homophones.txt

# From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/Homophones
# Last updated 04/2020
# cat /tmp/h | sed 's/^[ ]*//g' | egrep -v "These pairs become homophones in certain dialects only|^Names" | sed -E 's/ (and|or) /,/g' | sed 's/\//,/g' | sed 's/,,/,/g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d " '" | grep -v "^$"
accept,except
acclamation,acclimation
acts,ax,axe
adds,adz,adze
adherence,adherents
adolescence,adolescents
aeration,erration
aerie,airy
affect,effect
aid,aide
ail,ale
air,ere,heir
aisle,ill,isle
all,awl
allowed,aloud
allude,elude
altar,alter
appose,oppose
arc,ark
are,our
ascent,assent
ate,eight
away,aweigh
aye,eye,i
bade,bayed
bail,bale
bait,bate
bald,balled,bawled
ball,bawl
band,banned
bard,barred
bare,bear
baron,barren
base,bass
based,baste
bazaar,bizarre
be,bee
beach,beech
bean,been
beat,beet
been,bin
beer,bier
bell,belle
berry,bury
berth,birth
better,bettor
bight,bite
billed,build
bird,burred
blew,blue
boar,boor,bore
board,bored
boarder,border
bode,bowed
bold,bowled
bolder,boulder,bowlder
bole,bowl
boos,booze
bough,bow
boy,buoy
braid,brayed
braise,braize,brays,braze
brake,break
breach,breech
bread,bred
brewed,brood
brews,bruise
bridal,bridle
burro,burrow
bus,buss
bused,bust
but,butt
buy,by,bye
cache,cash
callous,callus
cant,cant
cannon,canon
canter,cantor
carat,caret,carrot
caries,carries
cast,caste
cede,seed
cell,sell
cellar,seller
censor,sensor
cent,scent,sent
cents,scents,sense
cereal,serial
cession,session
chaise,chase
chalk,chock
chance,chants
chased,chaste
cheap,cheep
chews,choose
chic,sheik
choir,quire
chord,cord,cored
chute,shoot
cite,sight,site
clause,claws
click,clique
close,clothes
coal,cole
coaled,cold
coarse,course
coated,coded
cocks,cox
complement,compliment
contingence,contingents
coo,coup
coop,coupe
correspondence,correspondents
cosign,cosine
council,counsel
councilor,counselor
creak,creek
crewed,crude
crews,cruise
cue,queue
currant,current
curser,cursor
dam,damn
dane,deign
days,daze
dear,deer
dense,dents
dependence,dependents
dew,do,due
die,dye
dire,dyer
discreet,discrete
doe,dough
does,doughs,doze
done,dun
dual,duel
ducked,duct
earn,urn
either,ether
emigrant,immigrant
ensure,insure
eutopia,utopia
ewe,yew,you
eyed,id
fain,feign
faint,feint
fair,fare
fairy,ferry
fate,fete
faze,phase
feat,feet
feudal,futile
find,fined
finish,finnish
fir,fur
flair,flare
flea,flee
flecks,flex
flew,flue
flour,flower
foaled,fold
for,fore,four
forego,forgo
foreword,forward
forth,fourth
foul,fowl
frees,freeze,frieze
friar,fryer
gage,gauge
gait,gate
gel,jell
gene,jean
gild,guild
gneiss,nice
gored,gourd
grade,grayed,greyed
grate,great
grays,greys,graze
grisly,grizzly
groan,grown
guessed,guest
guide,guyed
guise,guys
hail,hale
hair,hare
hairy,harry
hall,haul
halve,have
hangar,hanger
hay,hey
hays,haze
hed,heed
hell,heal,heel
hear,here
heard,herd
heated,heeded
hew,hue
hi,high
higher,hire
him,hymn
ho,hoe
hoar,whore
hoard,horde
hoarse,horse
hoes,hose
hold,holed
hole,whole
holey,holy,wholly
hostel,hostile
hour,our
idle,idol
immanent,imminent
in,inn
incidence,incidents
incite,insight
instance,instants
intense,intents
intension,intention
its,its
jam,jamb
knave,nave
knead,kneed,need
knew,new
knight,night
