List of Homophones | Homophones Examples

Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings, origins, or spellings.

for example:

• brake – break
• cell – sell
• dear – deer
• hair – hare
• hair – hare

Examples of homophones used in sentences

1. Brake: The car’s brake system needed to be replaced.
2. Break: Let’s take a break and grab some coffee.
3. Cell: The human body is composed of millions of cells.
4. Sell: She wants to sell her old car for a good price.
5. Dear: My dear friend, how have you been?
6. Deer: A herd of deer grazed in the meadow.
7. Hair: She brushed her long hair before going to bed.
8. Hare: The hare sprinted across the field, leaving the tortoise behind.

List of Homophones

Homophones (A)

1. Abel – able
2. accede – exceed
3. accept – except
4. acclamation – acclimation
5. ad – add
6. addition – edition
7. adds – adz – ads
8. adduce – educe
9. adherence – adherents
10. affect – effect
11. affects – effects
12. aid – aide
13. air – heir – err
14. aisle – isle – I’ll
15. all ready – already
16. all ways – always
17. allowed – aloud
18. allusion – illusion
19. allusive – elusive – illusive
20. already – all ready
21. altogether – all together
22. always – all ways
23. ascent – assent
24. assistance – assistants
25. ate – eight
26. awl – all
27. axel – axle
28. axes – axis
29. aye – eye – I
30. ayes – eyes

Homophones (B)

1. babble – Babel
2. bad – bade
3. bait – bate
4. baited – bated
5. ball – bawl
6. band – banned
7. bard – barred
8. bare – bear
9. baron – barren
10. barred – bard
11. barren – baron
12. basal – basil
13. base – bass
14. based – baste
15. bases – basis
16. basis – bases
17. bask – basque
18. bass – base
19. baste – based
20. bate – bait
21. bated – baited
22. bawl – ball
23. bawled – bald – balled
24. bazaar – bizarre
25. be – bee
26. beach – beech
27. bear – bare
28. bee – be
29. beech – beach
30. been – bin
31. beer – bier
32. beet – beat
33. bell – belle
34. berth – birth
35. better – bettor
36. bight – bite – byte
37. billed – build
38. bin – been
39. bird – burred
40. birth – berth
41. blew – blue
42. bloc – block
43. blue – blew
44. boar – bore
45. bode – bowed
46. bold – bowled
47. bolder – boulder
48. bootie – booty
49. bore – boar
50. bored – board
51. born – borne
52. bough – bow
53. boulder – bolder
54. bowed – bode
55. bowled – bold
56. boy – buoy
57. braid – brayed
58. braise – brays
59. brake – break
60. brayed – braid
61. bread – bred
62. break – brake
63. bred – bread
64. brewed – brood
65. brews – bruise
66. broach – brooch
67. brood – brewed
68. bruise – brews
69. build – billed
70. bullion – bouillon
71. burger – burgher
72. burred – bird

Homophones (C)

1. cache – cash
2. caddie – caddy
3. callous – callus
4. cannon – canon
5. canvas – canvass
6. cash – cache
7. cast – caste
8. caster – castor
9. cause – caws
10. ceiling – sealing
11. cellar – seller
12. censor – sensor
13. cent – scent – sent
14. cereal – serial
15. Ceres – series
16. cession – session
17. chance – chants
18. chased – chaste
19. check – Czech
20. chews – choose
21. Chile – chilly – chili
22. choose – chews
23. choral – coral
24. chord – cord – cored
25. chute – shoot
26. cite – sight – site
27. cited – sided – sighted
28. clack – claque
29. clamber – clammer – clamor
30. claque – clack
31. clause – claws
32. clew – clue
33. click – clique
34. clique – click
35. clue – clew
36. coal – cole
37. coarse – course
38. coarser – courser
39. cole – coal
40. collard – collared
41. complacent – complaisant
42. complement – compliment
43. consonance – consonants
44. coop – coupe
45. cops – copse
46. coral – choral
47. cord – cored – chord
48. cored – chord – cord
49. corps – core
50. cote – coat
51. coughers – coffers
52. coulee – coolie
53. courser – coarser
54. cousin – cozen
55. coward – cowered
56. cozen – cousin
57. craft – kraft
58. crape – crepe
59. creak – creek
60. crepe – crape
61. crews – cruise
62. cruel – crewel
63. cruise – crews
64. cue – queue
65. curser – cursor
66. cymbal – symbol

