Homonyms

Homonyms

One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning. (American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition)	동형동음이의어(同型同音異意: homonym)은 철자도 같고 발음도 같지만 다른 의미를 지니는 단어들이다.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation. Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or spelling. There is overlap among these categories.	동형이의어(同型異意: homograph)는 철자는 같지만 의미, 파생어 또는 발음이 상이한 단어들이다. 동음이의어(同音異意: homophone)는 똑같이 발음되지만 의미, 파생어 또는 철자가 다른 단어들이다. 이들 분류는 서로 겹치고 있다.

A

　

: a very short little insignificant English word

　 eh an interrogative utterance

: acts things done

　 ax chopping tool

: ad short for advertisement

　 add short for addition

: adds performs additions

　 ads more than one advertisement

　 adze axe-like tool

: ade fruit beverage

　 aid to assist

　 aide an assistant

: aerie eagle's nest

　 airy breezy

: aero of aircraft

　 arrow slender, pointed shaft :

: affect to change

　 effect result

: ail sick

　 ale beer :

: air stuff we breathe

　 are 1/100th of a hectare

　 e'er contraction of "ever"

　 ere eventually

　 err to make a mistake

　 heir one who will inherit :

: aisle walkway

　 I'll contraction of "I will"

　 isle island

: all everything

　 awl pointed scriber

: allowed permitted

　 aloud spoken

: altar raised center of worship

　 alter to change

: an a single instance

　 Ann a woman's name

: ant insect

　 aunt parent's sister

: ante preliminary bet

　 auntie sister of a parent

: arc portion of a circle

　 ark vessel

: ascent the climb

　 assent to agree :

: ate past tense of eat

　 eight the number base of octal

: auger a drill

　 augur foretell :

: aught anything

　 ought should :

: aural of hearing

　 oral of the mouth :

: auricle external part of the ear

　 oracle seer

: away distant

　 aweigh just clear of the bottom :

: awed in a state of wonder

　 odd not usual :

: aweful filled with awe

　 awful really bad

　 offal butchered entrails

: aye naval affirmative

　 eye ocular organ

　 I oneself

B

　

: bail bucket handle

　 bale bundle of hay

: bailed pumping water out of a boat

　 baled to gather into a bale

: bailee a person to whom goods are committed for custody or repair

　 bailey the outer wall of a castle

　 bailie a municipal officer in Scotland

: bailer one who bails (water)

　 bailor a person that entrusts goods to a bailee

　 baler one who bales (hay)

: bailing pumping water out of a boat

　 baling wire used to tie bales

: bait to torment

　 bate to lessen

: baited past tense of bait

　 bated past tense of bate

: baiting tormenting

　 bating lessening

: baize green felt

　 bays one or more enclosed arms of the ocean

　 beys one or more Turkish officials

: bald hairless

　 balled carnal knowledge

　 bawled cried aloud

: ball playful orb

　 bawl to cry

: band a group

　 banned forbidden

: bard a poet

　 barred enclosed by poles

: bare naked

　 bear wild ursine

: bark outer sheath of a tree

　 barque square-rigged sailing ship

: baron minor royalty

　 barren unable to bear children

: Barry a man's name

　 berry small fruit

　 bury to take under

: basal forming the base

　 basil an herb

: base the bottom support for anything

　 bass the lowest musical pitch or range

: based supported

　 baste to swab with liquid during cooking

: bases what baseball players like to steal

　 basis principal constituent of anything

　 basses many four-stringed guitars

: bask to warm oneself pleasantly

　 basque tightfitting bodice or tunic (or, people of the Pyrenees)

: bat a blind, flying rodent

　 batt a flat pad

: baud bits per second

　 bawd brothel manager

: bay an enclosed arm of the ocean

　 bey a Turkish official

: be to exist

　 bee pollinating buzzer

: beach where i want to be

　 beech a type of tree

: bean a legume

　 been past tense of be

: beat to hit

　 beet edible red root

: beau male friend

　 bow a curve or bend; double-slipped reef knot

: beaut slang for beauty, beautiful

　 butte steep sided hill

: been past tense of be

　 bin a box or container

: beer universally brewed comfort food

　 bier a temporary frame for a coffin

: bel indian thorn tree

　 Bel Babylonian god

　 bell ding ding

　 belle beautiful woman

: berth anchorage

　 birth your method of arrival

: besot to get drunk

　 besought past tense of beseech

: better superior

　 bettor one who bets

: bight middle of a rope

　 bite a mouthful

　 byte eight bits

: billed has a bill

　 build to construct

: bit past tense of bite

　 bitt large cleat for tying up ships

: blew past tense of blow

　 blue color of California sky

: bloc an alliance

　 block square object

: boar wild pig

　 Boer a South African of Dutch descent

　 boor tasteless buffoon

　 bore not interesting

: board a plank

　 bored not interested

: boarder lodger who gets meals, too

　 border perimeter

: bode an omen

　 bowed curved

: bold brave

　 bowled knocked over

: bolder more courageous

　 boulder large rock

: bole trunk

　 boll round seed pod

　 bowl dish

: boos disparaging sounds from fans

　 booze whiskey

: born brought into life

　 borne past participle of bear

　 bourn a small stream or boundary

: borough township

　 burrow dig into the ground

: bough tree branch

　 bow front of a ship; respectful bend

: bouy navigational aid

　 boy male child

: bra brassiere

　 braw well-groomed

: braid a weave of three strands

　 brayed a donkey cried

: braise cook with oil and water

　 brays loud, harsh cry

: brake stopping device

　 break to split apart

: breach to break through

　 breech the back part

: bread a loaf

　 bred past tense of breed

: brewed fermented

　 brood family

: brews more than one beer

　 bruise a contusion

: bridal pertaining to brides

　 bridle horse's headgear

: broach to raise a subject

　 brooch an ornament fastened to clothes

: brows multiple foreheads

　 browse grazing

: bundt type of cake

　 bunt hit a pitch without swinging

: burger meat sandwich

　 burgher merchant

: bus large multi-passenger vehicle

　 buss a kiss

: bussed kissed

　 bust head and shoulders sculpture

: but excepting

　 butt the thick end

: buy to purchase

　 by near

　 bye farewell

: buyer one who purchases

　 byre a cow barn

C

　

