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- Not precisely the same pronunciation.
I only reject on this grounds, if my dictionary gives different pronunciation (or is unclear) and
I think there is a difference, or am not sure how one of the words in pronounced.
- accept, except
- acetic, ascetic
- advice, advise
- affect, effect
- axe, acts
- axle, axil
- deal, dele
- caret, carrot
- close, clothes
- cask, casque
- deuce, juice
- facts, fax
- formerly, formally
- halve, have
- hostel, hostile
- ion, iron
- jota, jotter
- liar, layer
- loch, lock
- mana, manna
- ordinance, ordnance
- paw/pore/pour, poor
- pecan, pekan
- picture, pitcher
- plaintiff, plaintive
- prince, prints
- presence, presents
- tense, tents
- wan, won
- The two spellings have a meaning in common. Even if each spelling has distinct meanings,
any common mean classifies them as alternative spellings rather than homophones.
(American, or other non-British, spellings are ignored for this purpose.)
- ambiance, ambience
- assay, essay
- aught, ought
- cot, cote
- depositary, depository
- forbear, forebear
- forego, forgo
- gage, gauge
- gel, jell
- genet, jennet
- gibe, gybe
- gray, grey
- grill, grille
- groin, groyne
- gunnel, gunwale
- hippie, hippy
- main, maine
- prise, prize
- ray, re
- ton, tonne
- It would be double counting.
If two forms of two words are different homophones, then I only count a single example.
I list complement/compliment and hence don't list complementary/complimentary. I normally list the simplest form (singular rather than plural; present tense etc.) unless other form is a longer list.
e.g. I list holey/holy/wholly rather than hole/whole. - Proper nouns and associated adjectives are not allowed, notably a lot of nations, nationalities,
and place names are pronounced the same as common nouns.
- Capitol, capital
- Crewe, crew
- Czech, check/cheque
- Chile, chilly/chilli
- Dane, deign
- Greece, grease
- Hungary, hungry
- Lapp, lap
- Nice, niece
- Pole, poll
- Rome, roam
- Sikh, seek
- Thai, tie
- Towcester, toaster
- Wales, whales