words that sound the same and have different meanings

[Gerianne]

chili - chilly
toast (verb) - toast (noun)
fare - fair
short (electric) - short (height)
shot - shot
night - knight

[lvstephanie]

Mixing up homonyms is one of those grammar errors pet-peeves of mine. Unfortunately I think it is becoming more common than when I was in school. People rely on spell check too much, and since these words are spelled correctly, the spell check won't flag the error. BTW, the homonyms that I just used include:

One - won
mine (ownership) - mine (underground excavation)
than - then
too - to - two
since - sense - cents
spelled - spelt

[plennis]

there  -  they're  - their
                        were - we're
                        your  - you're
                        him  - hem  -  hymn
                        here  -  hear 

[Jeanskillz]

attribute - attribute

[braggin]

you're and your
its and it's
whine and wine
mail and male

[ktheodos]

welcome to the English language lol

[paints]

More-moor.
So-sow-sew.
Hale-hail.

My two cents

[jenniferhoder]

Tail- tale!
Mail-male!
Sail- sale!!
So many different ones!

[autumnsparklemom]

Lots of good ones - saw ones I was thinking of.

[sgluckadoo]

I see this stuff all the time in my field (education).

their, they're, there
hear, here
whether, weather
wear, where
roll, role
whole, hole


Can't think of any others right now.

[plennis]

be - bee
knead = need
tie - tie
flea - flee
more - moor
score - score
floor - floor
bore - bore