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English Homophones
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English Homophones

English (especially British English) is not spelt phonetically. Two words can share none, any or all of Spelling, Pronunciation and Meaning. All languages have synonyms (words with unrelated spelling and pronunciation but the same meaning) and words with multiple meanings. However English has an exceptional disparity between spelling and pronunciation.

 The possible combinations or some but all characteristics being the same are as follows:  

Spelling

Pronunciation

Meaning

Classification

Example

Same

Different

Different

Homonym

refuse

Different

Same

Different

Homophone

See below

Same

Same

Different

Multiple meanings

trap

Different

Different

Same

Synonym

rare/uncommon

Same

Different

Same

Alternative pronuncation

Schedule (British/American pronuncation)

Different

Same

Same

Alternative spelling

jail/gaol

This page is about homophones. Words with different meanings and spellings, but the same (UK) pronunciation. 

This is a list of British-English homophones:

   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. awe, 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, kyu, 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, doh, 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


 
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