The list has nearly 1,000 Homophone pairs. Here is a sample of the results of my program that exchanged homophones from this list.
I started making this list on 2004-04-11 at 19:34:11 It has at least one pair for every letter of the alphabet. It is a alphabetized text file. Each line is a pair of homophones. The first word is alphabetically before the second.
I use an assembly program, I wrote, to make two lines out of each line the second line being just the first with the words reversed. (That program also forces the initial letter of each word to be upper case.) I then sort the expanded file on the first letter of each line to make what the Word Exchange program actually uses.
The reasons for this are: 1. It keeps the "main" file half as long. 2. Corrections don't have to be made in two places.
The following list does not include more than a pair of Homophones. For example it does not contain the triple "to, too, two". Further, if the word is on the right it will not be on the left and visa versa. Hopefully, no word appears twice in the following table.
In some cases this may make a bit difficult to find the homophone, for example there is a line: "know no" under the k's but you will not find "no" under the n's.
I have numbered the following entries. If you find errors or want to make additions, the numbers should allow easier identification of the problem or suggestion. Lastly, if you would like just the list without the numbers contact me at the address below.
0 acts axe 1 ad add 2 adds ads 3 adherence adherents 4 admittance admittants 5 adolescence adolescents 6 aerie airy 7 affect effect 8 affects effects 9 aid aide 10 aides aids 11 ail ale 12 ails ales 13 air heir 14 airs heirs 15 all awl 16 allowed aloud 17 allude elude 18 alludes eludes 19 altar alter 20 altars alters 21 amend emend 22 amends emends 23 analyst annalist 24 analysts annalists 25 ant aunt 26 ante anti 27 ants aunts 28 apatite appetite 29 apatites appetites 30 appose oppose 31 apposes opposes 32 arc ark 33 arcs arks 34 arrant errant 35 ascent assent 36 ascents assents 37 assistance assistants 38 ate eight 39 aught ought 40 away aweigh 41 awful offal 42 axes axis 43 bail bale 44 bails bales 45 bait bate 46 baits bates 47 baize bays 48 bald bawled 49 ball bawl 50 balls bawls 51 balm bomb 52 balms bombs 53 band banned 54 bans banns 55 bard barred 56 bare bear 57 bares bears 58 bares bears 59 bark barque 60 barks barques 61 baron barren 62 barons barrens 63 barrel beryl 64 base bass 65 based baste 66 bask basque 67 baud bawd 68 bay bey 69 bazaar bizarre 70 be bee 71 beach beech 72 beaches beeches 73 beat beet 74 beats beets 75 beau bow 76 been bin 77 beer bier 78 beers biers 79 beetle betel 80 bell belle 81 belligerence belligerents 82 bells belles 83 benzene benzine 84 berg burg 85 berger burger 86 bergle burgle 87 berries buries 88 berry bury 89 berth birth 90 berths births 91 better bettor 92 billed build 93 bird burred 94 bite byte 95 blend blende 96 blends blendes 97 blew blue 98 bloc block 99 boar bore 100 board bored 101 boarder border 102 boarders borders 103 boars bores 104 bocks box 105 bode bowed 106 bogie bogy 107 bold bowled 108 bolder boulder 109 bole bowl 110 boles bowls 111 boos booze 112 bootie booty 113 born borne 114 borough burrow 115 boroughs burrows 116 boy buoy 117 boys buoys 118 brae bray 119 braid brayed 120 brain brane 121 brains branes 122 braise braze 123 braises brazes 124 brake break 125 brakes breaks 126 breach breech 127 breaches breeches 128 bread bred 129 brede breed 130 bredes breeds 131 brewed brood 132 brews bruise 133 bridal bridle 134 broom brougham 135 brooms broughams 136 brows browse 137 brr burr 138 buccal buckle 139 burger burgher 140 burgers burghers 141 burro burrow 142 burros burrows 143 bus buss 144 buses busses 145 bussed bust 146 but butt 147 buts butts 148 buy by 149 byre buyer 150 