: cache hidden storage

　 cash legal tender

: cached hidden away

　 cashed converted to legal tender

: calendar chart of days

　 calender paper press

: call to summon

　 caul amnionic membrane

　 col a mountain pass

: caller one who calls

　 collar my cat has collar ID

: can't contraction of "can not"

　 cant a bevel

: cannon big gun

　 canon body of law

: canter a moderate gallop

　 cantor singer

: canvas rough cloth

　 canvass to examine thoroughly

: capital most important

　 capitol center of government :

: carat unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams

　 caret proofreader's insertion mark

　 carrot edible orange root

　 karat one 24th part of otherwise pure gold

: carol Christmas song

　 carrel study enclosure

: carpal a bone of the carpus

　 carpel a pistil

: cast to throw

　 caste a social class

: caster one who throws

　 castor beaver's smelly gland

: cause generative force

　 caws sounds of crows

: cay a low island

　 key opens locks

　 quay a wharf :

: cedar an evergreen tree

　 seeder one who broadcasts seeds :

: cede to give

　 seed part of a plant from which a new one grows :

: ceding giving

　 seeding planting :

: ceiling top of the room

　 sealing to close a package or envelope :

: cell a small room

　 sell to exchange for money :

: cellar under a house

　 seller one who sells :

: censer incense dish

　 censor bad people who fear knowledge

　 sensor a device which detects :

: census numbering

　 senses faculties

: cent one hundredth of a dollar

　 scent an aroma

　 sent dispatched

: cents hundredths of a dollar

　 scents many things to smell

　 sense detection equipment :

: cere waxy fleshy covering at the base of the upper beak in some birds

　 sear to scorch

　 seer a prophet

　 sere natural succession of plant or animal communities :

: cereal grains

　 serial numbers in sequence :

: Ceres Roman Goddess of agriculture

　 series a sequence of things :

: cession giving up

　 session a group sitting

: chalk calcareous earthy substance

　 chock wedge to keep wheels from rolling

: chance happenstance

　 chants more than one litany

: chard spinach-like vegetable

　 charred burnt

: chased quickly followed

　 chaste virginal

: check a tic mark

　 Czech from Czechoslovakia

: chews masticating

　 choose to select

: Chile a South American country

　 chili dried pod of red pepper

　 chilly uncomfortably cool :

: choir church singers

　 quire the twentieth part of a ream of paper

: choler yellow bile

　 collar around your neck

: choral by a chorus

　 coral marine polyp skeleton

: chorale a choir

　 corral a pen for horses

: chord three tones in harmony

　 cord very light rope

　 cored divested of its central part :

: chute inclined trough

　 shoot to project an object :

: cite to refer to

　 sight vision

　 site a location :

: cited referenced

　 sighted visually identified

　 sited located :

: cites past tense of cite

　 sights tourist rationale

　 sites more than one location

: clack a chattering sound

　 claque a group hired to applaud, sycophants

: Claus fat, jolly guy with presents

　 clause contractual unit

　 claws big fingernails

: clew sheet cringle on a sail

　 clue a hint

: click ticking noise

　 clique exclusive group

: climb ascending

　 clime climate

: close to shut

　 clothes garments

: coal black mineral

　 cole plants in the crucifer family

: coaled supplied with coal

　 cold not supplied with coal

: coarse rough

　 course path of travel

: coat wear it for warmth

　 cote small animal shed

: coax persuade

　 cokes more than one soft drink

: cocks more than one male bird

　 cox a coxswain

　 Cox a variety of eating apple

: coddling tenderly treating

　 codling small, unripe apple

: coffer a strongbox; decorative, sunken ceiling panels

　 cougher one who coughs :

: coin money

　 quoin corner stone :

: colonel military officer

　 kernel seed

: complacence self-satisfaction

　 complaisance willingness to please

: complacent self-satified

　 complaisant willing to please

: complement allotment

　 compliment encomium

: conch marine mollusk

　 conk blow to the head

: coo a soft murmuring sound

　 coup a successful stroke

: copes gets along with adversity

　 copse a stand of trees

: copped swiped

　 copt a native Egyptian to a Roman

: cops police officers

　 copse a small wood

: core inner part

　 corps body

: cosign to sign in addition

　 cosine sine of the complement

: council group of leaders

　 counsel advisor :

: craft a manual occupation

　 kraft a strong paper made from wood pulp :

: crater impact hole

　 krater ancient Greek jar

: Crays more than one supercomputer

　 craze sensation needed to buy more than one supercomputer

: creak to squeak

　 creek small stream

: crewed served by a crew

　 crude coarse

: crewel embroidery yarn

　 cruel merciless

: crews more than one crew

　 cruise a sea journey :

: cue a signal

　 Kew home of the famous English gardens

　 queue a waiting line (another famous English-ism)

: currant small berry

　 current of the present

: curser one who swears

　 cursor on-screen positional indicator :

: cygnet a young swan

　 signet an authenticating seal :

: cymbal percussive brass dish

　 symbol a representation

D

　

