Homographs |
A homograph is a word which has exactly the same spelling as another word but a different pronunciation or meaning. This list focuses on pairs of words with the same spelling but different pronunciations.
bass: | a fish / a deep voice or musical instrument | |
bow: | used to fire arrows / to bend at the middle | |
buffet: | a way of serving food / to hit repeatedly | |
does: | present of do / more than one doe | |
entrance: | where you go in / to enchant or delight | |
invalid: | a disabled person / not valid | |
lead: | to go out in front / a heavy metal | |
live: | to have life / as it happens | |
minute: | a period of time / very small | |
moped: | a two-wheeled motorised vehicle / past of mope | |
number: | used for counting / more numb | |
pasty: | a filled pastry / pale | |
polish/Polish: | to rub something until it shines / somebody from Poland | |
prayer: | a message to god / somebody who prays | |
pussy: | a cat / oozing pus | |
read: | to make sense of words / to have made sense of words | |
row: | to use an oar or oars to move a boat / an argument | |
sow: | to distribute seeds / a female pig | |
tear: | to rip apart / a droplet of water from the eye | |
tinged: | the sound a bell made / to have colour | |
wind: | moving air / to turn in a circular motion | |
wound: | an injury / past of wind |
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