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    A Comprehensive List of Homophones

    1/31/2013

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    Homophones (words with the same sound but a different spelling and meaning) can be the proofreader's worst enemy. Here's a comprehensive list of homophones. I can't claim the credit for compiling the list, by the way, as it's pretty much all over the internet. To the person who put all the work in, I offer my gratitude.

    Here's the list (print it out and keep it close at hand):

    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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