: dam holds back water

　 damn a curse

: dammed prevented from flowing

　 damned cursed

: darn to mend

　 darne a fish steak

: days more than one day

　 daze to bewilder

: dear beloved

　 deer Bambi

: dew morning condensation

　 do to perform

　 due payable

: die to become dead

　 dye coloring agent

: died passed away

　 dyed colored

: dies passing away

　 dyes colors

: dine to eat

　 dyne unit of energy

: dire desperate

　 dyer one who dyes

: disc a phonograph record

　 disk a round, plate-shaped object

: discreet confidential

　 discrete individual

: discussed talked about

　 disgust sickening

: do first note of diatonic scale

　 doe a female deer

　 dough uncooked bread

: doc a physician

　 dock where a boat is kept

: does several female deer

　 doughs several uncooked breads

　 doze to nap

: done completed

　 dun demand money

: dos opposite of don'ts

　 dues membership payments

: draft a preliminary written version

　 draught a gust of wind; depth of water needed to float a ship

: dual two things

　 duel a fight between two over honor

E

: e'er, see: air
:	e'er,	see: air
	earl	British nobleman
	URL	Internet address
:	earn	to come to deserve
	urn	a jar
: effect, see: affect
: eh, see: a
: eight, see: ate
:	elicit	to draw out
	illicit	unlawful :
:	elude	to escape from
	illude	to deceive
:	epic	a narrative poem or story
	epoch	a noteworthy period in history
: ere, see: air
: err, see: air
:	eunuchs	men unable to serve all of humanity
	Unix	operating system unable to serve all of humanity :
:	ewe	female sheep
	yew	a type of tree
	you	the second person :
:	ewes	more than one female sheep
	use	to apply
	yews	more than one yew tree
: eye, see: aye
:	eyelet	small hole for laces
	islet	small island

F

:	facts	objective things
	fax	obsolete, but widespread, image transmission technology
:	fain	willing
	feign	pretend to be affected
:	faint	pass out
	feint	a weak, misdirected attack to confuse the enemy
:	fair	even-handed
	fare	payment
:	fairing	streamlining
	faring	the state of progress
:	fairy	imaginary magic person
	ferry	river-crossing boat
:	faker	a deceiver
	fakir	a Hindu ascetic
:	farrow	a litter of pigs
	pharoah	Egyptian king
:	faux	fake
	foe	enemy
:	fay	a fairy
	Faye	a woman's name
	fey	strange and otherwordly
:	fays	more than one fairy
	faze	to disconcert:
:	faze	to stun
	phase	a part of the sequence:
:	fazed	stunned
	phased	done in sequential parts
:	feat	an accomplishment
	feet	look down
:	ferrate	a salt containing iron and oxygen
	ferret	a domesticated polecat
:	feted	celebrated
	fetid	stinking
:	few	not many
	phew	expression of relief
:	file	a folder for holding papers
	phial	a small glass bottle
:	fills	plural of fill
	fils	one one-thousandth of an Iraqi dinar
:	filter	keep the bad stuff from passing through
	philter	a love potion
:	find	to locate
	fined	to have to pay a parking ticket
:	finish	to complete
	Finnish	from Finland
:	fir	evergreen tree
	fur	animal hair
	furr	to separate with strips of wood
:	fisher	one who fishes
	fissure	a crack
:	flair	verve
	flare	to spread
:	flea	parasitic insect
	flee	to run away
:	flecks	many tiny specks
	flex	to bend
:	flew	past tense of fly
	flu	short for influenza
	flue	chimney pipe
:	Flo	a girl's name
	floe	sheet of floating ice
	flow	to glide along
:	flocks	more than one group of birds
	phlox	a scented plant
:	floes	sheets of floating ice
	flows	glides along
:	floor	what one walks on
	fluor	something that glows
:	flour	powdered grain
	flower	a bloom
:	for	in place of
	fore	in front
	four	number after three
:	forego	to precede
	forgo	to abstain from
:	foreword	introduction to a book
	forward	the facing direction
:	fort	a fortification
	forte	a person's strong point
:	forth	a direction
	fourth	following the third
:	foul	grossly offensive to the senses
	fowl	domestic hen or rooster
:	frees	releasing
	freeze	very cold
	frieze	a wall decoration
:	friar	a monk
	fryer	small chicken

G

:	gaff	a barbed spear
	gaffe	a mistake
:	gage	a pledge or security deposit
	gauge	instrument for measuring
:	gait	a manner of walking or running
	gate	fence door
:	gaited	describing a walking horse
	gated	having a gate
:	galley	ship's kitchen
	gally	to frighten or terrify
:	gallop	horse's fastest gait
	galop	a round dance
:	gays	a frisky gathering
	gaze	a languid look
:	gene	a chromosome
	jean	cotton twill
:	gild	to coat with gold
	gilled	having gills
	guild	a craft society
:	gilt	gold-plated
	guilt	culpable
:	gin	alcoholic beverage
	jinn	plural of jinni, a Muslim spirit or demon
:	gnawed	chewed
	nod	head tilting
:	gneiss	coarse-grained metamorphic rock of feldspar, quartz and mica
	nice	pleasant
:	gnu	African antelope
	knew	past tense of know
	new	not old
:	gnus	several antelope
	news	timely information
:	gored	pierced by an animal's horns
	gourd	fleshy fruit with hard skin
:	gorilla	large ape
	guerrilla	irregular soldier
:	grade	a slope
	grayed	turned gray
:	graft	to attach
	graphed	plotted
:	grate	a lattice
	great	extremely good
:	grays	more than one shade of black
	graze	to eat grass while wandering
:	grease	lubricant
	Greece	Mediterranean country
:	greave	leg armor
	grieve	to mourn
:	greaves	more than one greave
	grieves	to mourn
:	grill	to sear cook
	grille	an iron gate or door
:	groan	reaction to hearing a pun
	grown	has gotten larger
:	guessed	past tense of guess
	guest	a visitor
:	guide	one who shows the way
	guyed	secured with a rope or wire
:	guise	appearance
	guys	Garrison Keillor's obsession
:	gunnel	small, eel-shaped marine fish; butterfish
	gunwale	upper part of sides of a boat
:	gym	sports room
	Jim	nickname for James

