Word Pairs

They sound alike with different meanings!


adze adds
ail ale
air heir
ant aunt
ate eight
aye eye
bald bawled
ball bawl
barron barren
bass base
be bee
bear bare
beet beat
bite byte
boar bore
bolder boulder
borne born
boy bouy
bread bred
break brake
bus buss
but butt
by buy
capitol capital
caret carrot
corral chorale
deer dear
die dye
dike dyke
dough doe
ewe you
feat fete
feet feat
find fined
flu flue
flue flew
foe faux
foul fowl
gneiss nice
gnu new
great grate
hair hare
heel heal
him hymn
ho hoe
hoarse horse
hour our
in inn
jeans genes
lichen liken
load lode
loan lone
locks lox
loupe loop
lye lie
made maid
meet meat
meteor meatier
mi me
mite might
need knead
no know
nose knows
not knot
one won
or oar
pain pane
pair pare
peer pier
pi pie
plane plain
poor pour
praise prays
principal principle
psi sigh
quartz quarts
rain reign
re ray
red read
reed read
right write
root route
sail sale
sense cents
sent cent
shoe shoo
sine sign
site sight
so sew
soled sold
soul sole
stair stare
sum some
sun son
tail tale
taut taught
their there
time thyme
to two
toe tow
towed toad
wacks wax
waist waste
wale whale
wave waive
where ware
whet wet
whey way
which witch
whine wine
whole hole
whore hoar
would wood
wye why