Homophones (D)

1. days – daze
2. dear – deer
3. descent – dissent
4. dew – do – due
5. diffused – defused
6. disburse – disperse
7. discreet – discrete
8. disperse – disburse
9. do – due – dew
10. doc – dock
11. done – dun
12. dual – duel
13. ducked – duct
14. ducks – ducts
15. duct – ducked
16. ducts – ducks
17. due – dew – do
18. duel – dual
19. dun – done
20. dye – die

Homophones (E)

1. eave – eve
2. edition – addition
3. effect – affect
4. effected – affected
5. effects – affects
6. eight – ate
7. eluded – alluded
8. enumerable – innumerable
9. err – air – heir
10. errant – arrant
11. ewe – you – yew
12. exceed – accede
13. except – accept
14. exercise – exorcise
15. eye – I – aye

Homophones (F)

1. faint – feint
2. fair – fare
3. fairy – ferry
4. fare – fair
5. fate – fete
6. faun – fawn
7. faze – phase
8. feat – feet
9. feint – faint
10. fends – fens
11. ferry – fairy
12. few – phew
13. find – fined
14. finish – Finnish
15. fir – fur
16. flair – flare
17. flea – flee
18. flier – flyer
19. floe – flow
20. flour – flower
21. flow – floe
22. flower – flour
23. flyer – flier
24. foaled – fold
25. fold – foaled
26. foregone – forgone
27. foreword – forward
28. forth – fourth
29. forward – foreword
30. foul – fowl
31. fowl – foul
32. fryer – friar

Homophones (G)

1. gait – gate
2. gale – Gail
3. gate – gait
4. gel – jell
5. gene – jean
6. gibe – jibe
7. gild – guild
8. gilder – guilder
9. gilt – guilt
10. gneiss – nice
11. gnome – Nome
12. gored – gourd
13. gorilla – guerilla
14. gourd – gored
15. graphed – graft
16. grate – great
17. grater – greater
18. grayed – grade
19. grays – graze
20. grease – Greece
21. great – grate
22. greater – grater
23. grill – grille
24. groan – grown
25. guessed – guest
26. guild – gild
27. guilder – gilder

Homophones (H)

1. hair – hare
2. hale – hail
3. hall – haul
4. halve – have
5. hangar – hanger
6. hansom – handsome
7. hare – hair
8. hart – heart
9. have – halve
10. hays – haze
11. hear – here
12. herd – heard
13. here – hear
14. hertz – hurts
15. hey – hay
16. hi – high
17. higher – hire
18. hire – higher
19. hoard – horde
20. hoarse – horse
21. hold – holed
22. hole – whole
23. holed – hold
24. hoop – whoop
25. horse – hoarse
26. hose – hoes
27. humerus – humorous

Homophones (I)

1. I – aye – eye
2. illusion – allusion
3. illusive – allusive – elusive
4. immanent – imminent
5. impassable – impassible
6. incite – insight
7. innocence – innocents
8. innumerable – enumerable
9. insight – incite
10. instance – instants
11. intense – intents

Homophones (J)

1. jam/jamb
2. jean/gene
3. jell/gel
4. jibe/gibe
5. Jim/gym

Homophones (K)

1. kernel – colonel
2. knap – nap
3. knave – nave
4. knead – kneed – need
5. knew – new – gnu
6. knickers – nickers
7. knight – night
8. knot – not
9. knows – nose
10. kraal – crawl
11. kraft – craft

Homophones (L)

