Homographs
| Word |
Meaning Discriminator |
| AGAPE |
love |
| AGAPE |
open |
| Am |
Americium |
| am |
I am |
| Am. |
America |
| ART |
aesthetic |
| art |
thou art |
| As |
Arsenic |
| AS |
alike |
| ASH |
fire |
| ASH |
tree |
| ASS |
animal |
| ASS |
arse, buttocks |
| At |
Astatine |
| AT |
eight - Sanskrit |
| AT |
near |
| axes |
several axe-s |
| axes |
several axis-s |
| AYE |
yes |
| AYE |
ever |
| Ba |
Barium |
| ba |
spirit |
| BAIL |
bailiff |
| BAIL |
handle |
| BAIL |
rod, wall of posts |
| BALL |
dance |
| BALL |
round object |
| BAND |
circle |
| BAND |
of soldiers |
| BARD |
put over |
| BARD |
singer |
| BARROW |
bier, carrier |
| BARROW |
burial mound |
| BARROW |
neutered boar |
| BASE |
bottom, foundation |
| BASE |
low, musical instrument |
| BASS |
basswood |
| BASS |
fish |
| BASS |
music |
| BAT |
club |
| BAT |
flying mammal |
| Be |
Beryllium |
| be |
exist |
| BEAR |
animal; stock market |
| BEAR |
carry |
| BECK |
beckon |
| BECK |
stream |
| BEE |
insect |
| BEE |
prayer |
| BEE |
ring |
| BEETLE |
hammer (battle-) |
| BEETLE |
insect |
| BILL |
bird's |
| BILL |
invoice |
| BIT |
binary-digit |
| BIT |
piece, past of bite, bridle |
| BLAZE |
flare up; mark |
| BLAZE |
proclaim |
| BLOW |
expand |
| BLOW |
wind; strike |
| BOIL |
carbunkle |
| BOIL |
heat water |
| BOON |
gift, decreed blessing |
| BOON |
merry, a boon companion |
| bore |
born |
| BORE |
drill, boredom |
| BORE |
tidal wave |
| BOUND |
bind, boundary |
| BOUND |
going, determined |
| BOUND |
leap |
| BOWL |
pitch |
| BOWL |
plate |
| BRASH |
bold |
| BRASH |
rubble |
| BULK |
baulk; plank |
| BULK |
mass |
| BULLY |
beau |
| BULLY |
bossy persecutor |
| BULLY |
of bullock - bully beef |
| BURN |
overheat |
| BURN |
stream |
| BUSK |
ambush |
| BUSK |
prepare, tack, street player |
| CAN |
is able |
| CAN |
tin |
| CASE |
container |
| CASE |
instance |
| CESTUS |
cut |
| CESTUS |
prick |
| CHIME |
cymbal |
| CHIME |
rim of a cask |
| CHIT |
chink, sprout |
| CHIT |
many colored |
| CLOVE |
garlic |
| CLOVE |
spice |
| CLUB |
bat |
| CLUB |
belong |
| COAX |
cable |
| COAX |
urge |
| COLON |
":" |
| COLON |
bowel |
| COMPOUND |
combination |
| COMPOUND |
corral |
| CON |
against |
| CON |
con-duce |
| CON |
cunning |
| CONSOLE |
comfort |
| CONSOLE |
monitor |
| CONTENT |
contained, satisfied |
| COPPER |
mineral |
| COPPER |
policeman |
| CORN |
grain |
| CORN |
horn, callous |
| CORPORAL |
leader, head |
| CORPORAL |
of the body |
| COUNT |
nobleman |
| COUNT |
number |
| COUNTER |
bench, calculator, token |
| COUNTER |
oppose |
| Creek |
native Am. |
| CREEK |
stream |
| DEAL |
board |
| DEAL |
cards, a measure |
| DEFILE |
filament, file off |
| DEFILE |
pollute |
| DEMEAN |
behave properly |
| DEMEAN |
make common |
| DENIER |
one who denies |
| DENIER |
stocking measure |
| DERMA |
gut |
| DERMA |
skin |
| DESERT |
leave, desolate |
| DESERT |
reward |
| DESSERT |
pudding, fruits |
| DIE |
dead |
| DIE |
stamp |
| Diet |
council |
| DIET |
food intake |
| do |
act |
| do |
do re mi |
| does |
did |
| does |
f. pl. deer, hornless hind |
| Don |
Dom, a leader |
| don |
put on (clothes) |
| DOVE |
bird |
| dove |
jumped, dived |
| DOWN |
direction |
| DOWN |
feathers |
| DUFF |
dough, pudding |
| DUFF |
dust |
| DUN |
brown |
| DUN |
