RESOURCE LIST HOMONYMS (SOUND ALIKE, SPELLED …

[Pages:4]RESOURCE LIST HOMONYMS (SOUND ALIKE, SPELLED DIFFERENT)

HOMONYM

MEANING

ad

advertisement

add

to increase

ail

pain, trouble

ale

liquor, beverage

air

atmosphere

err

make a mistake

heir

inheritor

aisle

passage

isle

island

I'll

I will

arc

curved shape

ark

boat

ate eight

past of eat number

all

everyone, everything

awl

punching tool

aloud allowed

audible permitted

altar

table for worship

alter

change

ant

insect

aunt

relative

arc

part of a circle

ark

boat, chest

bail

security

bale

bundle

ball bawl

round body, dance cry aloud

bare

no covering

bear

animal, to carry

baron barren

nobleman unfruitful

base bass or base

bottom in music

bee

insect

be

to exist

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HOMONYM

MEANING HOMONYM

MEANING

beat

strike, win but

except

beet

vegetable butt

push with head

been bin

past of be storage container

berry bury

fruit to inter

berth birth

sleeping place being born

bite

tear with teeth

byte

computer data

blew blue

past of blow color

board bored

wooden slat disinterested

boarder border

a lodger outer edge

born borne

come into life carried

bow beau

archery tool, tie gentleman friend

bowl boll bole

basin, dish pod, ball

tree trunk, earth

bough bow

tree limb to bend, ship part

boy buoy

male child floating signal

brake

stopping device

break past of broke, opening

bread bred

food brought up

bridal belonging to wedding

bridle

a curb

broach brooch

to utter jewelry

burrow borough

rabbit hole town

bye

farewell

by

near

buy

purchase

cannon canon

large gun law, rule

canvas canvass

material to poll, solicit

capital capitol

city, uppercase building

carrot

vegetable

karat/carat

weight

caret

proofreading mark

cash

money

cache hole for hiding goods

cast caste

mold, throw status

cede seed

to give up germ of plants

cell small room, body part

sell

to give for money

censor sensor

judge of suitability receiving device

census senses

population count faculties

cent sent scent

penny to make go

odor

cereal serial

breakfast food in a series

chews choose

masticates select

cheap cheep

inexpensive bird's chirp

chili chilly

spicy food cool

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 1

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MEANING

coral choral

rocklike deposit choir

chord cord

musical sequence string, measure

chute shoot

inclined trough fire a weapon

cite site sight

summons place view

close clothes

shut garments

coarse course

rough class, route

compliment complement

to flatter full amount

core corps

inner part soldiers

council counsel

assembly, group give advice

creak creek

squeaky noise stream

crewel cruel

embroidery yarn mean

cymbal musical instrument symbol representative sign

dam water blockage wall

damn

curse

dear

beloved

deer

animal

dew

moisture

do

perform

due

owed

die

expire, stamp

dye

color

doe dough

female deer unbaked batter

done dun

finished pester for payment

dual

two

duel

to fight

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HOMONYM

MEANING

earn

acquire for work

urn

vase

eight ate

number past of eat

eye

organ of sight

I

myself

aye

yes

fair

clear, pretty

fare

price, food

faze phase

to disturb stage

feat

accomplishment

feet

plural of foot

fir

evergreen tree

fur

animal hair

flea

insect

flee

to run away

flour flower

grain blossom

flew

past of fly

flue

chimney vent

flu

sickness

for

preposition

fore

preceding

four

number

forth fourth

go forward 4th

foul

distasteful

fowl

bird

freeze frieze

turn to ice decoration

gait

manner of walking

gate

an entry way

groan grown

deep sigh participle of grow

gild guild

adorn group

guilt

blame

gilt

gold on surface

HOMONYM

MEANING

new knew

not old past of know

grate great

iron frame large, wonderful

grisly grizzly

frightful type of bear

groan grown

deep sigh participle of grow

hail

salute, ice

hale

healthy

hair

body growth

hare

rabbit

hall

corridor

haul

to carry

hay

dried grass

hey

greeting, expression

heal

to cure

heel back of foot, scoundrel

hear

receive audibly

here

in this place

heard herd

past of hear group of animals

hi

greeting

high

great elevation

him hymn

objective pronoun religious song

hoard horde

hide money away large group

hoarse horse

scratchy voice animal

hole whole

cavity entire

hour

sixty minutes

our

belonging to us

idol

worshiped being

