Homonym (Homophones)
What is Homonyms in English?
Words that sound same but have different meanings and spellings are called Homonym or Homophones.
| Homonym (Confused Words) | |||
| Words | Meaning | Words | Meaning |
| a lot (noun) | many | accept (verb) | to recognize |
| allot (verb) | to give or share inarbitrary amounts | except (preposition) | excluding |
| access (noun, verb) | means of approaching; to approach | addition (noun) | increase |
| excess(noun, adj.) | extra | edition (noun) | an issue of a book or newspaper |
| advice (noun) | a recommended opinion | affect (verb) | to influence |
| advise (verb) | to give advice; inform | effect (noun) | result |
| effect (verb) | to bring about | ||
| all ready (adj.) | completely prepared | all together (adj.) | in a group; in unison |
| already (adj.) | by or before a specified time | altogether(adv.) | completely or thoroughly |
| allude (verb) | to refer to something not specifically mentioned | ascent (noun) | the act of climbing |
| elude (verb) | to escape notice or detection | assent (verb) | to agree or accept a proposal or opinion |
| assure (verb) | to make certain (assure someone) | beside (adj.) | next to |
| ensure (verb) | to make certain | besides (adv.) | in addition to |
| insure (verb) | to secure life or property in case of loss | ||
| bibliography (noun) | list of writings | capital (noun) | money invested; a town or city where the government sits |
| biography(noun) | a life story | capitol (noun) | a government building |
| choose (verb) | to select | cite (verb) | to acknowledge; to quote as a reference |
| chose (verb) | the past tense of choose | sight (noun) | the ability to see; vision |
| site (noun) | a place or location | ||
| complement (noun) | match | consul (noun) | an official appointed by the government to live in a foreign city |
| compliment (noun, verb) | praise; to give praise | council (noun) | a group of people called together to provide advice |
| counsel (noun, verb) | advice; to give advice | ||
| continual (adj.) | taking place in close succession | cooperation (noun) | assistance; help |
| continuous (adj.) | without break or let up | corporation (noun) | type of business organization |
| decent (adj.) | well mannered | desert (noun) | arid, sandy region |
| descent (noun) | decline; fall | dessert (noun) | sweet served after a meal |
| dissent (noun) | disagreement | ||
| disburse (verb) | to pay | disinterested (adj.) | impartial; no strong opinion either way |
| disperse (verb) | to spread out | uninterested (adj.) | don't care |
| elicit (verb) | to stir up |
envelop (verb)
| to surround; to cover completely |
| illicit (adj.) | illegal | envelope (noun) | flat paper container for letters or other documents |
| farther (adv.) | beyond | flack (noun, verb) | press agent (noun); to act as a press agent (verb) |
| further (adj.) | additional | flak (noun) | criticism |
| forth (adv.) | forward; onward | hear (verb) | to perceive by the ear |
| fourth (adj.) | next in number after the third | here (adv.) | in this or at this place |
| hoard (verb) | to collect and keep | imply (verb) | to hint or suggest |
| horde (noun) | a huge crowd | infer (verb) | to assume; to deduce |
| loose (adj.) | not restrained; not fastened | loath (adj.) | reluctant |
| lose (verb) | to fail to win; to be deprived of | loathe (verb) | to feel hatred for |
| medal (noun) | a badge of honor | passed (verb) | the past tense of past |
| meddle (verb) | to interfere | past (adj.) | finished; gone by |
| metal (noun) | a mineral substance | ||
| personal (adj.) | individual | principal (adj.) | main |
| personnel (noun) | employees | principal (noun) | person in charge |
| principle (noun) | standard | ||
| quiet (adj.) | still; calm | stationary (adj.) | not moving |
| quite (adv.) | very; fairly; positively | stationery (noun) | writing paper |
| quit (verb) | to stop; to discontinue | ||
| taught (verb) | the past tense of teach | than (conj., prep.) | in contrast to |
| taut (adj.) | tight | then (adv.) | next |
| their (pronoun) | belonging to them | to (prep.) | in the direction of |
| there (adv.) | in a place | too (adv.) | also; excessively |
| they're | contraction for they are | two (adj.) | the number after one |
| weather (noun, verb) | atmospheric conditions; to last or ride out | who (pronoun) | substitute for he, she, or they |
| whether (conj.) | if it be the case; in either case | whom (pronoun) | substitute for him, her, or them |
| your (pronoun) | belonging to you | ||
| you're | contraction for you are | ||