Scots - castle; bill, account |
| EAR |
hearing organ |
| EAR |
spike of grain |
| EGG |
chicken |
| EGG |
encourage |
| ENCEINTE |
encircle |
| ENCEINTE |
pregnant |
| ENTRANCE |
delight |
| ENTRANCE |
enter |
| ERGOTISM |
ergotamine disease (< ergot) |
| ERGOTISM |
reasoning, (< ergo) |
| EXCISE |
cut out |
| EXCISE |
taxes ad+censes |
| FAIR |
fail (colloq. US) |
| FAIR |
festival |
| FAIR |
just; pretty |
| FAY |
fairy |
| FAY |
faith |
| FAY |
fit |
| FAY |
white man |
| FELL |
brae, hill |
| FELL |
fallen, level, sew seam |
| FELL |
felon, cruel |
| FELL |
pelt |
| FERRET |
animal |
| FERRET |
flower |
| FEUD |
family fight |
| FEUD |
rental |
| FILE |
defile, corrupt |
| FILE |
papers, line-up |
| FILE |
tool; grind |
| FILS |
filial |
| FILS |
fool |
| FLOUNDER |
fish |
| FLOUNDER |
flounce-founder |
| Fm |
fermium |
| FOIL |
aluminum, leaf |
| FOIL |
baffle, spoil, defile |
| FOIL |
epee, sabre, for fencing |
| FOUND |
cast metal |
| FOUND |
establish |
| found |
not lost |
| FULL |
fill-ed |
| FULL |
swell vb, wash |
| GENIAL |
innate quality |
| GENIAL |
of the jaw |
| GILL |
fish |
| Gill |
girlfriend |
| GILL |
glen, ravine, rivulet |
| GILL |
volume |
| GRAM |
grain |
| GRAM |
symbol |
| GRATE |
grid, sieve |
| GRATE |
scrape |
| GRAVE |
burial |
| GRAVE |
serious; accented |
| GUST |
taste, gustatory |
| GUST |
wind |
| HAIL |
"a cab" |
| HAIL |
ice rain |
| HALE |
"and hearty" |
| HALE |
haul |
| He |
Helium |
| he |
pronoun |
| HEEL |
foot |
| HEEL |
tilt, stern |
| HELM |
boat, handle |
| HELM |
helmet |
| HIDE |
conceal, skin |
| HIDE |
measure of land |
| HIND |
behind |
| HIND |
bondsman |
| HIND |
deer |
| Ho |
Holmium |
| Ho |
oriental language |
| HOLD |
interior of a ship |
| HOLD |
possess |
| HOMO |
alike/same--homograph |
| HOMO |
man--homo erectus |
| I |
Iodine |
| I |
me |
| IN |
in |
| In |
Indium |
| It |
pronoun |
| Jean |
Frenchman (John) |
| JEAN |
jersey, cloth |
| Job |
Old Testament character |
| JOB |
work |
| KEEL |
boat part, tilt |
| KEEL |
cool |
| la |
do re mi |
| La |
Lanthanum |
| LAP |
groin, overlap |
| LAP |
lick up, splash |
| LAST |
a load |
| LAST |
endure, foot print |
| LAST |
final, late |
| LEAD |
guide |
| Lead |
metal |
| LEAN |
incline |
| LEAN |
lanky |
| LEAVE |
abandon |
| LEAVE |
permission |
| LEAVE |
produce leaves |
| LEECH |
medical, biological |
| LEECH |
part of a boat sail |
| LIE |
falsehood |
| LIE |
recline, lay of the land |
| LIGHT |
illuminate |
| LIGHT |
weight |
| LIGHTSOME |
illuminate |
| LIGHTSOME |
weight |
| LINK |
connect |
| LINK |
lamp |
| LIST |
lean |
| LIST |
listen |
| LIST |
satisfy |
| LIST |
tabulate, a strip, scroll |
| LOW |
cow noise |
| LOW |
down |
| MAHOUT |
in charge |
| MAHOUT |
measure |
| MANES |
customs |
| manes |
neck hair |
| MANGE |
eat |
| MANGE |
hair loss |
| MARCH |
month, Mars |
| MARCH |
walk, boundary |
| MARE |
fem. Horse |
| MARE |
moon seas |
| MASS |
Christian ritual |
| MASS |
lump |
| MATCH |
equal |
| MATCH |
fire |
| MAY |
be able |
| MAY |
month |
| MEAD |
drink |
| MEAD |
meadow |
| MEAL |
dinner |
| MEAL |
flour, bran |
| MEAN |
average |
| MEAN |
intend |
| MEAN |
nasty, humble, poor |
| MEET |
commensurate, fit |
| MEET |
rendezvous, connect |
| MENTAL |
of the chin |
| MENTAL |
of the mind |
| MERE |
only |
| MERE |