byres buyers 151 cache cash 152 cachou cashew 153 cachous cashews 154 calendar calender 155 calendars calenders 156 calk caulk 157 calks caulks 158 call cawl 159 callous callus 160 calls cawls 161 cam camb 162 cams cambs 163 can't cant 164 canape canopy 165 canapes canopies 166 cane cain 167 cannon canon 168 cannons canons 169 canter cantor 170 canters cantors 171 canvas canvass 172 capital capitol 173 carie carry 174 caries carries 175 carol carrel 176 carols carrels 177 carrot karat 178 carrots karats 179 cart kart 180 carts karts 181 cask casque 182 casks casques 183 cast caste 184 caster castor 185 casts castes 186 cause caws 187 cedar seeder 188 cedars seeders 189 cede seed 190 cedes seeds 191 ceiling sealing 192 cell sell 193 cellar seller 194 cellars sellers 195 cells sells 196 census senses 197 cent sent 198 cents sense 199 cereal serial 200 cereals serials 201 cession session 202 chance chants 203 chard charred 204 chary cherry 205 chased chaste 206 cheap cheep 207 chews choose 208 chic sheik 209 chili chilly 210 choir quire 211 choirs quires 212 choler collar 213 choral coral 214 chorale corral 215 chorales corrals 216 chorals corals 217 chord cord 218 christmas x-mass 219 chronical chronicle 220 chute shoot 221 chutes shoots 222 cirrus serous 223 cite sight 224 cited sighted 225 cites sights 226 clack claque 227 clacks claques 228 clause claws 229 clew clue 230 clews clues 231 click clique 232 clicks cliques 233 climb clime 234 close clothes 235 coarse course 236 coat cote 237 coats cotes 238 coax cokes 239 coffer cougher 240 coffers coughers 241 coign coin 242 coigns coins 243 collard collared 244 colonel kernel 245 colonels kernels 246 come cum 247 competence competents 248 complacence complaisance 249 complacent complaisant 250 complement compliment 251 complementary complimentary 252 complements compliments 253 continence continents 254 coo coup 255 coop coupe 256 coops coupes 257 coos coups 258 cops copse 259 coquet coquette 260 core corps 261 correspondence correspondents 262 cosher kosher 263 cosign cosine 264 cosigns cosines 265 coulee coolie 266 council counsel 267 councillor counselor 268 councillors counselors 269 councils counsels 270 cousin cozen 271 cousins cozens 272 coward cowered 273 crape crepe 274 crapes crepes 275 creak creek 276 creaks creeks 277 crewed crude 278 crewel cruel 279 crews cruise cruse 280 cubical cubicle 281 cubit qubit 282 cue queue 283 cues queues 284 currant current 285 currants currents 286 curser cursor 287 cursers cursors 288 cygnet signet 289 cygnets signets 290 cymbal symbol 291 cymbals symbols 292 dain deign 293 dam damn 294 days daze 295 dear deer 296 deem deme 297 deems demes 298 delinquence delinquents 299 dense dents 300 dental dentil 301 dependence dependents 302 depravation deprivation 303 depravations deprivations 304 descendant descendent 305 descent dissent 306 descents dissents 307 desert dessert 308 deserts desserts 309 deviance deviants 310 devisor divisor 311 dew do 312 dewed dude 313 dews dues 314 die dye 315 died dyed 316 dies dyes 317 dine dyne 318 dire dyer 319 disburse disperse 320 disburses disperses 321 discreet discrete 322 discussed disgust 323 dissidence dissidents 324 doe dough 325 draft draught 326 drafts draughts 327 dray drey 328 droop drupe 329 dual duel 330 ducked duct 331 dyeing dying 332 earn urn 333 earns urns 334 elicit illicit 335 emerge immerge 336 emerges immerges 337 eminent immanent 338 ensure insure 339 epic epoch 340 epics epochs 341 equivalence equivalents 342 errors heirs 343 ewe you 344 ewes use 345 exercise exorcise 346 exercises exorcises 347 existence existents 348 extravagance extravagants 349 eyed I'd 350 eyelet islet 351 eyelets islets 352 facts fax 353 fain feign 354 faint feint 355 fainted feinted 356 faints feints 357 fair fare 358 fairy ferry 359 faun fawn 360 fauns fawns 361 fay fey 362 faze phase 