English Homophones and Homographs List with meaning

 Homonyms generally include two categories of word types: homophones and homographs.

• Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
• Homophones Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) different spelling.

For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:

• hour and  our

In the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings:

• bear (the animal)
• bear (to carry)

Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four. If we take our “bear” example, we can add another word to the group:

• bare (naked)
• bear (the animal)
• bear (to tolerate)

This list contains both homophones and homographs

ade	drink type, as in lemonade
aid	to help or assist
aide	assistant
affect	change
effect	result or consequence
air	atmosphere (the stuff we breathe)
err	to make a mistake
aisle	walkway
I’ll	I will
isle	island
allowed	permitted
aloud	out loud
ant	picnic pest
aunt	relative, as in your mom’s sister
arc	curve
ark	Noah’s boat
ate	chewed up and swallowed
eight	number after seven
bare	uncovered
bear	grizzly animal
berry	fruit from a bush
bury	to put underground
base	bottom part
bass	deep or low
be	to exist
bee	buzzing insect
beach	sandy shore
beech	type of tree
beat	to pound
beet	type of edible plant
berth	tie up
birth	to be born
bite	nibble
byte	8 bits (computer data)
blew	past of blow
blue	color of ocean
boar	pig
bore	not interesting boreto drill
borough	area or district
burrow	dig through
burro	small donkey
bough	branch
bow	bend or curtsy
buoy	floater
boy	young man
brake	stop pedal
break	smash
bread	bakery food
bred	form of breed
broach	mention
brooch	pin
brows	eyebrows
browse	look around
buy	purchase
by	beside
by	originating from,
bye	short for goodbye
cell	compartment
sell	vend
cent	penny coin of USA
sent	did send
cereal	breakfast food
serial	sequential
Chile	country in South America
chili	bean stew
chilly	frosty
chord	musical tone
cord	rope
cite	quote
site	location
sight	view
close	opposite of open
clothes	clothing
complement	enhance; go together
compliment	praise
council	committee
counsel	guidance
creak	squeak
creek	stream of water
crews	gangs
cruise	ride on a boat
dear	darling
deer	woodland animal
dew	morning mist
do	operate
due	payable
die	cease to exist
dye	color
doe	female deer
dough	uncooked bread
dual	double
duel	battle
ewe	female sheep
you	second-person personal pronoun
eye	sight organ
I	me
fair	equal
fare	price
fairy	elflike creature with wings
ferry	boat
faze	impact
phase	stage
feat	achievement
feet	plural of foot
fir	type of tree
fur	animal hair
flea	small biting insect
flee	run
flew	did fly
flu	illness
flour	powdery, ground up grain
flower	blooming plant
for	on behalf of
fore	front
four	one more than three
forth	onward
fourth	number four
knew	did know
new	not old
gorilla	big ape
guerrilla	warrior
grease	fat
Greece	country in Europe
groan	moan
grown	form of grow
hair	head covering
hare	rabbit-like animal
hall	passageway
haul	tow
halve	cut in two parts
have	possess
hay	animal food
hey	interjection to get attention
heal	mend
heel	back of foot
hi	hello
high	up far
hoarse	croaky
horse	riding animal
hole	opening
whole	entire
holey	full of holes
holy	divine
wholly	entirely
hour	sixty minutes
our	belonging to us
knead	massage
need	desire
knight	feudal horseman
night	evening
knot	tied rope
not	negative
know	have knowledge
no	opposite of yes
lead	metal
led	was the leader
lessen	make smaller
lesson	class
loan	lend
lone	solitary
made	did make
maid	servant
mail	postage
male	opposite of female
marry	to wed
merry	very happy
meat	animal protein
meet	encounter
none	not any
nun	woman who takes special vows
oar	boat paddle
or	otherwise
ore	mineral
oh	expression of surprise or awe
owe	be obligated
one	single
won	did win
overdo	do too much
overdue	past due date
pail	bucket
pale	not bright
pain	hurt
pane	window glass
peace	calm
piece	segment
peak	highest point
peek	glance
plain	ordinary
plane	flight machine
plane	flat surface
pole	post
poll	survey
poor	not rich
pour	make flow
pray	implore God
prey	quarry
principal	most important
principle	belief
rain	water from sky
rein	bridle
rap	tap
wrap	drape around
real	factual
reel	roll
right	correct; not left
write	scribble
ring	encircle
wring	squeeze
role	function
roll	rotate
rose	flower
rows	lines
sail	move by wind power
sale	bargain price
scene	landscape
seen	viewed
sea	ocean segment
see	observe with eyes
seam	joining edge
seem	appear
sew	connect with thread
so	as a result
sow	plant
soar	ascend
sore	hurt place
sole	single
soul	essence
some	a few
sum	amount
steal	swipe
steel	alloy
tail	animal’s appendage
tale	story
their	belonging to them
there	at that place
they’re	they are
to	toward
too	also
toe	foot appendage
tow	pull along
vary	differ
very	much
wail	howl
whale	huge swimming mammal
waist	area below ribs
waste	squander
wait	kill time
weight	measurable load
war	battle
wore	did wear
warn	caution
worn	used
way	path
weigh	measure mass
we	us
wee	tiny
weak	not strong
week	period of seven days
weather	climate
whether	if
which	that
witch	sorcerer
your	belonging to you
you’re	you are