An English Homophone Dictionary

Homophones are words of the same language that are pronounced alike even if they differ in spelling, meaning, or origin, such as "pair" and "pear". Homophones may also be spelled alike, as in "bear" (the animal) and "bear" (to carry). But this list consists only of homophones that are not spelled alike.

Homonym is a somewhat looser term than homophone, sometimes referring to all homophones and only homophones, and sometimes referring to the subset of homophones that are spelled alike.

In the entries below, the members of each homophonic set are listed in alphabetical order. Each set is entered only once, at its alphabetically first member. There is no cross-reference unless the initial letters of the members differ. For example, the pair "knot, not" is listed under "knot". Under "not" one finds

 

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ws, noes, nose 
kohl (see coal) 
kosher (see cosher) 
L
laager (-s), lager (-s) (?) 
lac, lack 
lacks, lax 
ladder, latter 
lain, lane 
lair (-s), layer (-s) 
lam, lamb 
lama, llama 
laps, lapse 
lase, lays, laze, leis 
lay, lei, ley 
laser, lazar 
lea, lee 
leach (-es), leech (-es) 
lead, led 
leader, lieder, liter 
leaf, lief 
leak (-s), leek (-s) 
lean (-s), lien (-s) 
leased, least 
lends, lens 
lessen, lesson 
lesser, lessor 
levee, levy 
liable, libel 
liar (-s), lyre (-s) 
lichen, liken 
licker, liquor 
lickerish, licorice 
lie (-s), lye (-s) 
lightening, lightning 
limb (-s), limn (-s) 
linch, lynch 
links, lynx 
literal, littoral (?) 
lo, low 
load (-s), lode (-s), lowed 
loan, lone 
locks, lox 
loop, loupe 
loot (-s), lute (-s) 
M
macks, max 
madder, matter (?) 
made, maid 
magnate (-s), magnet (-s) (?) 
mail (-s), male (-s) 
mall (-s), maul (-s) 
main, mane 
maize, mase, mays, maze 
mall, maul 
manikin, mannequin, [manakin] 
manner, manor 
mantle, mantel 
mare (-s), mayor (-s) 
marchal, marshal (-s), marshall (-s), martial 
marquee, marquis 
marten, martin 
maser, mazer 
mask, masque 
massed, mast 
mat, matte 
me, mi ["do, re"] 
mead, meed 
mean (-s), mein (-s) 
meat (-s), meet (-s), mete (-s) 
medal (-s), meddle (-s), metal (-s), mettle (-s) (?) 
meddler (-s), medlar (-s) 
men's, mends 
mewl, mule 
mews, muse 
mho, mow 
micks, mix 
middy, midi 
might, mite 
mil, mill 
mild, miled 
millenary, millinery 
mince, mints 
mind, mined 
miner, minor 
minks, minx 
missal, missile 
missed, mist 
moan, mown 
moat (-s), mote (-s) 
mode, mowed 
mold (-s), mould (-s) 
mood, mooed 
moor, more 
moose, mousse 
mordant, mordent 
morn, mourn 
morning, mourning 
mortar, morter 
mucous, mucus 
muscle, mussel 
mussed, must, musth 
mustard, mustered 
N
nap (see knap) 
naval, navel 
nave (see knave) 
naw (see gnaw) 
nay (-s), neigh (-s), nee 
need (see knead) 
new (see gnu) 
nice (see gneiss) 
nick (see knick) 
nicks (see knicks) 
nickers (see knickers) 
night (see knight) 
nit (see knit) 
nix (see knicks) 
no (see know) 
nob (see knob) 
nock (see knock) 
noes (see knows) 
nomic (see gnomic) 
none, nun 
nose (see knows) 
not (see knot) 
O
o, oh, owe 
oar (-s), o'er, or, ore (-s) 
odder, otter (?) 
ode, owed 
ordinance, ordnance 
offal (see awful) 
oppose (see appose) 
oral (see aural) 
oracle (see auricle) 
oriole (see aureole) 
ought (see aught) 
one, won 
our (see hour) 
overdo, overdue 
oversea (-s), oversee (-s) 
P
paced, paste 
packed, pact 
paean (-s), peon (-s) 
pail (-s), pale (-s) 
pain (-s), pane (-s) 
pair (-s), pare (-s), payor (-s) (?), pear (-s), 
