What is Homonym? +100 Examples of Homonyms in English

What is Homonym? +100 Examples of Homonyms in English

1.ax – acts

2.axel – axle

3.axes – axis

4.beer – bier

5.beet – beat

6.bell – belle

7.berry – bury

8.berth – birth

9.better – bettor

10.bib – bibb

11.bight – bite

12.bury – berry

13.bussed – bust

14.but – butt

15.buy – by – bye

16.byte – bight

17.cache – cash

18.caddie – caddy

19.cain – cane

20.cheap – cheep

21.check – Czech

22.clique – click

23.colonel – kernel

24.coolie – coulee

25.coop – coupe

26.council – counsel

27.coup – coo

28.course – coarse

29.cousin – cozen

30.coward – cowered

31.coy – koi

32.cozen – cousin

33.craft – kraft

34.crape – crepe

35.crawl – kraal

36.creak – creek

37.crepe – crape

38.dyeing – dying

39.fare – fair

40.fate – fete

41.faun – fawn

42.fax – facts

43.faze – phase

44.feat – feet

45.feint – faint

46.fends – fens

47.flour – flower

48.flow – floe

49.flower – flour

50.flu – flue – flew

51.graft – graphed

52.graham – gram

53.graphed – graft

54.heroin – heroine

55.hertz – hurts

56.hew – hue

57.hey – hay

58.hi – high

59.higher – hire

60.him – hymn

61.hire – higher

62.ho – hoe

63.hoard – horde

64.hoarse – horse

65.hoe – ho

66.hoes – hose

67.hold – holed

68.hole – whole

69.holed – hold

70.hue – hew

71.humerus

72.leased – least

73.led – lead

74.lee – lea

75.leech – leach

76.mite – might

77.moan – mown

78.moat – mote

79.mousse – moose

80.mowed – mode

81.mown – moan

82.Mrs – misses

83.mucous – mucus

84.navel – naval

85.nay – neigh

86.need – knead

87.neigh – nay

88.new – gnu – knew

89.nice – gneiss

90.Nice – niece

91.nickers – knickers

92.niece – Nice

93.night – knight

94.ode – owed

95.oh – owe

96.one – won

97.overseas – oversees

98.owe – oh

99.padded – patted

100.paean – paeon

101.roe – row

102.role – roll

103.Rome – roam

104.room – rheum

105.roomer – rumor

106.root – route

107.rose – rows

108.rows – rose

109.rude – rued

110.rue – roux

111.rued – rude

112.sane – seine

113.sari – sorry

114.sashay – sachet

115.saver – savor

116.tow – toe

117.vane – vein

118.vary – very

119.veil – vale

120.vein – vain

121.we’ll – wheel

122.weak – week

123.wear – where

124.yew – ewe – you

125.yews – use