1. lacks – lax
2. ladder – latter
3. lade – laid
4. lain – lane
5. lane – lain
6. latter – ladder
7. lea – lee
8. leach – leech
9. lead – led
10. leak – leek
11. lean – lien
12. led – lead
13. lee – lea
14. leech – leach
15. leek – leak
16. lessen – lesson
17. lichen – liken
18. lie – lye
19. lien – lean
20. lier – lyre – liar
21. liken – lichen
22. llama – lama
23. loan – lone
24. loath – loathe
25. loch – lock
26. lochs – locks – lox
27. lock – loch
28. lode – lowed – load
29. lone – loan
30. loot – lute
31. lowed – load – lode
32. lox – lochs – locks
33. lumbar – lumber

Homophones (M)

1. madder – matter
2. made – maid
3. mail – male
4. maize – maze
5. male – mail
6. mall – maul
7. manner – manor
8. mantel – mantle
9. mare – mayor
10. marry – merry – Mary
11. marshal – martial
12. marten – martin
13. mat – matte
14. matter – madder
15. mayor – mare
16. maze – maize
17. mean – mien
18. meat – meet – mete
19. meteor – meatier
20. mews – muse
21. mien – mean
22. might – mite
23. mil – mill
24. mince – mints
25. mind – mined
26. miner – minor
27. mints – mince
28. missal – missile
29. missed – mist
30. missile – missal
31. mite – might
32. moat – mote
33. mode – mowed
34. mood – mooed
35. moose – mousse
36. morning – mourning
37. mote – moat
38. mourn – morn
39. mourning – morning
40. mowed – mode
41. mown – moan
42. mule – mewl
43. muscle – mussel
44. muse – mews
45. mussed – must
46. mussel – muscle
47. must – mussed

Homophones (N)

1. nap – knap
2. naval – navel
3. navel – naval
4. nay – neigh
5. neigh – nay
6. nice – gneiss
7. nickers – knickers
8. niece – Nice
9. night – knight
10. nit – knit
11. no – know
12. nock – knock
13. none – nun
14. nose – knows
15. nun – none

Homophones (O)

1. one – won
2. or – ore – oar
3. oral – aural
4. ore – oar – or
5. our – hour
6. outcast – outcaste
7. overseas – oversees
8. owed – ode

Homophones (P)

1. paced – paste
2. packed – pact
3. pail – pale
4. pain – pane
5. pair – pare – pear
6. pall – Paul
7. pane – pain
8. pare – pear – pair
9. passed – past
10. paste – paced
11. patience – patients
12. patted – padded
13. pea – pee
14. peace – piece
15. peak – peek – pique
16. peal – peel
17. pear – pair – pare
18. pearl – purl
19. peas – pees
20. peek – pique – peak
21. peel – peal
22. peer – pier
23. pees – peas
24. peon – paean – paeon
25. perish – parish
26. petal – pedal – peddle
27. Pete – peat
28. petrel – petrol
29. pew – pugh
30. phew – few
31. Phil – fill
32. phrase – frays
33. picot – pekoe
34. piece – peace
35. pier – peer
36. pigeon – pidgin
37. pistil – pistol
38. plain – plane
39. plait – plate
40. plate – plait
41. plum – plumb
42. pore – pour
43. pray – prey
44. precedence – precedents
45. premier – premiere
46. presence – presents
47. prey – pray
48. pride – pried
49. prince – prints
50. principal – principle
51. prints – prince
52. profit – prophet

Homophones (Q)

1. quarts – quartz
2. queue – cue
3. quince – quints
4. quire – choir

Homophones (R)

1. rain – reign – rein
2. raise – rays – raze
3. rapper – wrapper
4. read – red
5. read – reed
6. real – reel
7. red – read
8. reed – read
9. reek – wreak
10. reel – real
11. reign – rein – rain
12. residence – residents
13. retch – wretch
14. review – revue
15. right – rite – write
16. ring – wring
17. rite – write – right
18. road – rode – rowed
19. Rome – roam
20. roomer – rumor
21. root – route
22. rose – rows
23. rote – wrote
24. route – root
25. row – roe
26. rowed – road – rode
27. rows – rose
28. rude – rued
29. rue – roux
30. rued – rude
31. ruff – rough
32. rumor – roomer
33. rung – wrung
34. rye – wry

Homophones (S)

