List of homonymous words

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They are called wordshomonymsathose whose

[ pronunciation is the same or similar but differ in their
meaning. Within these, a distinction is made between the wordshomophonesythe homographs. The first ones
they are pronounced the same but are written differently and have different meanings, and the second ones
they also differ in their meaning but the spelling is identical.

What follows is a list of homonymous words that often raise doubts in writing. It includes
pairs of words that are homophones for speakers who do not distinguish between /z/ and /s/ or /y/ and /ll/:

Palabra 1 Palabra 2 Palabra 3

a(preposition) ah ha(verbor news)

talking (gerund of to talk) softening (present of to soften)
dented (sunk from a blow) oxen farm

to embrace (to hug tightly with the arms) to burn (to be burned)

acerb (harsh, hard) collection (a pile of things)

agitated (verb to shake) ajito (small garlic)

to lake (to fill with lakes) to flatter (to show affection, admiration)

learn (acquire knowledge) apprehend (to seize)

to run over brook (small river)

as (campeón deportivo) has(verbo haber)
as (carta de la baraja) haz(manojo, superficie)

Asia (continent) toward

tie (verb to tie) flock (noun)
baca (transport element) cow (female of the bull)

bowl (vessel) empty (verb to empty)

bacilo (bacteria) vacilo (verbo vacilar)
bleat (sound of the sheep) valid (prime minister or the verb to be worth)

baron (aristocratic title) man

basar (asentar sobre la base) bazar (tienda, mercado)
rude (crude, coarse) wide
berry (fleshy fruit) go
beautiful fur (short and soft hair)

you come
bienes (posesiones)
coil (reel) bovine (belonging to the bull or cow).
botar (arrojar, dar botes) to vote (cast votes)

boots (footwear) you vote (verb to vote)

corporal (point, military rank) I dig

silent (verb to silence) staff (cane)
call (hardness, verb to silence) cay (island)

fell silent fell (verb to fall)

cause riverbed

yield silk (fabric)

cede (verb to yield) headquarters (local, place)

dined (verb to dine) senate (chamber of senators)

vine stem know (verb to know)

ciego (invidente) to reap (verb to reap)

deer (wild animal) servant (slave)

close (verb to close) saw (cutting tool)
one hundred (number) sien (front)
to cook to sew
combino (verbo combinar) convino (verbo convenir, acordar)
council (body of advisors) council (body of councilors)
dismantle (remove meshes) faint (to faint)
to err (synonym of to make a mistake) to shoe (to put a horseshoe on a horse)

stow summer
tour (excursion, trip) jira (piece of cloth)

graba (verbo grabar) grava (carga, tributo, piedrecillas)

to record (to carve, to sculpt, to register sounds)
or images)
grab serious (of severity)
gragea (confite pequeño) grajea (verbo grajear)
to have (verb) a+ verbver)
let's see(prexposition

había (verbo haber) avía (verbo aviar)

helloverto find
there is (verb to have or type)

of tree) nanny
until spear (lance, pole, horn)
to flip through (to turn the pages) to pry (to scrutinize)
hour (unit of time) pray
hulla (type of coal) to flee
spindle (instrument for spinning, figure with use (verb to use)
that way)
to ingest (to take in food) insert (include something)

izo (to verbalize) did

The Hague (city) (the) nanny thethere is(pronoun her

+ news):no creo que la haya visto.

libido (carnal desire) livid (intensely
pale and bluish

malla (red) maya (antiguo pueblo indio)

mass (volume) mace (weapon of war)
nabal (land of turnips) naval (of ships)
novel (the one who starts to practice a Nobel (prize)
art or profession or has little experience
in them)
wave (ocean wave) Hello!

wave (undulation, weapon) deep

olla (vasija redonda) hoya (cavidad)
chick (young bird) poyo (stone bench)

sharp remark to hurt someone sharp point of prods

knew (that knows) sap (plant juice)

tea (infusion) you (personal pronoun)

grate (to shred with a grater) to stripe (to make stripes)

lightning (atmospheric phenomenon) grate (verb to grate)

rebel (to rise up) reveal (photographs, discover)

collect (claim, obtain) re-dig (to dig again)

reuse (use again) refuse (reject, not accept)

river (stream) riverbank (shore)

curl (verb to curl) laughter (expression of joy)

knowing (who knows a lot) sap (liquid of plants)

tube (noun) had

fence (line of stakes or boards) go (verb to go)
vegete (verbo vegetar) vejete (diminutivo de viejo)

true you will see

vein (vena, lode) beta (Greek letter)
time (turn) you see (verb to see)

seer (what is seen) bident (two teeth)

he/she drank wine (alcoholic beverage)
simple perfect

U (letter of the alphabet) Uh!

