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HETEROnyms Words ... | Spelled SAME | Sound DIFFERENT | Meaning DIFFERENT | |
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familiar words which may have more than one meaning and/or pronunciation.
Using this word list: Heteronyms come primarily in sets of two, sometimes more than two words, which are spelled alike but have significantly different sounds and meanings. An attempt has been made to illustrate the sounds using sound visual aids which are shown as spellings that imitate or mimic the sound. To locate a particular word, use the FIND function of your browser. To go to a group beginning with a specific letter scroll down to browse the list. The Heteronyms list is rather short so no navigation bar is provided. |
| word | sound | Def |
| B |
| barre | bar | n. handrail used for ballet practice |
| barre | bah - ray | n. pattern of stripes in fabric |
| bow | boe | n. weapon used with arrows |
| bow | boe | n. type of knot, often decorative |
| bow | boe | n. implement for use with stringed instrument |
| bow | boe | v. bend |
| bow | bough | n. / v. bend at waist |
| bow | bow | n. sound imitating barking dog - 'bow wow' |
| C |
| close | clo-Zzz | opposite of open; shut |
| close | CLOE-ss | opposite of far; near |
| compress | cum-PRESS | squeeze |
| compress | COMM-press | a bandage |
| compresses | cum-PRESSes | squeezes |
| compresses | COMM-presses | bandages |
| contract | CONN-tract | agreement |
| contract | cun-TRACT | catch as in a disease |
| contracted | CONN-tracted | agreed |
| contracted | cun-TRACTed | caught, got |
| contracting | CONN-tracting | entering agreement |
| contracting | cun-TRACTing | catching, getting |
| contracts | CONN-tracts | agreements |
| contracts | cun-TRACTs | catches, gets |
| D |
| dam | damn or am | holds back water |
| dam | dahm | female parent of dog or horse |
| do | doo | act or perform |
| do | doe | note on music scale - "Do, re, mi, fa, etc" |
| does | duzz | v. do - "he does his best" |
| does | doze | more than one female deer |
| E |
| entrance | EN trunce | n. entryway; v. appear on stage, etc. |
| entrance | en TRANce | v. hypnotize or place in trance state |
| G |
| grease | greeSS | heavy or highly viscous lubricant |
| grease | greeZ | lubricate with grease |
| H |
| house | how ss | abode, dwelling, residential home |
| house | howZ | billet, quarter, provide with housing |
| K |
| kinder | rhymes 'cinder' | children |
| kinder | kYnder | more kind or kindly, generous |
| L |
| lead | leed | bring along |
| lead | ledd | heavy metal chemical element |
| live | liv | occupy; abide in a place |
| live | lye-v | opposite of dead |
| M |
| more | moor | in addition to |
| more | more-ray | social rule or folkway |
| P |
| putter [s] | PUTT - ur | work at in leisurely manner |
| putter [s] | PUT - ur | inserter - one who puts something |
| R |
| read | reed | interpret written words - read a book |
| read | redd | past tense 'read' |
| refuse | ree-FUZE | deny |
| refuse | REFF-use | waste, trash, garbage |
| row | roe | row a boat with oars |
| row | row like in growl | have a row, fight, quarrel |
| S |
| sewer | so-err | one who sews |
| sewer | sue-err | drainage system |
| T |
| tower | tau-wer | building, or antenna |
| tower | toe-er | one who/which tows something |
| W |
| wind | whine d | turn; wind a watch or toy |
| wind | wynnd | moving air; the wind blows whither it will |
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