knit,nit
knot,naught,not
know,no
knows,nose
lacks,lax
lade,laid
lain,lane
lair,layer
lam,lamb
laps,lapse
lay,lei
lays,laze
leach,leech
lead,led
leak,leek
lean,lien
leant,lent
leased,least
lends,lens
lessen,lesson
lesser,lessor
lets,lets
levee,levy
liar,lyre
lichen,liken
lickerish,licorice
lie,lye
links,lynx
lo,low
load,lode
loan,lone
loch,lock
locks,lox
loop,loupe
loos,lose
lose,loose
made,maid
mail,male
main,mane
maize,mays,maze
mall,maul
manner,manor
marshal,martial
massed,mast
mat,matte
mean,mien
meat,meet,mete
medal,meddle,metal,mettle
might,mite
mince,mints
mind,mined
miner,minor
missed,mist
moat,mote
mood,mooed
moor,more
morning,mourning
muscle,mussel
mussed,must
naval,navel
nay,neigh
nicks,nix
none,nun
oar,andore
ode,owed
oh,owe
once,wants
one,won
oohs,ooze
overseas,oversees
paced,paste
packed,pact
pail,pale
pain,pane
pair,pare,pear
palate,palette,pallet
parish,perish
passed,past
patience,patients
pause,paws
peace,piece
peak,peek,pique
peal,peel
pearl,purl
pedal,peddle,petal
peer,pier
penance,pennants
per,purr
pi,pie
plain,plane
plainer,planar,planer
plait,plate
pleas,please
pole,poll
poor,pore,pour
populace,populous
praise,prays,preys
pray,prey
precedence,precedents
premier,premiere
presence,presents
pride,pried
prier,prior
pries,prize
prince,prints
principal,principle
profit,prophet
rack,wrack
raid,rayed
rail,rale
rain,reign,rein
raise,rays,raze
rap,wrap
rapt,wrapped,wrapt
re-cover,recover
re-lay,relay
read,red
read,reed
real,reel,riel
recede,reseed
reek,wreak
residence,residents
rest,wrest
retch,wretch
rhyme,rime
right,rite,wright,write
ring,wring
ringer,wringer
rise,ryes
road,rode,rowed
roe,row
roil,royal
role,roll
roomer,rumor,rumour
root,route
rose,rows
rote,wrote
rude,rued
rues,ruse
rung,wrung
rye,wry
sail,sale
scene,seen
sea,see
seam,seem
sear,seer
seas,sees,seize
sects,sex
sew,so,sow
shake,sheik
shear,sheer
shoe,shoo
sic,sick
sics,six
side,sighed
sighs,size
sign,sine
slay,sleigh
sleight,slight
slew,slough
soar,sore
soared,sword
sold,soled
sole,soul
some,sum
son,sun
stair,stare
stake,steak
stationary,stationery
steal,steel
step,steppe
storey,story
straight,strait
suite,sweet
summary,summery
tacked,tact
tacks,tax
tail,tale
taper,tapir
tarry,terry
taught,taut
tea,tee
team,teem
tears,tiers
teas,tease,tees
tense,tents
than,then
there,their,theyre
threw,through
throne,thrown
thyme,time
tide,tied
tier,tire
tighten,titan
to,too,two
toad,toed,towed
toe,tow
told,tolled
tracked,tract
tray,trey
udder,utter
vain,vane,vein
vale,veil
vial,vile
vice,vise
wade,weighed
wail,whale
waist,waste
wait,weight
waive,wave
waiver,waver
wale,whale
war,wore
ward,warred
ware,wear,where
warn,worn
wax,whacks
way,weigh,whey
we,wee
wed,weed
well,weal,wheal,wheel
were,weir
were,were,whir
weve,weave
weak,week
wean,ween
wearer,wherere
weather,whether
wee,whee
wet,whet
wheeled,wield
which,witch
while,wile
whiled,wild
whine,wine
whined,wind,wined
whirled,world
accept,except
whit,wit
white,wight
whither,wither
whos,whose
whoa,woe
wood,would
yack,yak
yoke,yolk
yore,youre,your
youll,yule
aahed,odd
adieu,ado
ant,aunt
aural,oral
err,ere,air,heir
marry,merry
rout,route
seated,seeded
shone,shown
tidal,title
trader,traitor
vary,very
aaron,erin
mary,marry,merry