H

:	hail	frozen rain
	hale	robust health
:	hair	grows from your head
	hare	rabbit
:	hairy	having much hair
	Harry	a man's name
	harry	to harass or hunt
:	hall	a large room
	haul	to carry
:	halve	break in two
	have	to hold in possession
:	halves	more than one half
	haves	those who possess
:	hammock	rope bed
	hummock	low, rounded hill
:	hangar	garage for airplanes
	hanger	from which things hang
:	Harold	a man's name
	herald	a horn blower
:	hart	a stag
	heart	blood pump
:	haut	high, as in "haut couture"
	ho	an expression of admiration or surprise
	hoe	garden tool
:	hay	grass
	hey	a shout
:	hays	more than one type of hay
	haze	atmospheric obscuration due to water or dust
:	he'd	contraction of "he would"
	heed	to pay attention
:	he'll	contraction of "he will"
	heal	to make well
:	he'll	contraction of "he will"
	hill	smaller than a mountain
:	heal	to cure of disease
	heel	hind part of foot
:	hear	to listen
	here	at this location
:	heard	listened to
	herd	a group of ruminants
:	heigh	an exclamation
	hi	a greeting
	hie	to go quickly
	high	way up
:	heir, see: air
:	heroin	narcotic
	heroine	female hero
:	hew	to chop
	hue	a color
	Hugh	a man's name
:	hide	animal skin
	hied	hurried
:	higher	farther up
	hire	to employ
:	him	pronoun
	hymn	religious song
:	hoar	a white frost
	whore	a prostitute
:	hoard	a great stash
	horde	a great many people
	whored	prostituted
:	hoarse	rough voice
	horse	equine
:	hoes	more than one garden weeding tool
	hose	tube for watering garden weeds
:	hold	to grip
	holed	full of holes
:	hole	round opening
	whole	entirety
:	holey	perforated
	holy	with religious significance
	wholly	completely
:	hostel	inexpensive lodging for travelers
	hostile	unfriendly
:	hour	sixty minutes
	our	possessed by us
:	hours	time measurement
	ours	belonging to us
:	humerus	funny bone
	humorous	funny

I

	:I, see: aye
	:I'll, see: aisle
:	I'll,	see: aisle
	idle	not working
	idol	object of worship
	idyl	paradise
	:illicit, see: elicit
	:illude, see: elude
:	in	expressing inclusion
	inn	hotel
:	inc	short for incorporated
	ink	writing fluid
:	incite	to provoke
	insight	understanding
:	innocence	a state without guilt
	innocents	more than one innocent
:	inns	hotels
	ins	those on the inside
	:isle, see: aisle
	:islet, see: eyelet
:	it's	contraction of "it is"
	its	possessive pronoun

J

:	jam	to smash together
	jamb	side post of a doorway
	:jean, see: gene
:	jewel	precious stone
	joule	unit of energy measure
	:Jim, see: gym
	:jinn, see: gin
:	juggler	one who juggles
	jugular	artery to head

K

	:karat, see: carat
	:kernel, see: colonel
	:Kew, see: cue
	:key, see: cay
:	knap	crest of a hill; break with a hammer
	nap	a short sleep
:	knead	working bread dough
	need	must have
	:knew, see: gnu
:	knickers	woman's underwear
	nickers	those who nick
:	knight	chivalrous man
	night	darkness
:	knit	interlocking loops of yarn
	nit	louse egg
:	knits	verb form of knit
	nits	louse eggs
:	knob	handle
	nob	rich person
:	knock	to rap
	nock	a notch in an arrow
:	knot	fastening in cord
	naught	nothing
	not	negation
:	know	to possess knowledge
	no	negation
:	knows	"Only the shadow knows..."
	noes	"The noes have it..."
	nose	"Plain as the nose on your face..."
	:kraft, see: craft
	:krater, see: crater

L

:	lacks	does not have
	lax	loose discipline
:	lain	past tense of lay
	lane	narrow road
:	lam	headlong flight
	lamb	baby sheep
:	lay	to recline
	lei	a flower necklace
:	lays	to recline
	laze	to recline with extreme prejudice
	leis	several flower necklaces
:	lea	a meadow
	lee	downwind
	li	about one-third of a mile in China
:	leach	washing action
	leech	sucking parasite
:	lead	heavy metal
	led	guided
:	leak	accidental escape of liquid
	leek	variety of onion
:	lean	angle of repose
	lien	a claim on property
:	leas	more than one meadow
	lees	the dregs
:	leased	rented
	least	the minimum
:	lends	allows to borrow
	lens	convex glass
:	lessen	to reduce
	lesson	a segment of learning
:	liar	tells falsehoods
	lyre	stringed instrument
:	lichen	a fungus among us
	liken	to compare
:	lie	an untruth
	lye	a caustic
:	lieu	instead
	loo	British toilet
	Lou	short for Louis
:	lightening	removing weight or darkness
	lightning	static electricity from the sky
:	limb	tree branch
	limn	delineate
:	limbs	arms or legs
	limns	to illuminate, as in a manuscript
:	links	pieces of chain
	lynx	feral cat
:	literal	taking words in their primary sense
	littoral	having to do with the shore
:	lo	interjection
	low	not high
:	load	cargo
	lode	mineral vein
:	load	what is carried
	lowed	a cow mooed
:	loan	allow to borrow
	lone	by itself
:	loch	a lake
	lock	a security device
:	lochs	more than one lake
	locks	more than one security device
	lox	salmon jerky
:	loon	a water fowl
	lune	a crescent shape
:	loop	a circular pattern
	loupe	a jeweler's monocular magnifier
:	loos	several British toilets
	lose	fail to win
:	loot	ill-gotten gains
	lute	stringed instrument
:	lumbar	lower back
	lumber	dimensional wood