sea, lake, pond |
| MEW |
cage, stables |
| mew |
meow |
| mew |
seagull |
| MISS |
maid |
| MISS |
not hit, go astray |
| Molar |
amount |
| MOLAR |
tooth |
| MOLD |
leaf mold |
| MOLD |
shape |
| MOLE |
animal; uterine mass |
| MOLE |
blemish |
| MOLE |
dam; molec. Weight |
| MOOD |
feeling |
| MOOD |
measure |
| MOOR |
boat |
| MOOR |
wasteland |
| moped |
brooded |
| MOPED |
motorcycle |
| MOULD |
leaf mold |
| MOULD |
shape |
| MUM |
mother |
| MUM |
silent |
| MUST |
musk |
| MUST |
should |
| MYSTERY |
guild |
| MYSTERY |
secret, puzzle |
| NAVE |
hub, porch |
| NAVE |
ship |
| Ne |
Neon |
| NET |
fishing, reticule |
| NET |
profit, remaining |
| Nice |
city |
| NICE |
good |
| NIX |
nil thing, nichts |
| NIX |
water fairy |
| No |
Nobelium |
| NUT |
fruit |
| Nut |
Horus |
| OOZE |
Nn |
| OOZE |
Vb |
| OR |
early, before |
| OR |
either |
| OR |
gold, yellow |
| OS |
bone |
| OS |
mouth |
| Os |
Osmium |
| OUNCE |
lynx |
| OUNCE |
weight |
| OVERAGE |
surplus |
| overage |
too-old |
| pa |
Maori fort |
| PA |
papa |
| Pa |
Protactinium |
| PACE |
peace, pax |
| PACE |
speed; footstep |
| Paddy |
Irishman, fit |
| PADDY |
rice field |
| PALE |
fence |
| PALE |
pallid |
| PAN |
feather |
| Pan |
Greek faun |
| PAN |
pots and pans, face |
| PARITY |
# births |
| PARITY |
equality |
| pate |
head |
| pate |
liver paste |
| PEAK |
droop, pine |
| PEAK |
point |
| PEAKED |
pointed, high is reached |
| PEAKED |
unhealthy |
| PEEL |
stockade, spade, pole |
| PEEL |
to skin |
| PEER |
equal rank |
| PEER |
look at |
| PELT |
fur |
| PELT |
throw, impel |
| PEN |
corral |
| PEN |
writing |
| PILE |
cloth |
| PILE |
heap, building, electricity |
| PILE |
post |
| PINE |
fade, fail |
| PINE |
tree |
| PINION |
cog |
| PINION |
feather |
| Pit |
card game |
| PIT |
depression, hole |
| PIT |
pith, kernel, stone |
| PITCH |
tar |
| PITCH |
throw, angle |
| PLANE |
airplane, tool |
| PLANE |
flat surface |
| PLIGHT |
"- my troth", pledge |
| PLIGHT |
predicament, danger |
| POKE |
pokeweed |
| POKE |
push, prod, yolk, slowpoke, cowpoke |
| POKE |
sack, bag |
| POLE |
geographic, electrical |
| Pole |
Polander/Polish |
| POLE |
post |
| Polish |
of country Poland |
| POLISH |
shine |
| POST |
mail, position, army |
| POST |
stake, pin up |
| POST- |
after- |
| POSTER |
mailman |
| POSTER |
picture, placard |
| POUND |
beat |
| POUND |
lockup |
| POUND |
weight |
| PREGNANT |
cogent, convincing |
| PREGNANT |
expecting |
| PRESS |
at hand, draft into service |
| PRESS |
push, print |
| PRIZE |
of war, pry |
| PRIZE |
won, [price], value |
| PUNCH |
drink |
| PUNCH |
hit, die |
| Punch |
Punchinello |
| PUNT |
bridge, paddle |
| PUNT |
place, put |
| Pussy |
cat, kitten |
| PUSSY |
pus, putrid |
| PUT |
fool |
| PUT |
place |
| QUAIL |
cower |
| QUAIL |
pheasant |
| QUARREL |
argue |
| QUARREL |
square |
| QUARRY |
hunt |
| QUARRY |
stone |
| Rabat |
capital of Morocco |
| RABAT |
clothing |
| RACE |
a people |
| RACE |
contest |
| RACKET |
ruction |
| RACKET |
tennis |
| RAM |
sheep |
| RANK |
order |
| RANK |
smelly, lush |
| RAPE |
erode |
| RAPE |
to seize, ravish |
| RARE |
meat |
| RARE |
uncommon |
| RASH |
impulsive |
| RASH |
skin blemish |
| RAVEN |
crow |
| RAVEN |
devour, despoil |
| re |
do re mi |
| re |
real |
| Re |
Rhenium |
| REAL |
