire
  188. him, hymn
  189. ho, hoe
  190. hoard, horde
  191. hoarse, horse
  192. holey, holy, wholly
  193. hour, our
  194. idle, idol
  195. in, inn
  196. indict, indite
  197. it's, its
  198. jewel, joule
  199. key, quay
  200. knave, nave
  201. knead, need
  202. knew, new
  203. knight, night
  204. knit, nit
  205. knob, nob
  206. knock, nock
  207. knot, not
  208. know, no
  209. knows, nose
  210. laager, lager
  211. lac, lack
  212. lade, laid
  213. lain, lane
  214. lam, lamb
  215. laps, lapse
  216. larva, lava
  217. lase, laze
  218. law, lore
  219. lay, ley
  220. lea, lee
  221. leach, leech
  222. lead, led
  223. leak, leek
  224. lean, lien
  225. lessen, lesson
  226. levee, levy
  227. liar, lyre
  228. licence, license
  229. licker, liquor
  230. lie, lye
  231. lieu, loo
  232. links, lynx
  233. lo, low
  234. load, lode
  235. loan, lone
  236. locks, lox
  237. loop, loupe
  238. loot, lute
  239. made, maid
  240. mail, male
  241. main, mane
  242. maize, maze
  243. mall, maul
  244. manna, manner
  245. mantel, mantle
  246. mare, mayor
  247. mark, marque
  248. marshal, martial
  249. marten, martin
  250. mask, masque
  251. maw, more
  252. me, mi
  253. mean, mien
  254. meat, meet, mete
  255. medal, meddle
  256. metal, mettle
  257. meter, metre
  258. might, mite
  259. miner, minor, mynah
  260. mind, mined
  261. missed, mist
  262. moat, mote
  263. mode, mowed
  264. moor, more
  265. moose, mousse
  266. morning, mourning
  267. muscle, mussel
  268. naval, navel
  269. nay, neigh
  270. nigh, nye
  271. none, nun
  272. od, odd
  273. ode, owed
  274. oh, owe
  275. one, won
  276. packed, pact
  277. packs, pax
  278. pail, pale
  279. pain, pane
  280. pair, pare, pear
  281. palate, palette, pallet
  282. pascal, paschal
  283. paten, patten, pattern
  284. pause, paws, pores, pours
  285. pawn, porn
  286. pea, pee
  287. peace, piece
  288. peak, peek, peke, pique
  289. peal, peel
  290. pearl, purl
  291. pedal, peddle
  292. peer, pier
  293. pi, pie
  294. pica, pika
  295. place, plaice
  296. plain, plane
  297. pleas, please
  298. plum, plumb
  299. pole, poll
  300. poof, pouffe
  301. practice, practise
  302. praise, prays, preys
  303. principal, principle
  304. profit, prophet
  305. quarts, quartz
  306. quean, queen
  307. rain, reign, rein
  308. raise, rays, raze
  309. rap, wrap
  310. raw, roar
  311. read, reed
  312. read, red
  313. real, reel
  314. reek, wreak
  315. rest, wrest
  316. retch, wretch
  317. review, revue
  318. rheum, room
  319. right, rite, wright, write
  320. ring, wring
  321. road, rode
  322. roe, row
  323. role, roll
  324. roo, roux, rue
  325. rood, rude
  326. root, route
  327. rose, rows
  328. rota, rotor
  329. rote, wrote
  330. rough, ruff
  331. rouse, rows
  332. rung, wrung
  333. rye, wry
  334. saver, savour
  335. spade, spayed
  336. sale, sail
  337. sane, seine
  338. satire, satyr
  339. sauce, source
  340. saw, soar, sore
  341. scene, seen
  342. scull, skull
  343. sea, see
  344. seam, seem
  345. sear, seer, sere
  346. seas, sees, seize
  347. sew, so, sow
  348. shake, sheikh
  349. shear, sheer
  350. shoe, shoo
  351. sic, sick
  352. side, sighed
  353. sign, sine
  354. sink, synch
  355. slay, sleigh
  356. sloe, slow
  357. sole, soul
  358. some, sum
  359. son, sun
  360. sort, sought
  361. spa, spar
  362. staid, stayed
  363. stair, stare
  364. stake, steak
  365. stalk, stork
  366. stationary, stationery
  367. steal, steel
  368. stile, style
  369. storey, story
  370. straight, strait
  371. sweet, suite
  372. swat, swot
  373. tacks, tax
  374. tale, tail
  375. talk, torque
  376. tare, tear
  377. taught, taut, tort
  378. te, tea, tee
  379. team, teem
  380. tear, tier
  381. teas, tease
  382. terce, terse
  383. tern, turn
  384. there, their, they're
  385. threw, through
  386. throes, throws
  387. throne, thrown
  388. thyme, time
  389. tic, tick
  390. tide, tied
  391. tire, tyre
  392. to, too, two
  393. toad, toed, towed
  394. told, tolled
  395. tole, toll
  396. ton, tun
  397. tor, tore
  398. tough, tuff
  399. troop, troupe
  400. tuba, tuber
  401. vain, vane, vein
  402. vale, veil
  403. vial, vile
  404. wail, wale, whale
  405. wain, wane
  406. waist, waste
  407. wait, weight
  408. waive, wave
  409. wall, waul
  410. war, wore
  411. ware, wear, where
  412. warn, worn
  413. wart, wort
  414. watt, what
  415. wax, whacks
  416. way, weigh, whey
  417. we, wee, whee
  418. weak, week
  419. we'd, weed
  420. weal, we'll, wheel
  421. wean, ween
  422. weather, whether
  423. weaver, weever
  424. weir, we're
  425. were, whirr
  426. wet, whet
  427. wheald, wheeled
  428. which, witch
  429. whig, wig
  430. while, wile
  431. whine, wine
  432. whirl, whorl
  433. whirled, world
  434. whit, wit
  435. white, wight
  436. who's, whose
  437. woe, whoa
  438. wood, would
  439. yaw, yore, your, you're
  440. yoke, yolk
  441. you'll, yule

Enjoy!!

Extra bonus word from the Italian language:
ancora.