150 Homophones Words

Understanding homophones is key to mastering English spelling and pronunciation. This 150 Homophones Words list helps learners avoid common mistakes caused by words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings—like their, there, and they’re. It supports reading accuracy, grammar correction, and writing clarity. Aligned with language learning standards, this list includes confusing word pairs, sound-alike words, and English word usage examples. Designed for students, ESL learners, and educators, it strengthens vocabulary through clear, structured, and exam-relevant content.

List of Homophones

A

• Allowed – Aloud
• All Ready – Already
• Alms – Arms
• Ad – Add
• Abel – Able
• Affected – Effected
• Air – Heir
• Affect – Effect
• Accede – Exceed
• Ant – Aunt
• Altar – Alter
• Accept – Except
• Ate – Eight
• Addition – Edition

B

• Blue – Blew
• Beer – Bier
• Bridal – Bridle
• Buy – By – Bye
• Bored – Board
• Broach – Brooch
• Beet – Beat
• Break – Brake
• Band – Banned
• But – Butt
• Bard – Barred
• Bare – Bear
• Beach – Beech
• Bury – Berry
• Bight – Bite

C

• Cache – Cash
• Caddie – Caddy
• Cheap – Cheep
• Complement – Compliment
• Cite – Sight – Site
• Core – Corps
• Creak – Creek
• Cereal – Serial
• Census – Sense
• Chili – Chilly
• Cellar – Seller
• Course – Coarse
• Capital – Capitol

D

• Dyeing – Dying
• Discreet – Discrete
• Deer – Dear
• Die – Dye
• Draft – Draught

E – F

• Earn – Urn
• Fort – Forte
• Flaw – Floor
• Farther – Father
• Fare – Fair
• Flu – Flue – Flew
• Flower – Flour
• Fax – Facts
• Fort – Fought
• Flow – Floe
• Foreword – Forward
• Feat – Feet

G – H

• Graphed – Graft
• Gait – Gate
• Gnu – Knew – New
• Graft – Graphed
• Gorilla – Guerilla
• Great – Grate
• Gamble – Gambol
• Holed – Hold
• Hoes – Hose
• Higher – Hire
• Hole – Whole
• Hoarse – Horse
• Hear – Here
• Hire – Higher
• Hart – Heart
• Hour – Our

I – L

• I – Eye
• Leased – Least
• Lessen – Lesson
• Lone – Loan
• Led – Lead
• Lode – Load
• Loan – Lone

K – M

• Knew – New
• Know – No
• Knead – Need
• Knot – Not
• Mail – Male
• Mall – Maul
• Mowed – Mode
• Marc – Mark
• Mints – Mince
• Missal – Missile
• Mite – Might
• Missed – Mist

N – P

• Night – Knight
• Nay – Neigh
• Niece – Nice
• Need – Knead
• One – Won
• Overseas – Oversees
• Principal – Principle
• Pedal – Peddle
• Pore – Pour
• Pole – Poll
• Plum – Plumb
• Profit – Prophet
• Pain – Pane
• Pair – Pare
• Plane – Plain

R

• Read – Reed
• Real – Reel
• Rows – Rose
• Room – Rheum
• Root – Route
• Roe – Row
• Rain – Reign
• Rode – Road
• Right – Write
• Role – Roll
• Ring – Wring
• Red – Read

S

• Sane – Seine
• Sole – Soul
• Sun – Son
• Scene – Seen
• Saver – Savor
• Steal – Steel
• Stare – Stair
• Sail – Sale
• Some – Sum

T

• Toe – Tow
• Tail – Tale
• To – Too – Two
• Team – Teem
• Tide – Tied

V – W – Y

• Veil – Vale
• Vain – Vein
• Which – Witch
• Waste – Waist
• Wear – Where
• Weak – Week
• Won – One
• Weather – Whether
• Yoke – Yolk

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