list of “homophones”

No.	Homophone Pair	Meaning 1	Meaning 2
1	bare / bear	Without covering	A large mammal
2	break / brake	To separate or shatter	A device to stop a vehicle
3	buy / by	To purchase	Near or beside
4	cell / sell	A small room or unit of life	To exchange for money
5	cent / scent	A unit of money	A smell
6	dear / deer	Loved or valued	An animal
7	flour / flower	A powder from grains	A blooming plant
8	hair / hare	Strands on your head	A fast-moving rabbit
9	heal / heel	To make better	The back part of a foot
10	hear / here	To listen	In this place
11	hole / whole	An empty space	Entire
12	hour / our	60 minutes	Belonging to us
13	knight / night	A warrior	Time of darkness
14	know / no	To understand	Opposite of yes
15	mail / male	Letters and packages	Opposite of female
16	meat / meet	Animal flesh	To come together
17	none / nun	Not any	A religious woman
18	one / won	The number 1	Past tense of win
19	pair / pear	A set of two	A fruit
20	peace / piece	Calm and harmony	A portion
21	plain / plane	Simple or flat	A flying machine
22	principal / principle	Head of a school	A rule or belief
23	read / reed	To look at and understand writing	A type of plant
24	right / write	Correct or direction	To form letters
25	road / rode	A path for vehicles	Past tense of ride
26	root / route	Part of plant underground	A path or direction
27	sail / sale	Travel on water	A discount
28	scene / seen	A setting or view	Past tense of see
29	sea / see	Large body of salt water	To look
30	seam / seem	A stitched line	To appear
31	so / sew	Therefore	To stitch with thread
32	sole / soul	Only or bottom of foot	Spiritual essence
33	some / sum	A part	The total
34	son / sun	Male child	Star at the center of our solar system
35	stair / stare	A step	To look hard
36	stationary / stationery	Not moving	Office supplies
37	steal / steel	To take without permission	A strong metal
38	tail / tale	Part of an animal	A story
39	their / there	Belonging to them	In that place
40	they’re / there	They are	In that place
41	threw / through	Past tense of throw	Moving in and out
42	to / too	Toward	Also or excessively
43	toe / tow	Part of the foot	To pull something
44	vain / vein	Proud	A blood vessel
45	waist / waste	Middle part of body	Useless material
46	wait / weight	To stay	How heavy something is
47	weather / whether	Climate	Expressing choice
48	which / witch	Refers to a choice	A magical person
49	wood / would	Material from trees	Indicates possibility
50	yew / you	A type of tree	Refers to the person addressed
51	your / you’re	Belonging to you	You are
52	board / bored	Flat surface	Uninterested
53	chews / choose	Bites with teeth	To pick
54	coarse / course	Rough	A path or direction
55	complement / compliment	Completes	Praise
56	council / counsel	Group of people	Advice
57	creak / creek	Squeaky sound	A small stream
58	dual / duel	Double	A fight
59	fair / fare	Just or carnival	Ticket price
60	feat / feet	Achievement	Plural of foot
61	gait / gate	Way of walking	A door in a fence
62	grate / great	To shred or irritate	Wonderful
63	guessed / guest	Made an assumption	Visitor
64	hall / haul	A corridor	To pull or carry
65	heal / heel	To make well	Part of the foot
66	heard / herd	Past tense of hear	Group of animals
67	idle / idol	Inactive	Someone admired
68	knead / need	To press dough	To require
69	leak / leek	To let something out	A type of vegetable
70	loan / lone	Money lent	Alone
71	maid / made	Female housekeeper	Past tense of make
72	main / mane	Primary	Hair on a horse or lion
73	marshal / martial	Officer	Related to war
74	meat / mete	Animal flesh	To distribute
75	miner / minor	Works in a mine	Underage person
76	moose / mousse	Large deer	A dessert or hair product
77	morning / mourning	Time after sunrise	Grief
78	muscle / mussel	Body tissue	Shellfish
79	none / nun	Not any	Religious sister
80	oar / ore	Paddle	Mineral
81	overdo / overdue	Do too much	Late
82	pail / pale	A bucket	Light in color
83	passed / past	Went by	Earlier time
84	peak / peek	Top	Quick look
85	pedal / peddle	Part of a bike	To sell
86	plain / plane	Simple	Aircraft
87	pole / poll	A long rod	Survey
88	pray / prey	Speak to God	Animal hunted
89	presence / presents	Being there	Gifts
90	rain / reign	Water from clouds	Rule as king
91	raise / rays	To lift	Lines of light
92	rap / wrap	Knock or hit	Cover something
93	real / reel	Actual	Spinning device
94	ring / wring	Circle or sound	Twist to remove liquid
95	root / route	Base of a plant	Way or direction
96	rose / rows	A flower	Lines of things
97	scene / seen	A part of a play	Viewed
98	sew / so	Stitch	Therefore
99	steak / stake	Slice of meat	Wooden post or risk
100	weather / whether	Climate	If or not

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