M

:	mach	speed of sound
	mock	parody
:	made	accomplished
	maid	young woman
:	mail	postal delivery
	male	masculine person
:	main	primary
	mane	back hair
:	maize	corn
	maze	puzzle
:	mall	hallway
	maul	shred
	moll	gangster's girlfriend
:	manner	method
	manor	lord's house
:	marc	coarse brandy
	mark	a sign
	marque	a license to privateer; a brand
:	marquee	a rooflike projection over a theatre entrance
	marquis	a nobleman ranking between a duke and a count
:	marry	to join in matrimony
	merry	happy
:	marshal	to gather
	martial	warlike
:	massed	grouped together
	mast	sail pole
:	Mays	several spring months
	maze	a labyrinth
:	me	myself
	mi	musical note
:	mean	average
	mein	manner
:	meat	animal flesh
	meet	to connect
	mete	a boundary
:	medal	an award
	meddle	to interfere
:	men's	owned by males
	mends	to repair
:	metal	ductile element
	mettle	moxie
:	mewl	to whimper
	mule	offspring of female horse and male donkey
:	mews	stables
	muse	creative inspiration
:	might	possible
	mite	tiny creature
:	mince	chop finely
	mints	aromatic candies
:	mind	thinking unit
	mined	looked for ore
:	miner	one who digs
	minor	small
:	missal	hymn book
	missile	projectile
:	missed	not hit
	mist	fog
:	misses	young ladies
	Mrs.	married lady
:	moan	to groan
	mown	the lawn is freshly cut
:	moat	water around a castle
	mote	a speck
:	mode	condition
	mowed	a lawn in a well-trimmed condition
:	moir?	optical illusion
	moray	eel
:	mood	emotional state
	mooed	what the loquacious cow did
:	moor	swampy coastland; to anchor
	more	additional
:	moose	a large elk
	mousse	dessert of whipped cream and eggs
:	moral	a social imperative
	morel	a mushroom
:	morn	AM
	mourn	remember the dead
:	morning	AM
	mourning	remembering the dead
:	muscle	fibrous, contracting tissue
	mussel	a bivalve mollusc
:	muscles	more than one muscle
	mussels	more than one mussel
:	mussed	made messy
	must	required
:	mustard	spicy yellow sauce
	mustered	assembled for roll call

N

:nap, see: knap

:naught, see: knot

:	naval	pertaining to ships and the sea
	navel	pertaining to the belly button
:	nay	no
	neigh	a horse's cry
:	nays	votes against
	neighs	a horse vocalizes
:	neap	the lowest tide
	neep	a turnip

:need, see: knead

:new, see: gnu

:news, see: gnus

:nice, see: gneiss

:nickers, see: knickers

:night, see: knight

:nit, see: knit

:nits, see: knits

:no, see: know

:nob, see: knob

:nock, see: knock

:nod, see: gnawed

:noes, see: knows

:	none	not one
	nun	woman of God

:nose, see: knows

:not, see: knot

O

:	oar	boat propulsion system
	or	boolean deathtrap
	ore	mineral-laden dirt
	:odd, see: awed
	:offal, see: aweful
:	oh	interjection
	owe	to be indebted
:	ohs	more than one letter "O"
	owes	in debt
:	one	singularity
	won	victorious
:	oohs	as in "oohs and ahs"
	ooze	slime
	:oracle, see: auricle
	:oral, see: aural
:	ordinance	a decree
	ordnance	artillery
	:ought, see: aught
	:our, see: hour
	:ours, see: hours
:	overdo	carried to excess
	overdue	past time for payment