idle

inactive

idyl

poem

in

preposition

inn lodging place, tavern

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 2

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MEANING

incite insight

urge intuition

its

possessive pronoun

it's

it is

kernel colonel

seed officer

knead need

work dough desire

knew new gnu

past of know not old animal

knight night

title of honor period of darkness

know no

understand not so

knot

tied

not

negative

leach leech

filtrate worm

lead

metal

led

guided

lean

thin, slant

lien

mortgage

lesson lessen

instruction to make less

lie

falsehood

lye

chemical

loan

to lead

lone

solitary

made maid

created woman

mail male

letters masculine

maize maze

corn intricate puzzle

main mane

principal hair

mall maul

hammer, stores beat, tear up

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MEANING HOMONYM

MEANING

mantle mantel

cloak part of fireplace

pedal peddle

for the foot to sell

marry merry

to wed peer gay pier

contemporary wharf

marshal martial

officer of war

pistil pistol

part of a flower firearm

meet meat

encounter, match food

plain

simple

plane airplane, flat surface

meddle medal

interfere pole a token poll

stick canvass

mite might

small insect possibly, power

pore pour

opening in skin cause to flow

morn mourn

early in day grieve

principal principle

chief, person main, rule

naval navel

nautical center of abdomen

profit prophet

gain foreteller

nay neigh

none nun

oar ore

oh owe

one won

pail pale

pain pane

pair pare pear

no whinny of a horse

no one, not any female devotee

paddle mineral

interjection indebted

single gained

bucket lacking color

agony square of glass

twosome to peel fruit

rain reign rein

raise raze

rap wrap

read reed

real reel

read red

retch wretch

review revue

water rule

bridle

lift demolish

strike, singing style cover

interpret plant

genuine, true stagger, wind

past of read color

vomit miserable person

go over musical show

peace piece

peak peek

peal peel

quiet a part

high point to look

loud sound remove covering

right rite write

ring wring

road rode

correct ceremony print letters

circle, jewelry to twist

street past of ride

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 3

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MEANING

role

part played

roll

bread, turn over

rote wrote

memorized past of write

rung wrung

sounded past of wring

rye

grain

wry

contemptuous

sail

ship movement

sale

reduction of prices

scene seen

vista participle of see

sea

ocean

see

to view

seam seem

fastening to appear

serf

slave

surf

waves

sew

stitch

sow

plant

so

conjunction

shake sheik

vibrate Arab leader

shear sheer

clip thin, steep

shoe shoo

foot covering begone

shone shown

past of shine participle of show

shoot chute

to kill channel

slay sleigh

kill vehicle

soar

rise high

sore

painful

sole

only, foot bottom

soul

spirit

some

part

sum

total

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MEANING HOMONYM

MEANING

son

boy child

sun

star

stair stare

steps intent gaze

stake steak

wager, post meat

stationary stationery

motionless paper

steal

thievery

steel

metal

straight

not crooked

strait narrow passageway

suite sweet

connected rooms sugary, pleasing

tale

story

tail

part on animal

taught taut

past of teach tight

tea

drink

tee

golf ball peg

team teem

group full of

tear

moisture from eyes

tier

row, rank

vale

valley

vail

fee

veil

cover

vane vein vain

weathercock blood vessel

conceited

wail wale whale

moan a mark sea animal

waist waste

part of body destroy, squander

wait weight

stay heaviness

waive wave

relinquish move

warn

to caution

worn affected by wear or use

way whey weigh

manner, road of milk

balance, measure

weak week

not strong seven days

wear ware where

to put on merchandise in which place

their there they're

threw through

thrown throne

toe tow

to too two

urn earn

vice vise

belonging to them place

they are

past of throw finished, across

participle of throw seat of royalty

part of foot pull, drag

preposition also, excess

number

vase gain by labor

sin a press

wet whet

which witch

while wile

whine wine

wood would

wrote rote

yolk yoke

moist to sharpen

the one that sorceress

time deceit

whimpering alcoholic beverage

material of tree was willing

past of write by memory

yellow of egg oxen collar

Homonyms (sound alike, spelled different) p. 4

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