40 Examples of Homonyms in English
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.cain – cane
11.cheap – cheep
12.check – Czech
13.clique – click
14.crepe – crape
15.dyeing – dying
16.fare – fair
17.fate – fete
18.gorilla – guerilla
19.gourd – gored
20.grade – grayed
21.hire – higher
22.ho – hoe
23.hoard – horde
24.hoarse – horse
25.hoe – ho
26.hoes – hose
27.hold – holed
28.loch – lock
29.lochs – locks
30.lock – loch
31.locks – lox
32.lode – load
33.lone – loan
34.mail – male
35.need – knead
36.neigh – nay
37.new – gnu – knew
38.nice – gneiss
39.pain – pane
40.pair – pare