P

:	paced	measured by footsteps
	paste	thick glue
:	packed	placed in a container
	pact	agreement
:	pail	bucket
	pale	light colored
:	pain	it hurts
	pane	a single panel of glass
:	pair	a set of two
	pare	cutting down
	pear	bottom-heavy fruit
:	palate	taste
	pallet	a platform for transporting goods; bed
	pallette	a selection of paint
:	pall	to become wearisome
	Paul	barefoot Beatle
	pawl	locks a ratchet
:	passed	approved; moved on
	past	before now
:	patience	being willing to wait
	patients	being willing to wait
:	pause	to hesitate
	paws	cat transportation
:	pea	round, green legume
	pee	piss
:	peace	what hippies want
	piece	what hippies want
:	peak	mountain top
	peek	secret look
	pique	ruffled pride
:	peal	ringing sound
	peel	fruit wrapping
:	pealed	rang with sound
	peeled	ready to eat
:	pearl	round, luminescent gem from an oyster
	purl	to edge with a chain of small loops
:	pearl	something of value made from an irritant
	Perl	something of value made from an irritant
:	pedal	foot control
	peddle	to sell
:	peer	an equal (a captain at sea has no peer)
	pier	wharf (a captain at sea has no pier)
:	pencil	writing implement
	pensil	thin, swallowtail flag
:	per	for each
	purr	endearing cat hum
	:pharoah, see: farrow
	:phase, see: faze
	:phased, see: fazed
	:phew, see: few
	:phew, see: few
	:phial, see: file
	:philter, see: filter
	:phlox, see: flocks
:	pi	3.1416
	pie	good eating
:	picnic	outdoor meal
	pyknic	physiological type with thick neck, large abdomen and short limbs
:	pieced	assembled from pieces
	piste	a ski run of compacted snow
:	pincer	claw-like gripping action
	pincher	one who pinches
	pinscher	terrier
:	pistil	seed-bearing organ of a flower
	pistol	hand gun
:	place	a location
	plaice	a flounder
:	plain	not fancy
	plane	a surface
:	plait	braid
	plate	a dish
:	planar	flat
	planer	one who planes
:	pleas	crys for help
	please	good manners
:	pleural	related to lungs
	plural	more than one
:	plum	purple fruit
	plumb	straight up and down
:	polar	relating to the North or South poles
	poler	one who uses a pole
:	Pole	a person from Poland
	pole	big stick
	poll	a voting
:	poled	a pole was used
	polled	lacking horns
:	pone	the dealer's opponent in two-handed card games
	pony	a small horse
:	poor	no money
	pore	careful study; microscopic hole
	pour	to flow freely
:	popery	a disparaging term for Catholics
	potpourri	a miscellaneous collection
:	praise	to commend
	prays	worships God
	preys	hunts
:	pray	worship God
	prey	hunt
:	precedence	priority
	precedents	established course of action
	presidents	commanders-in-chief
:	presence	the state of being present
	presents	what Santa brings
:	pride	ego
	pryed	opened
:	pries	wedging open
	prize	the reward
:	prince	son of the King
	prints	impressions
:	principal	head of school
	principle	causative force
:	profit	money earned
	prophet	seer
:	pros	multiple experts
	prose	ordinary language
:	psi	twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet
	sigh	sad and weary breath
	xi	fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet

Q

:	quarts	several fourths-of-gallons
	quartz	crystalline rock
	:quay, see: cay
	:queue, see: cue
:	quince	small, round fruit
	quints	multiple quintuplets
	:quire, see: choir
	:quoin, see: coin

R

:	rabbet	a groove cut in a board
	rabbit	small mammal
:	rack	shelf
	wrack	wreckage
:	racket	illegal moneymaking scheme
	racquet	woven bat for tennis
:	rain	precipitation
	reign	sovereign rule
	rein	horse's steering wheel
:	raise	elevate
	rays	thin beams of light
	raze	to tear down completely
	:"raise" is the antonym of "raze"
:	rap	a sharp knock
	wrap	to encase in cloth
:	rapped	knocked sharply
	rapt	spellbound
	wrapped	encased in cloth
:	ray	arrow of light
	re	musical note
:	read	having knowledge from reading
	red	a primary color
:	read	to get the meaning by looking
	rede	advice
	reed	tall, thin water plant
:	reading	what you are doing now
	reeding	a small semicylindrical moulding or ornamentation
:	reads	gets the meaning by looking
	reeds	more than one aquatic plant
:	real	authentic
	reel	armature for winding
:	recede	to move backward
	reseed	to plant again
:	reck	to care
	wreck	a ruin
:	reek	smells bad
	wreak	to inflict
:	resinate	to impregnate with resin
	resonate	sympathetic vibration
:	resisters	protesters
	resistors	electrical restrictors
:	rest	stop working
	wrest	take away
:	retch	call Ralph on the porcelain telephone
	wretch	a ragamuffin
:	review	a general survey or assessment
	revue	a series of theatrical sketches or songs
:	rheum	watery discharge of mucous
	room	partitioned space
:	rheumy	having a watery discharge of mucous
	roomie	colloquialism for "roommate"
	roomy	lots of space
:	rho	seventeenth letter of Greek alphabet
	roe	fish eggs
	row	aisle; pull an oar
:	rhumb	a constant compass direction
	rum	liquor distilled from sugar cane
:	rhyme	a verse with regular recurrence of sounds
	rime	frost
:	rigger	one who rigs
	rigor	discipline
:	right	correct
	rite	ritual
	wright	a maker
	write	to inscribe
:	ring	circle around your finger
	wring	twisting
:	rise	to stand up
	ryes	varieties of grain
:	road	a broad trail
	rode	past tense of ride
	rowed	to propel a boat by oars
:	roam	to wander
	Rome	Italian capital
:	roil	to make turbid
	royal	worthy of a king or queen
:	role	part to play
	roll	rotate
:	rood	a cross
	rude	coarse
:	roomer	a tenant
	rumor	gossip
:	root	subterranean part of a plant
	route	path of travel
:	rose	pretty flower
	rows	linear arrangement
:	rot	decay
	wrought	made
:	rote	by memory
	wrote	has written
:	rough	coarse
	ruff	pleated collar
:	rout	to force out
	route	path of travel
:	roux	cooked butter and flour
	rue	regret
:	rude	impolite
	rued	regretted
:	rye	grain
	wry	twisted

