ESL students, do you ever get frustrated with all the English homonyms? There are so many words that sound alike, but have different meanings. This can make it difficult to know which word to use in a sentence.
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! In this blog post, we will provide a detailed list of homonym words in English. After reading this post, you’ll be an expert on homonyms and be able to choose the correct word every time. So let’s get started!
Below is the list of homonyms words in English:
| Word | Homonym |
| Nay | Neigh |
| Accede | Exceed |
| Holed | Hold |
| New | Knew |
| Hertz | Hurts |
| Hoes | Hose |
| Mrs | Misses |
| Clique | Click |
| Hoarse | Horse |
| Abel | Able |
| Mown | Moan |
| Flu | Flew |
| Hole | Whole |
| Adds | Adz |
| Fare | Fair |
| Heroin | Heroine |
| Mousse | Moose |
| Hey | Hay |
| Need | Knead |
| Check | Czech |
| Hold | Holed |
| Hew | Hue |
| Hoe | Ho |
| Crepe | Crape |
| Hi | High |
| Mowed | Mode |
| Pail | Pale |
| Dyeing | Dying |
| Fate | Fete |
| Accept | Except |
| Higher | Hire |
| Graphed | Graft |
| Addition | Edition |
| Moat | Mote |
| Neigh | Nay |
| Hoard | Horde |
| Hue | Hew |
| Navel | Naval |
| Graham | Gram |
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Here are 200 common homonyms in English:
- cheap – cheep
- clique – click
- mite – might
- moan – mown
- gored – gourd
- gorilla – guerilla
- graham – gram
- red – read
- reek – wreak
- check – Czech
- colonel – kernel
- coolie – coulee
- hew – hue
- hey – hay
- missal – missile
- misses – Mrs
- sashay – sachet
- saver – savor
- veil – vale
- craft – kraft
- crape – crepe
- overseas – oversees
- owe – oh
- gourd – gored
- grade – grayed
- rose – rows
- rows – rose
- sane – seine
- beer – bier
- beet – beat
- lone – loan
- mail – male
- mall – maul
- hole – whole
- holed – hold
- led – lead
- vary – very
- vein – vain
- ale – ail
- ax – acts
- loch – lock
- lochs – locks
- all ready – already
- axel – axle
- axes – axis
- lien – lean
- lieu – Lou
- abel – able
- accept – except
- lichen – liken
- lie – lye
- bight – bite
- bury – berry
- mare – mayor
- mark – marc
- missed – mist
- coup – coo
- cousin – cozen
- coward – cowered
- nay – neigh
- neigh – nay
- but – butt
- byte – bight
- cache – cash
- male – mail
- marc – mark
- hoard – horde
- hoarse – horse
- we’ll – wheel
- weak – week
- yoke – yolk
- bussed – bust
- buy – by – bye
- meteor – meatier
- mints – mince
- heroin – heroine
- hertz – hurts
- higher – hire
- room – rheum
- root – route
- hire – higher
- ho – hoe
- hoes – hose
- rued – rude
- sari – sorry
- cord – cored
- cored – chord
- corps – core
- moat – mote
- mowed – mode
- fort – forte
- gofer – gopher
- role – roll
- Rome – roam
- coop – coupe
- cops – copse
- mown – moan
- Mrs – misses
- need – knead
- fare – fair
- faun – fawn
- palate – pallet
- pale – pail
- hi – high
- him – hymn
- tow – toe
- vane – vein
- crawl – kraal
- creak – creek
- fate – fete
- niece – Nice
- ode – owed
- coral – choral
- core – corps
- mucous – mucus
- navel – naval
- feat – feet
- feint – faint
- pole – poll
- pore – pour
- reed – read
- fends – fens
- flow – floe
- read – reed
- real – reel
- flower – flour
- flu – flue – flew
- gnu – knew – new
- parish – perish
- plum – plumb
- coughers – coffers
- coulee – coolie
- new – gnu – knew
- nice – gneiss
- night – knight
- bell – belle
- berth – birth
- main – mane
- maize – maze
- hoe – ho
- hold – holed
- wear – where
- yew – ewe – you
- berry – bury
- better – bettor
- bib – bibb
- lock – loch
- lode – load
- accede – exceed
- addition – edition
- adds – adz
- leased – least
- lee – lea
- coy – koi
- cozen – cousin
- oh – owe
- one – won
- paean – paeon
- fax – facts
- faze – phase
- flour – flower
- padded – patted
- pail – pale
- leech – leach
- liar – lier
- lier – liar
- yews – use
- you’ll – Yule
- council – counsel
- course – coarse
- Nice – niece
- nickers – knickers
- crepe – crape
- dyeing – dying
- pain – pane
- pair – pare
- pistil – pistol
- graft – graphed
- graphed – graft
- rude – rued
- rue – roux
- hue – hew
- humerus
- your – you’re
- Yule – you’ll
- affect – effect
- affected – effected
- liken – lichen
- literal – littoral
- locks – lox
- flyer – flier
- foaled – fold
- reel – real
- roe – row
- roomer – rumor
- caddie – caddy
- cain – cane
- missile – missal
- mist – missed
- mousse – moose