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Homonyms, homophones, and homographs are words that look alike, sound alike, or both, but retain entirely separate meanings. Use the native "Copy Entry" actions below to instantly grab terms for study or reference.
Words Starting with A - B
accept / except
accept: take in
except: other than
ad / add
ad: advertisement
add: join, combine
advice / advise
advice: guidance
advise: recommend
aid / aide
aid: assist, assistance
aide: one who gives assistance
ail / ale
ail: to suffer poor health
ale: a beverage
air / heir
air: atmosphere
heir: one who inherits property
aisle / I'll / isle
aisle: a passage
I'll: contraction of I will
isle: island
allusion / illusion
allusion: an indirect reference
illusion: false appearance
altar / alter
altar: table in a church
alter: to change
ate / eight
ate: past tense of eat
eight: the number 8
bail / bale
bail: to clear water / release of a prisoner
bale: a large bundle
band / banned
band: a ring, something that binds / a group
banned: prohibited
bare / bear
bare: uncovered
bear: large animal / support, yield
bases / basis
bases: starting points / four stations on a baseball field
basis: a basic principle
beat / beet
beat: to strike, overcome / exhausted
beet: a plant with red roots
blew / blue
blew: past tense of blow
blue: the color
bread / bred
bread: baked food item
bred: produced
buy / by / bye
buy: purchase
by: near, through
bye: goodbye
Words Starting with C - E
capital / capitol
capital: punishable by death / chief city
capitol: building where legislature meets
ceiling / sealing
ceiling: top of a room
sealing: setting, fastening
cell / sell
cell: small unit
sell: to give up for money
cent / scent / sent
cent: a penny
scent: an odor
sent: past tense of send
chews / choose
chews: gnaws with teeth
choose: to select
cite / sight / site
cite: mention, quote
sight: vision
site: place
coarse / course
coarse: rough
course: path, procedure
complement / compliment
complement: make complete
compliment: praise
conduct
conduct: behavior
conduct: to lead
council / counsel
council: assembly
counsel: advice, to advise
days / daze
days: plural of day
daze: stun
dear / deer
dear: loved one, valued
deer: the animal
desert / dessert
desert: to abandon / dry land
dessert: after-dinner treat
die / dye
die: expire
dye: color
discreet / discrete
discreet: tactful
discrete: distinct
dual / duel
dual: double
duel: fight
elicit / illicit
elicit: draw out
illicit: illegal
eminent / imminent
eminent: distinguished
imminent: soon
Words Starting with F - L
fair / fare
fair: pleasing, impartial / gathering, exhibition
fare: fee for transportation
find / fined
find: locate
fined: charged (past tense of fine)
fir / fur
fir: a pine tree
fur: a coat or covering
flea / flee
flea: insect
flee: to escape
flour / flower
flour: milled wheat
flower: plant
for / fore / four
for: (preposition)
fore: front, forward
four: the number 4
foreword / forward
foreword: preface
forward: related to direction
grate / great
grate: to irritate / a frame
great: large, superior
groan / grown
groan: moan
grown: matured
hall / haul
hall: auditorium, dormitory
haul: to carry
hear / here
hear: listen
here: this place
higher / hire
higher: taller, more advanced
hire: to employ
hoarse / horse
hoarse: rough sounding
horse: the animal
its / it's
its: (possessive pronoun)
it's: it is
jam / jamb
jam: to force or block / jelly
jamb: part of a door or window
know / no
know: to understand
no: negative
lead / led
lead: the metal / to direct
led: past tense of lead (directed)
lessen / lesson
lessen: to decrease
lesson: an example or unit of instruction
lie / lye
lie: to recline / tell an untruth
lye: used in making soap
Words Starting with M - R
meat / meet / mete
meat: food
meet: to encounter
mete: to give out
miner / minor
miner: a worker in a mine
minor: someone under legal age / lesser or smaller
missed / mist
missed: past tense of miss
mist: a light rain
one / won
one: the number 1
won: past tense of win
pail / pale
pail: a container
pale: not bright or colorful
pair / pare / pear
pair: two of something
pare: remove, cut back
pear: the fruit
passed / past
passed: past form of pass
past: a previous time / (preposition)
patience / patients
patience: endurance
patients: people under medical care
peace / piece
peace: absence of conflict
piece: a portion
plain / plane
plain: treeless land / simple, unadorned
plane: aircraft
poor / pore / pour
poor: lacking possessions
pore: to read carefully
pour: to cause to flow
principal / principle
principal: main, most important / head of a school