S

:	sachet	a small bag containing perfumed powder
	sashay	to strut or flounce
:	sacks	bags
	sax	short for saxophone
:	sail	wind powered water travel
	sale	the act of selling
:	sane	mentally normal
	seine	fishing net
:	saner	more mentally normal than others
	seiner	one who fishes with a net
:	saver	one who saves
	savor	to relish a taste
:	sawed	cut timber
	sod	turf
:	scene	visual location
	seen	past tense of saw
	:scent, see: cent
	:scents, see: cents
:	scull	rowing motion
	skull	head bone
:	sea	ocean
	see	to look
:	seal	to close
	seel	to close someone's eyes
	:sealing, see: ceiling
:	seam	row of stitches
	seem	appears
:	seamen	sailors
	semen	male discharge
:	seams	more than one rows of stitching
	seems	it appears to be
:	sear	scorched
	seer	a person who sees
	:sear, see: cere
:	seas	oceans
	sees	looks
	seize	to grab
:	sects	religious factions
	sex	if you have to ask, you're too young
	:seed, see: cede
	:seeder, see: cedar
	:seeding, see: ceding
:	seek	to look for
	Sikh	Hindu religious sect
	:seer, see: cere
	:sell, see: cell
	:seller, see: cellar
	:sense, see: cents
	:senses, see: census
	:sensor, see: censer
	:sent, see: cent
	:sere, see: cere
:	serf	slave
	surf	breaking waves
:	serge	strong twilled fabric
	surge	forceful push
	:serial, see: cereal
	:series, see: Ceres
	:session, see: cession
:	sew	needle and thread
	so	in the manner shown
	sol	musical note
	sow	broadcasting seeds
:	sewer	one who sews
	sower	one who sows
:	sewer	waste drain
	suer	one who sues
:	shake	vibrate
	sheik	Arab prince
:	shall	is allowed
	shell	aquatic exoskeleton
:	she'll	contraction of "she will"
	shill	a decoy
:	shear	to cut or wrench
	sheer	thin; abrupt turn
:	shears	cuts or wrenches; scissors
	sheers	abruptly turns
:	sheave	pulley
	shiv	knife
:	shoe	footwear
	shoo	"go away"
:	shoes	more than one shoe
	shoos	sends away
	:shoot, see: chute
:	sic	to set upon
	sick	ill
:	sics	sets upon
	six	whole number
:	side	lateral
	sighed	breathed sorrowfully
	:sigh, see: psi
:	sighs	multiple sad and weary breaths
	size	magnitude
	:sight, see: cite
	:sighted, see: cited
	:sights, see: cites
:	sign	displayed board bearing information
	sine	reciprocal of the cosecant
	:signet, see: cygnet
:	sink	to submerge
	synch	together in time
:	Sioux	tribe of native Americans
	sou	French coin worth five centimes
	sough	soft sound
	sue	bring civil action
	:site, see: cite
	:sited, see: cited
	:sites, see: cites
:	slay	kill
	sleigh	snow carriage
:	sleight	cunning skill
	slight	not much
:	slew	past tense of slay
	slough	bog
	slue	to swing around
:	sloe	blackthorn berries
	slow	not fast
:	soar	fly
	sore	hurt
:	soared	to have sailed through the air
	sword	long fighting blade
:	solace	comfort
	soulless	lacking a soul
:	sole	only
	soul	immortal part of a person
:	some	a few
	sum	result of addition
:	son	male child
	sun	star
:	sonny	diminutive for male child
	sunny	lit by the sun
:	soot	black residue of burning
	suit	clothes
:	sordid	squalid
	sorted	arranged
:	spade	shovel
	spayed	to sterilize a female animal
:	spoor	trail of an animal
	spore	single cell reproductive body
:	staid	reserved
	stayed	remained
:	stair	a step
	stare	look intently
:	stake	wooden pole
	steak	slice of meat
:	statice	an astringent herb
	status	position with regard to law
:	stationary	not moving
	stationery	writing paper
:	steal	take unlawfully
	steel	iron alloy
:	step	a measure taken
	steppe	a level, grassy, unforested plain
:	stile	narrow passage
	style	mode
:	stoop	a small porch
	stoup	a drinking cup
:	storey	the horizontal divisions of a building
	story	a narrative tale
:	straight	not crooked
	strait	narrow waterway
:	succor	relief
	sucker	one who sucks
:	suede	split leather
	swayed	curved; convinced
:	suite	ensemble
	sweet	sugary
:	summary	precis
	summery	like summer
:	sundae	ice cream with syrup on it
	Sunday	first day of the week
	:symbol, see: cymbal

T

:	tach	short for tachometer
	tack	small nail
:	tacks	small nails
	tax	governmental tithe
:	tail	spinal appendage
	tale	story
:	tailer	one who hauls in on a ship's line
	tailor	one who makes clothes
:	taper	wedge-shaped
	tapir	hoglike, Malaysian mammal
:	tare	allowance for the weight of packing materials
	tear	to rip
:	taught	past tense of teach
	taut	stretched tight
:	tea	herbal infusion
	tee	golfball prop
	ti	musical note
:	team	a group working together
	teem	to swarm
:	teaming	a fortuitous pairing
	teeming	a swarming
:	tear	eyeball lubricant
	tier	a horizontal row
:	teas	more than one herbal infusion
	tease	tantalize
	tees	more than one tee
:	tenner	English slang for a ten pound note
	tenor	tendency
:	tense	nervous
	tents	more than one temporary shelter
:	tern	a shorebird
	terne	alloy of lead and tin
	turn	rotate
:	Thai	from Thailand
	tie	a draw
:	the	denoting persons already mentioned
	thee	objective case of thou
:	their	belonging to them
	there	a place
	they're	contraction of "they are"
:	threw	to propel by hand
	through	from end to end
:	throe	a spasm of pain
	throw	to discharge through the air
:	throes	spasms of pain
	throws	discharging through the air
:	throne	the royal seat
	thrown	was hurled
:	thyme	herb
	time	natures way of keeping everything from happening at once
:	tic	twitch
	tick	small noise; parasitic bug
:	ticks	the sounds of a clock
	tics	more than one twitch
:	tide	periodic ebb and flow of oceans
	tied	passed tense of tie
:	tighten	to make tighter
	titan	a giant
:	timber	wood for building
	timbre	musical quality
:	tire	round, rubber things on your car
	tyer	one who ties
:	to	toward
	too	also
	two	a couple
:	toad	frog
	toed	having toes
	towed	pulled ahead
:	tocsin	an alarm
	toxin	a poison
:	tocsins	more than one alarm
	toxins	more than one poisons
:	toe	forepart of the foot
	tow	to pull ahead
:	told	what was spoken
	tolled	a bell was rung
:	tole	lacquered metalware
	toll	a tax or charge
:	ton	2000 lbs.
	Tun	a large cask
:	tongue	mouth muscle
	tung	Chinese tree and its oil (similar to linseed)
:	toon	cartoon personality
	tune	song
:	tort	a sweet cake for lawyers
	torte	a sweet cake for kids
:	tough	difficult
	tuff	a stratified, porous rock
:	tracked	having tracks
	tract	a plot of land
:	tray	a platter
	trey	three; Bill Gates' nickname
:	troop	a company of soldiers
	troup	a company of actors
:	trooper	a private soldier
	trouper	a staunch colleague
:	troopers	several soldiers
	troupers	multiple actors
:	trussed	tied up
	trust	faith