363 fazes phases 364 feat feet 365 fends fens 366 fern firn 367 ferule ferrule 368 feudal futile 369 file phial 370 files phials 371 fill faille 372 filter philter 373 finally finely 374 find fined 375 fir fur 376 firs furs 377 fisher fissure 378 fishers fissures 379 flacks flax 380 flair flare 381 flairs flares 382 flea flee 383 fleas flees 384 flew flu 385 flour flower 386 flours flowers 387 for four 388 forego forgo 389 foregoes forgoes 390 foreword forward 391 formally formerly 392 forth fourth 393 foul fowl 394 fouls fowls 395 frees freeze 396 fussed fust 397 gage gauge 398 gait gate 399 gaits gates 400 gamble gambol 401 gambles gambols 402 gang gangue 403 gays gaze 404 gel jell 405 gels jells 406 gene jean 407 genes jeans 408 gibe jibe 409 gibes jibes 410 gild guild 411 gilt guilt 412 glair glare 413 glairs glares 414 gluttonous glutinous 415 gnaw naw 416 gneiss nice 417 gnomic nomic 418 gnu new 419 gnus news 420 goaled gold 421 gored gourd 422 gorilla guerrilla 423 grade grayed 424 grate great 425 grays graze 426 groan grown 427 grocer grosser 428 guarantee guaranty 429 guest guessed 430 guide guyed 431 guise guys 432 gyre jire 433 hail hale 434 hails hales 435 hair hare 436 hairs hares 437 hairy harry 438 hall haul 439 halls hauls 440 halve have 441 hardy hearty 442 hart heart 443 harts hearts 444 hay hey 445 hays haze 446 he'd heed 447 heal heel 448 heals heels 449 hear here 450 heard herd 451 hertz hurts 452 hew hue 453 hews hues 454 hi high 455 higher hire 456 him hymn 457 ho hoe 458 hoar whore 459 hoarse horse 460 hoes hose 461 hold holed 462 hole whole 463 holes wholes 464 holey holy 465 hostel hostile 466 hour our 467 hours ours 468 i eye 469 i'll aisle 470 idle idol 471 idles idols 472 in inn 473 incidence incidents 474 incite insight 475 independence independents 476 indict indite 477 indicts indites 478 indigence indigents 479 indiscreet indiscrete 480 innocence innocents 481 instance instants 482 intense intents 483 it's its 484 jam jamb 485 jams jambs 486 jinks jinx 487 key quay 488 keys quays 489 knapp nap 490 knave nave 491 knaves naves 492 knead need 493 kneads needs 494 kneel neal 495 knew new 496 knick nick 497 knicker nicker 498 knickers nickers 499 knicks nicks 500 knight night 501 knights nights 502 knit nit 503 knits nits 504 knob nob 505 knobs nobs 506 knock nock 507 knocks nocks 508 knot not 509 know no 510 knows nose 511 lacks lax 512 ladder latter 513 lade laid 514 lain lane 515 lair layer 516 lairs layers 517 lam lamb 518 lama llama 519 laps lapse 520 lase lays 521 laser lazar 522 lay ley 523 laze leis 524 lea lee 525 leach leech 526 leaches leeches 527 lead led 528 leader liter 529 leaders liters 530 leaf lief 531 leak leek 532 leaks leeks 533 lean lien 534 leans liens 535 leased least 536 lends lens 537 lessen lesson 538 lesser lessor 539 levee levy 540 liable libel 541 liar lyre 542 liars lyres 543 lichen liken 544 licker liquor 545 lickerish licorice 546 lie lye 547 lies lyes 548 lightening lightning 549 limb limn 550 limbs limns 551 linch lynch 552 links lynx 553 lo low 554 load lode 555 loads lodes 556 loan lone 557 locks lox 558 loop loupe 559 loot lute 560 loots lutes 561 macks max 562 madder matter 563 made maid 564 mail male 565 mails males 566 main mane 567 maize maze 568 mall maul 569 malls mauls 570 manner manor 571 mantle mantel 572 marchal martial 573 mare mayor 574 mares mayors 575 marquee marquis 576 marshal marshall 577 marshals marshalls 578 marten martin 579 maser mazer 580 mask masque 581 massed mast 582 mat matte 583 mead meed 584 meat meet 585 meats meets 586 meddle metal 587 meddler medlar 588 meddlers medlars 589 meddles metals 590 men's mends 591 mewl mule 592 mews muse 593 mho mow 594 micks mix 595 middy midi 596 might mite 597 mil mill 598 mild miled 599 millenary millinery 600 mince mints 601 mind mined 602 miner minor 603 miners minors 604 minks