1. sac – sack
2. sail – sale
3. saver – savor
4. sax – sacks
5. scene – seen
6. scull – skull
7. sealing – ceiling
8. seam – seem
9. sear – seer – sere
10. seas – sees – seize
11. seem – seam
12. seen – scene
13. seer – sere – sear
14. sees – seize – seas
15. sell – cell
16. seller – cellar
17. sent – cent – scent
18. sere – sear – seer
19. serge – surge
20. serial – cereal
21. sew – so – sow
22. shear – sheer
23. shone – shown
24. shoo – shoe
25. shown – shone
26. sic – sick
27. side – sighed
28. sighed – side
29. sighs – size
30. sink – sync
31. skull – scull
32. sleight – slight
33. slight – sleight
34. so – sow – sew
35. soared – sword
36. sold – soled
37. sole – soul
38. some – sum
39. son – sun
40. soot – suit
41. sore – soar
42. sorry – sari
43. soul – sole
44. stair – stare
45. stake – steak
46. stare – stair
47. stayed – staid
48. steak – stake
49. steal – steel
50. step – steppe
51. stile – style
52. suede – swayed
53. suit – soot
54. suite – sweet
55. sum – some
56. sun – son
57. swayed – suede
58. sweet – suite
59. sword – soared
60. symbol – cymbal

Homophones (T)

1. tacked – tact
2. tacks – tax
3. tact – tacked
4. tail – tale
5. taper – tapir
6. tarry – terry
7. taught – taut
8. taut – taught
9. tax – tacks
10. tea – tee
11. tear – tier
12. teas – tease – tees
13. tee – tea
14. tees – teas – tease
15. tends – tens
16. tense – tents
17. tern – turn
18. terry – tarry
19. Thai – tie
20. the – thee
21. threw – through
22. throes – throws
23. throne – thrown
24. through – threw
25. thrown – throne
26. throws – throes
27. thyme – time
28. tic – tick
29. tie – Thai
30. tied – tide
31. tier – tear
32. tigress – Tigris
33. timber – timbre
34. time – thyme
35. toed – towed – toad
36. told – tolled
37. too – two – to
38. tool – tulle
39. tooter – Tudor – tutor
40. tope – taupe
41. tort – torte
42. tortuous – torturous
43. towed – toad – toed
44. tracked – tract
45. trader – traitor
46. trussed – trust
47. tucks – tux
48. tulle – tool
49. turban – turbine
50. turn – tern
51. two – to – too

Homophones (U)

1. udder – utter
2. undo – undue
3. urn – earn
4. use – ewes – yews
5. utter – udder

Homophones (V)

1. vain – vane – vein
2. valance – valence
3. vale – veil
4. valence – valance
5. vane – vein – vain
6. veil – vale
7. vein – vain – vane
8. venous – Venus
9. very – vary
10. vial – vile
11. vice – vise
12. vile – vial
13. vise – vice

Homophones (W)

1. wade – weighed
2. wails – Wales – whales
3. wain – wane – Wayne
4. waist – waste
5. wait – weight
6. waiter – wader
7. walk – wok
8. wane – Wayne – wain
9. ware – wear – where
10. wares – where’s – wears
11. wax – whacks
12. way – weigh – whey
13. we – wee
14. weak – week
15. wear – where – ware
16. weather – whether – wether
17. whey – way – weigh
18. which – witch
19. while – wile
20. whir – were
21. whirled – whorled – world
22. whoa – woe
23. whole – hole
24. wholly – holey – holy
25. week – weak
26. weigh – whey – way
27. weighed – wade
28. weighs – ways
29. weight – wait
30. were – whir
31. whale – wale – wail
32. whales – wails – Wales
33. where – ware – wear
34. whet – wet
35. whorled – world – whirled
36. wile – while
37. wind – wined – whined
38. wine – whine
39. wined – whined – wind
40. witch – which
41. wok – walk
42. won – one
43. wood – would
44. word – whirred
45. world – whirled – whorled
46. wrapped – rapped – rapt
47. wreak – reek
48. wrest – rest
49. wring – ring
50. write – right – rite
51. wrote – rote

Homophones (Y)

1. yew/ewe/you
2. yews/use/ewes
3. yoke/yolk
4. you/yew/ewe