U

:Unix, see: eunuchs

:URL, see: e'er,

:urn, see: earn

:use, see: ewes

V

:	vain	worthless
	vane	flat piece moving with the air
	vein	blood vessel
:	vale	valley
	veil	gauzy fabric
:	vary	to change
	very	extremely
:	verses	paragraphs
	versus	against
:	vial	narrow glass container
	vile	despicable
	viol	stringed instrument
:	vice	bad habit
	vise	bench-mounted clamp

W

:	WACs	members of the Women's Army Corps
	wax	candle stuff
	whacks	several blows
:	wade	walk in shallow water
	weighed	weight was measured
:	wail	a cry
	wale	welt; corduroy ridge
	whale	large oceanic mammal
:	wain	a wagon
	wane	decrease
	Wayne	a man's name
:	waist	between ribs and hips
	waste	make ill use of
:	wait	remain in readiness
	weight	an amount of heaviness
:	waive	give up rights
	wave	undulating motion
:	waiver	contract for giving up rights
	waver	rocking motion
:	Wales	Western division of UK
	wales	corduroy ridges
	whales	a pod of ocean mammals
:	walk	perambulate
	wok	Chinese cooking pan
:	walks	moves by foot
	woks	salient feature of a Chinese kitchen
:	want	desire
	wont	accustomed
:	war	large scale armed conflict
	wore	past tense of wear
:	ware	merchandise
	wear	attire
	where	a place
:	warn	to advise of a hazard
	worn	displaying evidence of use
:	warrantee	one who is protected by a guarantee
	warranty	a guarantee
:	warship	naval implement of destruction
	worship	revere in a religious manner
:	wary	cautious
	wherry	light row boat
:	way	path or direction
	weigh	to measure weight
	whey	watery part of milk
:	we	us
	wee	very small
:	we'd	contraction of "we would"
	weed	like how our flowers won't grow
:	we'll	contraction of "we will"
	wheel	what we keep reinventing
:	we're	contraction of "we are"
	weir	a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching fish
:	we're	contraction of "we are"
	were	past tense plural of "to be"
	whir	prolonged swish or buzz
:	we've	contraction of "we have"
	weave	to make cloth
:	weak	not strong
	week	seven days
:	weal	a skin welt
	wheel	what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent
:	weald	a rural area
	wheeled	having wheels
	wield	to apply or use
:	weather	meteorological conditions
	wether	a castrated ram
	whether	if it be the case
:	weld	to join metal by melting its edges
	welled	pouring forth
:	wen	a benign skin tumor
	when	at a specific time
:	wet	watery
	whet	prime
:	which	selection
	witch	broomstick ridin' crones
:	whig	supporter of American revolution
	wig	false hairpiece
:	while	during
	wile	craft
:	whiled	passing the time
	wild	untamed
:	whine	annoying cry
	wine	fermented grape juice
:	whined	past tense of whine
	wind	what you do to a clockwork
	wined	drank well of spirits
:	whirled	rapidly rotated
	world	Earth
:	whirred	made a whizzing or buzzing sound
	word	a speech sound
:	whit	insignificant amount
	wit	cleverness; sense of humor
:	whither	to which place, point, condition, etc.?
	wither	shrivel up
:	who's	contraction of "who is"
	whose	belonging to whom
:	whoa	equestrian directive to stop
	woe	despair
	:whole, see: hole
	:wholly, see: holey
	:whore, see: hoar
	:whored, see: hoard
:	why	how come?
	wye	the shape of the letter "Y"
	:won, see: one
:	won't	contraction of "will not"
	wont	accustomed
:	wood	what trees are made of
	would	will do
:	worst	least best
	wurst	sausage
	:wrack, see: rack
	:wrap, see: rap
	:wrapped, see: rapped
	:wreak, see: reek
	:wreck, see: reck
	:wrest, see: rest
	:wretch, see: retch
	:wright, see: right
	:wring, see: ring
	:write, see: right
	:wrote, see: rote
	:wrought, see: rot
	:wry, see: rye

X, Y, Z

:	y'all	Southern contraction of "you all"
	yawl	two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the tiller
:	yack	informal talk
	yak	long-haired Tibetan ox
	:yew, see: ewe
	:yews, see: ewes
:	yoke	oxen harness
	yolk	yellow egg center
:	yokes	more than one harness
	yolks	an omelet
:	yore	the past
	you're	contraction of "you are"
	your	belonging to you
	:you, see: ewe
:	you'll	contraction of "you will"
	yule	Christmas