40 Examples of Homonyms in English

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