homonyms
It's inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_confused_homonyms
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
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