Many words (spelled correctly) are confused with another word which sounds the same or is spelled similarly. These are known as homophones . This list does not include place names, such as Gaul (gall) or Greece (grease).
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accept except acclamation acclimation acts ax axe adds adz adze adherence adherents adolescence adolescents aeration erration aerie airy affect effect aid aide ail ale air , ere heir aisle I'll isle all awl allowed and aloud allude elude altar alter appose oppose arc ark are our ascent assent ate eight away aweigh aye eye and I bade and bayed bail and bale bait bate bald balled and bawled ball and bawl band and banned bard barred bare and bear baron and barren base bass based and baste bazaar and bizarre be and bee beach and beech bean and been beat and beet been and bin beer and bier bell and belle berry and bury berth birth better and bettor bight bite billed and build bird and burred blew and blue boar boor bore board and bored boarder and border bode and bowed bold and bowled bolder boulder /bowlderbole bowl boos booze bough bow boy and buoy braid brayed braise /braize brays braze brake and break breach and breech bread and bred brewed and brood brews and bruise bridal and bridle burro burrow bus and buss bused and bust but and butt buy , by and bye cache cash callous callus can't cant cannon canon canter cantor carat caret carrot caries carries cast caste cede seed cell sell cellar seller censor and sensor cent scent and sent cents , scents and sense cereal and serial cession session chaise chase chalk and chock chance and chants chased and chaste cheap and cheep chews and choose chic and sheik choir and quire chord , cord and cored chute and shoot cite , sight and site clause and claws click and clique close and clothes coal cole coaled and cold coarse and course coated and coded cocks and cox complement and compliment contingence and contingents coo and coup coop and coupe correspondence and correspondents cosign cosine council counsel councilor counselor creak and creek crewed crude crews and cruise cue queue currant current curser and cursor dam and damn Dane and deign days and daze dear and deer dense and dents dependence and dependents dew do and due die and dye dire dyer discreet discrete doe dough does , doughs and doze done and dun dual duel ducked and duct earn and urn either and ether emigrant and immigrant ensure insure eutopia and utopia ewe yew you eyed and I'd fain and feign faint and feint fair and fare fairy and ferry fate and fete faze phase feat and feet feudal and futile find and fined finish and Finnish fir and fur flair and flare flea and flee flecks and flex flew and flue flour and flower foaled and fold for , fore four forego forgo foreword forward forth fourth foul and fowl frees , freeze and frieze friar fryer gage gauge gait gate gel jell gene and jean gild and guild gneiss nice gored and gourd grade and grayed /greyed grate and great grays /greys and graze grisly grizzly groan grown guessed and guest guide and guyed guise guys hail and hale hair and hare hairy and harry hall and haul halve and have hangar and hanger hay and hey hays haze he'd heed he'll heal and heel hear and here heard and herd heated and heeded hew hue hi high higher and hire him and hymn ho hoe hoar and whore hoard and horde hoarse horse hoes and hose hold and holed hole and whole holey , holy and wholly hostel and hostile hour and our idle and idol immanent imminent in and inn incidence and incidents incite and insight instance and instants intense intents intension intention it's its jam jamb knave and nave knead kneed and need knew and new knight and night knit and nit knot , naught not know and no knows and nose lacks and lax lade laid lain lane lair and layer lam and lamb laps and lapse lay and lei lays and laze leach and leech lead and led leak and leek lean and lien leant lent leased and least lends and lens lessen lesson lesser lessor let's lets levee and levy liar and lyre lichen and liken lickerish licorice lie and lye links and lynx lo low load and lode loan and lone loch lock locks and lox loop and loupe loos lose lose and loose made and maid mail and male main and mane maize Mays maze mall and maul manner and manor marshal and martial massed and mast mat and matte mean and mien meat , meet and mete medal , meddle metal and mettle might and mite mince and mints mind and mined miner and minor missed and mist moat and mote mood and mooed moor more morning and mourning muscle and mussel mussed and must naval and navel nay neigh nicks and nix none and nun oar , or and ore ode and owed oh and owe once and wants one and won oohs ooze overseas oversees paced and paste packed and pact pail and pale pain and pane pair , pare and pear palate , palette and pallet parish and perish passed and past patience and patients pause and paws peace and piece peak , peek and pique peal peel pearl and purl pedal , peddle and petal peer and pier penance and pennants per and purr pi pie plain and plane plainer , planar plait and plate pleas and please pole and poll poor , pore and pour populace and populous praise , prays and preys pray and prey precedence and precedents premier and premiere presence and presents pride and pried prier and prior pries prize prince and prints principal and principle profit and prophet rack and wrack raid and rayed rail and rale rain , reign and rein raise , rays and raze rap and wrap rapt and wrapped /wrapt re-cover and recover re-lay and relay read and red read and reed real , reel , and riel recede and reseed reek and wreak residence and residents rest and wrest retch and wretch rhyme and rime right , rite wright write ring and wring ringer and wringer rise and ryes road , rode and rowed roe row roil and royal role and roll roomer rumor /rumour root and route rose and rows rote and wrote rude and rued rues ruse rung and wrung rye and wry sail and sale scene seen sea see seam seem sear seer seas , sees and seize sects sex sew so and sow shake sheik shear sheer shoe and shoo sic sick sics six side sighed sighs size sign sine slay sleigh sleight slight slew slough soar and sore soared and sword sold and soled sole soul some and sum son and sun stair and stare stake and steak stationary stationery steal and steel step and steppe storey story straight and strait suite and sweet summary summery tacked and tact tacks and tax tail and tale taper and tapir tarry terry taught and taut tea and tee team and teem tears and tiers teas tease and tees tense and tents than then there , their they're threw and through throne and thrown thyme time tide and tied tier tire tighten and titan to , too , and two toad , toed and towed toe and tow told and tolled tracked and tract tray and trey udder utter vain , vane vein vale veil vial and vile vice and vise wade and weighed wail and whale waist and waste wait and weight waive and wave waiver waver wale and whale war and wore ward and warred ware wear , and where warn and worn wax and whacks way , weigh and whey we and wee we'd weed we'll weal wheel we're weir we're were whir we've weave weak and week wean ween wearer and where're weather and whether wee and whee wet and whet wheeled and wield which and witch while and wile whiled and wild whine and wine whined , wind and wined whirled and world whit wit white and wight whither and wither who's whose whoa woe wood would yack yak yoke yolk yore you're and your you'll Yule These pairs become homophones in certain dialects only (mostly in American English)
aahed odd adieu ado ant aunt aural and oral err becomes the same as ere air and heir marry and merry rout route seated and seeded shone shown tidal and title trader and traitor vary and very Names Aaron Erin Mary marry and merry in some varieties of American English.