minx 605 missal missile 606 missed mist 607 missed mist 608 moan mown 609 mode mowed 610 mold mould 611 molds moulds 612 mood mooed 613 moor more 614 moose mousse 615 morn mourn 616 morning mourning 617 mortar morter 618 mucous mucus 619 muscle mussel 620 muscles mussels 621 mustard mustered 622 naval navel 623 nicks nix 624 none nun 625 o'er or 626 oar ore 627 oars ores 628 odder otter 629 ode owed 630 oh owe 631 one won 632 ordinance ordnance 633 overdo overdue 634 oversea oversee 635 overseas oversees 636 paced paste 637 packed pact 638 paean peon 639 paeans peons 640 pail pale 641 pails pales 642 pain pane 643 pains panes 644 pair pear 645 pairs pears 646 palette pallet 647 palettes pallets 648 pall paul 649 parish perish 650 parities parodyies 651 parity parody 652 passable passible 653 passed past 654 patience patients 655 pause paws 656 pea pee 657 peace piece 658 peak peek 659 peaks peeks 660 peas pees 661 pedal peddle 662 pedals peddles 663 peer pier 664 peers piers 665 pence pents 666 pend penned 667 pendant pendent 668 pendants pendents 669 pends pens 670 penitence penitents 671 per purr 672 petit petty 673 petrel petrol 674 phosphorous phosphorus 675 pi pie 676 pica pika 677 picks pix 678 pidgin pigeon 679 pinion pinon 680 pistole pistol 681 place plaice 682 plain plane 683 plains planes 684 plaintiff plaintive 685 plait plate 686 plaits plates 687 plantar planter 688 plantars planters 689 pleas please 690 plough plow 691 ploughs plows 692 plum plumb 693 plums plumbs 694 pole poll 695 poles polls 696 politic politick 697 politics politicks 698 poor pour 699 praise prays 700 pray prey 701 prays preys 702 presence presents 703 pride pried 704 pries prize 705 prince prints 706 principal principle 707 principals principles 708 prior pryer 709 profit prophet 710 profits prophets 711 pros prose 712 psalter salter 713 pupal pupil 714 pupals pupils 715 quarts quartz 716 quean queen 717 queans queens 718 quince quints 719 rabbet rabbit 720 rack wrack 721 radical radicle 722 radicals radicles 723 rain reign 724 rains reigns 725 raise rays 726 raiser razor 727 raises razes 728 rancor ranker 729 rap wrap 730 rapped wrapped 731 raps wraps 732 read reed 733 reads reeds 734 real reel 735 recede reseed 736 recedes reseeds 737 receipt reseat 738 receipts reseats 739 reck wreck 740 reek wreak 741 reeks wreaks 742 reference referents 743 rends wrens 744 residence residents 745 rest wrest 746 rests wrests 747 retch wretch 748 retches wretches 749 review revue 750 reviews revues 751 rex wrecks 752 rheum room 753 rheums rooms 754 rhyme rime 755 rhymes rimes 756 rigger rigor 757 right rite 758 righting writing 759 rights rites 760 ring wring 761 ringer wringer 762 ringers wringers 763 rings wrings 764 rise ryes 765 road rode 766 roc rock 767 rocs rocks 768 roe row 769 roil royal 770 role roll 771 roles rolls 772 rood rude 773 roomer rumor 774 roomers rumors 775 root route 776 roots routes 777 rose rows 778 rote wrote 779 rough ruff 780 rouse rows 781 rued rude 782 rues ruse 783 rung wrung 784 rye wry 785 sailer sailor 786 sailers sailors 787 sails sales 788 sane seine 789 saver savor 790 scene seen 791 scents sense 792 scull skull 793 sculls skulls 794 sea see 795 seam seem 796 seaman semen 797 seamed seemed 798 seams seems 799 sear seer 800 seas sees 801 seas seize 802 serf surf 803 serfs surfs 804 serge surge 805 set sett 806 sets setts 807 sew so 808 sewn sown 809 shear sheer 810 shoes shoo's 811 shone shown 812 shoo shoe 813 sic sick 814 side sighed 815 sighs size 816 sight site 817 sign sine 818 signs sines 819 silicon silicone 820 sink sync 821 slay sleigh 822 slays sleighs 823 sleight slight 824 sleights slights 825 slew slough 826 sloe slow 827 soar sore 828 soared sword 829 soars sores 830 socks sox 831 sold soled 832 sole soul 833 soles souls 834 some sum 835 son sun 836 sonny sunny 837 sons suns 838 