Swedish (from Sweden)
clogs (wooden footwear)

List of paronymous words

Paronymy is a semantic relationship and consists of two (or more) words that resemble each other in sound, but
they are written differently and have different meanings, usually unrelated. The paronyms are
words that are similar in their pronunciation or spelling. TheDRAEthey define them as 'words that
they have a relationship or resemblance to each other, due to theiretymologyor only by its shape or sound.
circumstance, callpunparonymy can give rise toimproprietiesyspelling mistakes,
although it is also a literary resource andludolinguistic. Paronymy can be oftilde(sing-sang), from
letter (opening-opening) or of both (there-may). Below is a list of paronymous words

abeja (insecto) oveja (animal ovino)

apse (vault) apsis (extreme of the major axis)

accessible (that can be accessed) affordable (that can be obtained)

adopt (adoption) adapt (from accommodate)

performed (past of the verb)

affection (fondness, friendship) effect (result)
efectuar)

praise (verb to praise) Álava (Spanish province) alababa (action)

food-related
nutritive (that nourishes)
alimentación)

amoral (lacking morality) immoral (impudent)

opening(action of opening) opening (slit, crack)

apostrophe(punctuation mark) apostrophe (rhetorical figure)

aptitude (intelligence) attitude (disposition)

apt (skilled) act (action)

aria (part of an opera) would do

art(skill, talent) to saturate

bee (insect) sheep (ovine animal)

eager (anxious) had (verb to have)

base (foundation) base (intervene in something)

to confront (to subject to confrontation) caries (dental condition)

basket (container) sixth (sixth part)

complement (what is missing and is

compliance (action of fulfilling)
agrega)

I answer context (thread or course of a writing)

outline (to paint lines that to contone (move a lot the)

limitan una figura) caderas al andar)

cortege (entourage, celebration) cross-checking (verb to cross-check)

cost (expense) cost (price in money)

teaspoon (what fits in one)

small spoon
small spoon

deference (attention) difference (diversity)

to rough out (remove coarseness) devastate (asolar)

to desiccate (to make dry) dissect (prepare dead beings)

to burst out laughing

unscrew (remove screw)
ternillas

to conquer (to take a city)

to reveal (to take away sleep) to unveil (to discover, to reveal)
by the weapons)

sweetness (quality of sweet) sweetness (sweet taste)

ethnology (science about the origin of

oenology (wine knowledge)
the towns

pouch (bag, backpack) to release

escita (de Escitia) excita (verbo excitar)

sluice (dike, gate) exclude

esoteric (hidden, reserved) esoteric (common, vulgar)

especie (división de género) especia (sustancia aromática)

spy (observe discreetly) expiate (emphasize guilt)

bee (insect) sheep (ovine animal)

exhale expire (to die)

spoliation (remaining goods to the

exploitation (verb to exploit)
death of a bishop

to flea (to remove fleas) purge (purify)

stasis (blood stagnation) ecstasy (rapture)

estática (quieta) extática (en éxtasis)

excite (stimulate, provoke) hesitate (to doubt, to waver)

fragrant (scented, odorous) flagrant (evident)

honroso (que honra) oneroso (gravoso)

to infest (to cause damage, to abound) infect (corrupt, cause

wild animals infection

infringe (to break) inflict (impose punishment)

Israelite (belonging to the people

path that conquered and inhabited Israeli (citizen of Israel)
Palestine

latent (hidden or inactive) beating (that beats)

improvement (decrease in improvement (perfection)

disease advancement, increase

molleja (glandular appendix of

fontanel (skull)
chicken/rooster/hen

prejudice (to have prior judgment) prejudice (damage)

salubrious (healthy) salty

secession (act of separating) succession (of to succeed)

session (meeting time) section (sector, part)

seso (cerebro) sexo (diferencia física)

wail (moan) fading

going (verb to go) hending (verb to hendi)

yerro (verbo errar) hierro (metal)

zaina (sly person) zamia (plant)