regal realm |
| REAL |
unimaginary, property |
| REAR |
behind |
| REAR |
raise, rise up |
| REFRAIN |
not do |
| REFRAIN |
song |
| reserve |
"serve again" |
| RESERVE |
hold back |
| RID |
remove |
| rid |
rode |
| RIDDLE |
puzzle |
| RIDDLE |
sieve |
| RING |
circle |
| RING |
resound |
| ROOT |
cheer [for] |
| ROOT |
dig out |
| ROOT |
plant, math |
| ROTE |
insrument |
| ROTE |
turn |
| ROUND |
circular, a song |
| ROUND |
whisper |
| ROW |
alignment |
| ROW |
arguement |
| ROW |
boat |
| RUSH |
hurry |
| RUSH |
reed |
| RYE |
grain |
| RYE |
ruler |
| sac |
sack, scrotum |
| SAGE |
herb |
| SAGE |
wise |
| SAKE |
alcohol |
| SAKE |
purpose |
| SALVE |
ointment |
| SALVE |
salute, salvage |
| SAW |
a saying |
| saw |
see |
| SAW |
tool, cut |
| SCALE |
fish, weighing machine |
| SCALE |
music, climb, amount |
| SCHOOL |
shoal |
| SCHOOL |
teach |
| SCOUT |
disdain |
| SCOUT |
search |
| SEAL |
a letter, sequester |
| SEAL |
marine animal |
| SEAR |
singe, dry up |
| SEAR |
squash together |
| SEE |
residence, province |
| SEE |
view |
| Set |
Egyptian god |
| SET |
put, sit |
| SET |
sect, collection |
| SEWER |
drain |
| SEWER |
seater |
| SEWER |
sews clothes |
| SKATE |
a shit, blatherskite |
| SKATE |
flat fish |
| SKATE |
slide |
| SLEDGE |
hammer |
| SLEDGE |
sleigh |
| SLIP |
cowslip, slime |
| SLIP |
slide over |
| SLIP |
small bit |
| SLUG |
snail |
| SLUG |
strike |
| SOIL |
dirty; defile |
| SOIL |
throne, earth |
| SOLE |
foot, fish |
| SOLE |
only |
| SORREL |
brown |
| SORREL |
sour plant |
| SOUND |
depth, body of water |
| SOUND |
healthy, solid |
| SOUND |
noise |
| SOW |
pig |
| SOW |
seed |
| SPECK |
fat, blubber |
| SPECK |
spot |
| SPILL |
split, fall away |
| SPILL |
wooden peg, torch |
| SPIT |
roast |
| SPIT |
saliva |
| SQUASH |
flatten |
| squash |
pumpkin |
| STALK |
hunt with stealth, strut |
| STALK |
stem |
| STALL |
barn, berth |
| STALL |
fix in place, stave off |
| STARE |
a post |
| STARE |
wide-eyed |
| STAY |
prop, support, tie up |
| STAY |
remain |
| STERN |
severe |
| STERN |
ship |
| STOLE |
cloak |
| stole |
past tense of steal |
| STOOP |
bend |
| STOOP |
porch |
| STRAIN |
lineage, music, outburst |
| STRAIN |
stress |
| SUPPLY |
provide |
| supply |
supple-ly, adv. |
| TARRY |
dawdle |
| TARRY |
tarred |
| TEAR |
rip |
| TEAR |
weep |
| THE |
definite article |
| THE |
masc dem pron |
| ti |
do re mi |
| Ti |
Titanium |
| TICK |
mattress cover |
| TICK |
parasite |
| TICK |
tick, tock; check mark |
| TOIL |
a net |
| TOIL |
work hard |
| TUCK |
energy, vigor |
| TUCK |
fold, hunger, eat |
| TUCK |
rapier |
| VALE |
hearty |
| VALE |
valley |
| VENT |
split |
| VENT |
window |
| WARE |
goods |
| WARE |
vigilant, aware |
| WAX |
bee's fat |
| WAX |
increase |
| WELL |
healthy and wealthy |
| WELL |
water |
| Wend |
Wendish person |
| WEND |
wind, travel |
| WIGHT |
a whit |
| WIGHT |
vigorous |
| WIND |
blow |
| WIND |
turn |
| WITH |
rope |
| WITH |
together |
| WOOD |
mad |
| WOOD |
of trees |
| WOUND |
injury |
| wound |
wind around |
| x |
"unknown quantity" |
| X |
cross, ex, mark |
| X |
decade, Roman numeral ten |
| y |
"unknown quantity" |
| Y |
fork (divergence) |
| Y |
Yittrium |
| YARD |
enclosure |
| YARD |
three feet, a sail |
| Z |
end of the line, omega |
| z |
"unknown quantity" |