palate (-s), palette (-s), pallet (-s), pallette (-s) 
pall, pawl 
parish, perish 
parity (-ies), parody (-ies) (?) 
passable, passible 
passed, past 
patience, patients 
pause, paws 
pea (-s, -se), pee (-s), [P] 
peace, piece 
peak (-s), peek (-s), pique (-s) 
peal (-s), peel (-s) 
pearl (-s), purl (-s) 
peas, pease, pees 
pect, pecked 
pedal (-s), peddle (-s) 
peer (-s), pier (-s) 
pence, pents 
pend, penned 
pendant, pendent 
pendants, pendence 
pends, pens 
penitence, penitents 
per, purr 
petit, petty 
petrel, petrol 
phase (see faze) 
phial (see file) 
philter (see filter) 
phlox (see flocks) 
phosphorous, phosphorus 
phrase (see frays) 
pi, pie 
pica, pika 
picks, pix 
pidgin, pigeon 
pinion, pinon 
pistel, pistol 
place, plaice 
plain (-s), plane (-s) 
plaintiff, plaintive (?) 
plait (-s), plate (-s) 
plantar (-s), planter (-s) 
pleas, please 
plough (-s), plow (-s) 
plum (-s), plumb (-s) 
pole (-s), poll (-s) 
policlinic, polyclinic 
politic (-s), politick (-s) 
poor, pore (-s), pour (-s) 
populace, populous 
pocks, pox 
praise, prays, preys 
pray (-s), prey (-s) 
precedence, precedents 
presence, presents 
pride, pried 
pries, prise, prize 
prince, prints 
prior, pryer 
principal (-s), principle (-s) 
profit (-s), prophet (-s) 
pros, prose 
psalter, salter 
pupal (-s), pupil (-s) 
puttee, putty (?) 
Q
quarts, quartz 
quay (see key) 
qubit (see cubit) 
quean (-s), queen (-s) 
queue (see cue) 
quince, quints 
quoin (see coin) 
R
rabbet, rabbit 
rack, wrack 
radical (-s), radicle (-s) 
rain (-s), reign (-s), rein (-s) 
raise (-s), rays, raze (-s) 
raiser, razor 
rancor, ranker 
rap (-s), wrap (-s) 
rapped, rapt, wrapped 
re ["do, re"], ray 
read, red 
read (-s), reed (-s) 
real, reel 
recede (-s), reseed (-s) 
receipt (-s), reseat (-s) 
reck, wreck 
reek (-s), wreak (-s) 
reference, referents 
rends, wrens 
residence, residents 
rest (-s), wrest (-s) 
retch (-es), wretch (-es) 
review (-s), revue (-s) 
rex, wrecks 
rheum (-y), room (-y) 
rho, roe, row 
rhyme (-s), rime (-s) 
rigger, rigor 
right (-s), rite(-s), wright (-s), write(-s) 
righting, writing 
ring (-s), wring (-s) 
ringer (-s), wringer (-s) 
rise, ryes 
road, rode, rowed 
roc (-s), rock (-s) 
roomer, rumor 
roil, royal 
role (-s), roll (-s) 
rood, rude, rued 
roomer (-s), rumor (-s) 
root (-s), route (-s) (?) 
rose, rows 
rote, wrote 
rout (-s), route (-s) (?) 
rough, ruff 
rouse, rows 
rued, rude 
rues, ruse 
rung, wrung 
rye, wry 
S
sac (-s), sack (-s), sax 
sachet, sashay 
sail (-s), sale (-s) 
salter (see psalter) 
sane, seine 
saver, savor 
scarf, scarph 
scene, seen 
scent (see cent) 
scents, sense 
scull (-s), skull (-s) 
sea, see, [C] 
seal (see ceil) 
seam (-s), seem (-s) 
seaman, seamen, semen 
sear (see cere) 
seas, sees, seize, [C's] 
season, seisin 
sects, sex (?) 
seed (see cede) 
seeder (see cedar) 
seel (see ceil) seer (see cere) 
sell (see cell) 
seller (see cellar) 
sealing (see ceiling) 
senses (see census) 
sensor (see censer) 
sent (see cent) 
sequence, sequents 
sere (see cere) 
serf (-s), surf (-s) 
serge, surge 
serial (see cereal) 
serous (see cirrus) 
set (-s), sett (-s) 
sew, so, sow 
sewn, sown 
shear, sheer 
sheik (see chic) 
shew (-s), shoe (-s), shoo (-s) 
shier, shyer, shire 
shone, shown 
shoot (see chute) 
shot (see chott) 
sight (see cite) 
sighted (see cited) 
sic, sick 
sics ["sics a dog on one"], six 
side, sighed 
sigher, sire 
sighs, size 
sign (-s), sine (-s) 
signet (see cygnet) 
