Heteronyms!
List #: 2643
Keywords/tags: heteronym, list of heteronyms, list of English heteronyms, words that look alike but are pronounced differently, depending on meaning
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Description: A (we think) complete list of heteronyms, words that are written the same but have different pronunciation and different meaning. There are close to 400 pairs..
Publisher: eSpindle Learning.
Author: eSpindle Learning.
Subject: Language Arts.
Created: 02/15/2010
Modified: 02/15/2010
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(part 1) (30 words)
abstract, abuse, accent, acedia, acuminate, addict, address, adduct, adept, adulterate, advert, advocate, aerial, affect, affiliate, affix, agape, aged, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, agora, aliment, alloy, ally, alternate, alum, Ana, analyses, animate
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(part 2) (30 words)
annex, antedate, appropriate, approximate, are, Ares, arithmetic, arses, articulate, as, aspirate, asses, associate, attaches, attenuate, attribute, augment, august, axes, bases, bass, blessed, boule, bow, bowed, bower, buffet, bund, bustier, capo
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(part 3) (31 words)
certificate, chaps, chassis, close, coagulate, coax, collect, colon, combat, combine, commune, compact, complex, compound, compress, concert, conduct, confect, confines, conflict, confound, conglomerate, congregate, congress, conjugate, conscript, conserve, consociate, console, consolidate, consort
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(part 4) (31 words)
construct, consummate, contact, content, contest, contract, contrary, contrast, converse, convert, convict, coop, coordinate, corps, covey, crooked, cube, cutin, decameter, decrease, defect, defense, defile, degenerate, delegate, deliberate, derogate, desert, desiccate, desolate, deviate
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(part 5) (31 words)
diagnoses, diffuse, digest, dingy, discard, discharge, discord, discount, divers, do, does, dogged, dove, drawer, duplicate, egress, ejaculate, elaborate, ellipses, entrance, envelop, epicrisis, escort, essay, estimate, evening, ewe, excise, excuse, exploit, expose
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(part 6) (31 words)
extract, fen, ferment, fiasco, file, fillet, fine, forte, frequent, gill, gnome, graduate, grave, Hades, halter, have, herb, hinder, house, implant, import, impress, imprint, incense, incline, incorporate, increase, indent, initiate, insert, inset
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(part 7) (31 words)
instinct, insult, integral, intercept, intermediate, intern, intimate, invalid, invite, involute, isolate, jagged, jargon, job, jubilate, junker, lame, lamed, laminate, lather, lead, learned, legate, legged, legitimate, lied, lineage, live, lower, luger, lunged
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(part 8) (31 words)
lunger, lupine, manes, mare, mate, micrometer, minute, misconduct, mobile, moderate, mole, moped, mother, mouse, mouth, mow, multiply, none, number, nun, object, oblate, obligate, offense, os, overage, overlook, overrun, pace, palled, palsy
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(part 9) (31 words)
pan, pasty, pate, patent, peaked, pedal, peer, perfect, periodic, permit, pervert, pinion, pique, placer, plies, poise, polish, poll, postulate, prayer, precedent, precipitate, predicate, premise, present, primer, proceeds, process, produce, progress, project
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(part 10) (31 words)
prospect, protest, pussy, putting, ragged, raven, re, real, rebel, rebound, recall, recap, recess, recitative, recoil, recollect, record, recount, recover, redo, redress, refill, refit, reflex, reform, refund, refuse, regenerate, regress, rehash, reject
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(part 11) (31 words)
relapse, relay, release, remake, repair, repatriate, repent, replay, report, represent, repress, reprise, reproof, rerun, research, reseda, resent, reserve, reside, resign, resolve, resort, resound, restore, resume, retable, retake, retard, return, review, rewind
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(part 12) (31 words)
rout, router, row, rugged, sake, salve, seer, segment, separate, sewer, sheave, shin, shower, sin, singer, skied, slaver, slough, sol, soles, sow, stabile, stingy, stipulate, subject, supply, survey, suspect, swinger, syndicate, tang
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(part 13) (31 words)
tarry, taxis, tear, tester, thou, tier, toots, tori, torment, tower, transect, transfer, transplant, transport, transpose, trepan, Triton, tropic, tush, unionized, upset, use, used, vice, viola, violist, wicked, wind, winded, withy, won