Friday, December 07, 2012

Homograph List - Updated

One fun game I play with my kids is that we try to think of words that are homographs. That is a word that when it pronounced one way it means one thing and when pronounced another way, it means something different. A couple of quick examples:

lead - if the vowels are long in means to show the way by going in advance. If the vowels is a short e, ten it is a metallic element (and in this case a second meaning, being the past tense of the long lead.

polish - to make something shine (short o) or a person from Poland (long o).

Since my original list, I have added 3: does, tear and tearing.

Here is a list we have created (I'd be interested in additional ones my readers can think of):


Index Word
1 abuse
2 alternate
3 appropriate
4 bass
5 bow
6 buffet
7 compress
8 console
9 content
10 contest
11 convert
12 convict
13 direct
14 does
15 drawer
16 duplicate
17 entrance
18 excuse
19 expose
20 graduate
21 intimate
22 lead
23 minute
24 moped
25 number
26 offense
27 perfect
28 permit
29 polish
30 present
31 produce
32 progress
33 project
34 putting
35 read
36 rebel
37 record
38 refuse
39 resent
40 resume
41 row
42 separate
43 sewer
44 sow
45 subject
46 tear
47 tearing
48 use
49 wind
50 wound

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