200 Common Homonyms List in English

200 Common Homonyms List in English;



200 Common Homonyms List



200 Common Homonyms List




1.abel – able

2.accede – exceed

3.accept – except

4.addition – edition

5.adds – adz

6.affect – effect

7.affected – effected

8.ale – ail

9.all ready – already

10.ax – acts

11.axel – axle

12.axes – axis

13.beer – bier

14.beet – beat

15.bell – belle

16.berry – bury

17.berth – birth

18.better – bettor

19.bib – bibb

20.bight – bite

21.bury – berry

22.bussed – bust

23.but – butt

24.buy – by – bye

25.byte – bight

26.cache – cash

27.caddie – caddy

28.cain – cane

29.cheap – cheep

30.check – Czech

31.clique – click

32.colonel – kernel

33.coolie – coulee

34.coop – coupe

35.cops – copse

36.coral – choral

37.cord – cored

38.core – corps

39.cored – chord

40.corps – core

41.coughers – coffers

42.coulee – coolie

43.council – counsel

44.coup – coo

45.course – coarse

46.cousin – cozen

47.coward – cowered

48.coy – koi

49.cozen – cousin

50.craft – kraft



51.crape – crepe

52.crawl – kraal

53.creak – creek

54.crepe – crape

55.dyeing – dying

56.fare – fair

57.fate – fete

58.faun – fawn

59.fax – facts

60.faze – phase

61.feat – feet

62.feint – faint

63.fends – fens

64.flour – flower

65.flow – floe

66.flower – flour

67.flu – flue – flew

68.flyer – flier

69.foaled – fold

70.fort – forte

71.gnu – knew – new

72.gofer – gopher

73.gored – gourd

74.gorilla – guerilla

75.gourd – gored

76.grade – grayed

77.graft – graphed

78.graham – gram

79.graphed – graft

80.heroin – heroine

81.hertz – hurts

82.hew – hue

83.hey – hay

84.hi – high

85.higher – hire

86.him – hymn

87.hire – higher

88.ho – hoe

89.hoard – horde

90.hoarse – horse

91.hoe – ho

92.hoes – hose

93.hold – holed

94.hole – whole

95.holed – hold

96.hue – hew

97.humerus

98.leased – least

99.led – lead

100.lee – lea

101.leech – leach

102.liar – lier

103.lichen – liken

104.lie – lye

105.lien – lean

106.lier – liar

107.lieu – Lou

108.liken – lichen

109.literal – littoral

110.loch – lock

111.lochs – locks

112.lock – loch

113.locks – lox

114.lode – load

115.lone – loan

116.mail – male

117.main – mane

118.maize – maze

119.male – mail

120.mall – maul

121.marc – mark

122.mare – mayor

123.mark – marc

124.meteor – meatier

125.mints – mince

126.missal – missile

127.missed – mist

128.misses – Mrs

129.missile – missal

130.mist – missed

131.mite – might

132.moan – mown

133.moat – mote

134.mousse – moose

135.mowed – mode

136.mown – moan

137.Mrs – misses

138.mucous – mucus

139.navel – naval

140.nay – neigh

141.need – knead

142.neigh – nay

143.new – gnu – knew

144.nice – gneiss

145.Nice – niece

146.nickers – knickers

147.niece – Nice

148.night – knight

149.ode – owed

150.oh – owe

151.one – won

152.overseas – oversees

153.owe – oh

154.padded – patted

155.paean – paeon

156.pail – pale

157.pain – pane

158.pair – pare

159.palate – pallet

160.pale – pail

161.parish – perish

162.pistil – pistol

163.plum – plumb

164.pole – poll

165.pore – pour

166.read – reed

167.real – reel

168.red – read

169.reed – read

170.reek – wreak

171.reel – real

172.roe – row

173.role – roll

174.Rome – roam

175.room – rheum

176.roomer – rumor

177.root – route

178.rose – rows

179.rows – rose

180.rude – rued

181.rue – roux

182.rued – rude

183.sane – seine

184.sari – sorry

185.sashay – sachet

186.saver – savor

187.tow – toe

188.vane – vein

189.vary – very

190.veil – vale

191.vein – vain

192.we’ll – wheel

193.weak – week

194.wear – where

195.yew – ewe – you

196.yews – use

197.yoke – yolk

198.you’ll – Yule

199.your – you’re

200.Yule – you’ll

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  1. Akwasi Amankwaah July 5, 2019