soot suit 839 spade spayed 840 staff staph 841 staid stayed 842 stair stare 843 stairs stares 844 stake steak 845 stakes steaks 846 statice status 847 statices statuses 848 stationary stationery 849 steal steel 850 steals steels 851 step steppe 852 steps steppes 853 stile style 854 stiles styles 855 stoop stoup 856 stoops stoups 857 straight strait 858 straights straits 859 succor sucker 860 succors suckers 861 suede swayed 862 suer sewer 863 suite sweet 864 suites sweets 865 summary summery 866 sundae sunday 867 sundaes sundays 868 surplice surplus 869 surplices surpluses 870 tacet tacit 871 tack taque 872 tacked tact 873 tacks tax 874 tail tale 875 tails tales 876 talesman talisman 877 taper tapir 878 tapers tapirs 879 tare tear 880 tares tears 881 tarry terry 882 taught taut 883 taupe tope 884 tea tee 885 team teem 886 teams teems 887 teas tease 888 tends tens 889 tense tents 890 tenser tensor 891 tern turn 892 terns turns 893 their there 894 theirs there's 895 therefor therefore 896 threw through 897 throe throw 898 throes throws 899 throne thrown 900 thyme time 901 tic tick 902 tics ticks 903 tide tied 904 tighten titan 905 timber timbre 906 to two 907 toad towed 908 tocsin toxin 909 tocsins toxins 910 toe tow 911 toes tows 912 tongue tung 913 tool tulle 914 tor tore 915 tore tour 916 tort torte 917 torts tortes 918 toughed tuft 919 tracked tract 920 trader traitor 921 traders traitors 922 tray trey 923 troop troupe 924 trooper trouper 925 troopers troupers 926 troops troupes 927 trussed trust 928 tucks tux 929 tune toon 930 turn tern 931 turns terns 932 udder utter 933 udders utters 934 undo undue 935 vain vein 936 valance valence 937 vale veil 938 vales veils 939 valiance valiants 940 variance variants 941 vary very 942 verses versus 943 vial vile 944 vial vile 945 vice vise 946 villain villein 947 virtu virtue 948 viscous viscus 949 wacks wax 950 wade weighed 951 wail whale 952 wain wane 953 waist waste 954 waists wastes 955 wait weight 956 waits weights 957 waive wave 958 waiver waver 959 waivers wavers 960 waives waves 961 walk wok 962 walks woks 963 watt what 964 way weigh 965 ways weighs 966 we wee 967 we'd weed 968 we're weir 969 we've weave 970 weak week 971 wear where 972 weather whether 973 wheeled wield 974 which witch 975 whine wine 976 whines wines 977 whirled world 978 whirred word 979 whoa woe 980 whose who's 981 whys wise 982 wind wined 983 winds wins 984 wood would 985 worst wurst 986 wright write 987 wrights writes 988 yoke yolk 989 yokes yolks 990 you'll yule 991 you're your 992 zooglea zoogloea 993 zooglea zoogloea |
In addition to the above table there are the following which are what I call "odds" the first word may be exchanged for what follows, but not the other way around. Or one of the words is in the above list (as part of a triple), and hence has a different exchange.
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If you would like to get this list in a machinable form, I suggest you save the source for this page and delete the HTML tags. An easy task if you have a respectable text editor.
I started with a Google search for "homonyms", it would have been more productive to search for "homophones". Initially, the best I could do was to work with the source from: www.edhelper.com which I got on 2004 April 4 at 7:32 AM. As of: 2013-01-29 09:50:29 the web page is quite different.
The best I have found was from a web site that has the following note:
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An English Homophone Dictionary Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College A.L.P. Thorpe, Classics Department, Earlham College We're too busy to continue updating this page. Please use and enjoy it as is. For a more useful homophone site, see Alan Cooper's Homophone Zone. Peter Suber and Liffey Thorpe. |
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