silicon, silicone (?) 
sink, sync 
site (see cite) 
sited (see cited) 
slay (-s), sleigh (-s) 
sleight (-s), slight (-s) 
slew, slough 
sloe, slow 
soar (-s), sore (-s) 
soared, sword 
socks, sox 
sold, soled, souled 
sol, sole (-s), soul (-s) 
some, sum 
son (-s), sun (-s) 
sonny, sunny 
sordid, sorted (?) 
spade, spayed 
staff, staph 
staid, stayed 
stair (-s), stare (-s) 
stake (-s), steak (-s) 
statice (-s), status (-es) 
stationary, stationery 
steal (-s), steel (-s) 
step (-s), steppe (-s) 
stile (-s), style (-s) 
stoop (-s), stoup (-s) 
straight (-s), strait (-s) 
succor (-s), sucker (-s) 
suede, swayed 
suer, sewer 
summary, summery 
suite (-s), sweet (-s) 
sundae (-s), sunday (-s) 
surplice (-s), surplus (-s) 
symbol (see cymbal) 
T
tacet, tacit 
tack, taque 
tacked, tact 
tacks, tax 
tale (-s), tail (-s) 
talesman, talisman 
taper (-s), tapir (-s) 
tare (-s), tear (-s) 
tarry, terry 
taupe, tope 
taught, taut 
tea, tee, ti ["do, re"], [T] 
teas, tease, tees 
team (-s), teem (-s) 
tear (-s), tier (-s) 
tends, tens 
tense, tents 
tenser, tensor 
tern (-s), turn (-s) 
ternary, turnery (?) 
the, thee (?) 
their, there, they're 
theirs, there's 
therefor, therefore 
threw, through 
throe (-s), throw (-s) 
throne, thrown 
thyme, time 
tic (-s), tick (-s) 
tide, tied 
tighten, titan 
timber, timbre 
to, too, two 
toad, toed, towed 
tocsin (-s), toxin (-s) 
toad, toed, towed 
toe (-s), tow (-s) 
toke, toque 
told, tolled 
ton (-s), tonne (-s), tun (-s) 
tongue, tung (-s) 
tool, tulle 
tor, tore 
tort (-s), torte (-s) 
toughed, tuft 
tracked, tract 
trader (-s), traitor (-s) (?) 
tray, trey 
troop (-s), troupe (-s) 
trooper (-s), trouper (-s) 
trussed, trust 
tucks, tux 
U
udder (-s), utter (-s) (?) 
undo, undue 
urn (see earn) 
use (see ewes) 
V
vale (-s), veil (-s) 
vain, vane (-s), vein (-s) 
valance, valence 
valiance, valiants 
variance, variants 
vary, very 
vellum, velum 
veracious, voracious (?) 
verdure, verger (?) 
verses, versus 
vice, vise 
villain, villein 
virtu, virtue 
viscous, viscus 
vial, vile, viol 
W
wacks, wax, whacks [WACS] 
wade, weighed 
wail (-s), wale, whale (-s) 
wain, wane 
waist (-s), waste (-s) 
wait (-s), weight (-s) 
waive (-s), wave (-s) 
waiver (-s), waver (-s) 
walk (-s), wok (-s) 
ware, wear, where 
wart, wort 
war, wore 
ward, warred 
warn, worn 
watt, what (?) 
way (-s), weigh (-s), whey 
we, wee 
weak, week 
weal, we'll, wheal, wheel (?) 
weald, wheeled (?) 
wean, ween 
wear, where 
weather, wether, whether 
weave, we've 
we'd, weed 
weir, we're 
weld, welled 
wen, when 
wet (-s), whet (-s) (?) 
which, witch (?) 
while, wile (?) 
whig (-s), wig (-s) (?) 
whin, win 
whine (-s), wine (-s) (?) 
whined, wind [the verb], wined (?) 
whirled, whorled, world (?) 
whirred, word (?) 
whit, wit (?) 
white (-s), wight (-s), wite 
whither, wither (?) 
whoa, woe 
whole (see hole) 
wholly (see holy) 
whore (see hoar) 
whored (see hoard, horde) 
whose, who's 
whys, wise 
wield, wheeled 
wind, wined 
winds, wins 
won (see one) 
wood, would 
worst, wurst 
wrack (see rack) 
wrap (see rap) 
wrapped (see rapt) 
wreak (see reek) 
wreck (see reck) 
wrecks (see rex) 
wrens (see rends) 
wrest (see rest) 
wretch (see retch) 
wright (see right) 
wring (see ring) 
wringer (see ringer) 
write (see right) 
writing (see righting) 
wrote (see rote) 
wry (see rye) 
X
Y
yew (see ewe) 
yews (see ewes) 
you (see ewe) 
yoke, yolk 
yore, your, you're (?) 
you'll, yule 

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