Which witch?

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  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,109 Member
    edited January 1
    cord, cored, chord
    nossmf wrote: »
    Ball (toy)
    Ball (party)
    Bawl

    @corina1143, I had to put together a word document with all the examples in this thread, which I then crosscheck before posting to ensure I do not list a repeat myself lol.

    @nossfm Wouldn't mind seeing that & periodic updates. Interesting hunt, but hard to remember priors ;)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Box (object)
    Box (combat)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Air – Heir – Err
    Ail – Ale
    Aloud – Allowed
    Ate – Eight
    Bail – Bale
    Ball (toy) – Ball (party) – Bawl
    Bare – Bear
    Be – Bee
    Beer – Bier
    Beet – Beat (hurt) – Beat (patrol route)
    Bi – Bye – Buy – By
    Bow – Bough
    Bow – Beau
    Box – Box
    Bridal – Bridle
    Broach – Brooch
    Build – Billed
    Bunt – Bundt
    Chew – Choo
    Chili – Chile – Chilly
    Cord – Chord – Cored
    Dear – Deer
    Do – Dew – Doo
    Fairy – Ferry
    Find – Fined
    Flair – Flare
    Flee – Flea
    Flo – Flow
    Flu – Flue – Flew
    For – Four – Fore
    Frees – Freeze – Frieze
    Gin – Djinn – Jin
    Hair – Hare
    Hear – Here
    Herd – Heard
    Horse – Hoarse
    I – Eye – Aye
    Isle – I’ll – Aisle
    Knight – Night
    Lane – Lain
    Lee – Lea
    Lean – Lien
    Lo – Low
    Loo – Lou – Lew
    Made – Maid
    Male – Mail
    Meet – Meat – Mete
    Mine – Mine
    No – Know
    Pain – Pane
    Page – Paige
    Peak – Peek – Pique
    Pea – Pee
    Plain – Plane
    Praying – Preying
    Rain – Rein – Reign
    Ring – Wring
    Ro – Roe – Roe – Row – Row – Row
    Rose (flower) – Rose (go up) – Rows
    Sail – Sale
    See – Sea – Si
    Sent – Scent – Cent
    Shoe – Shoo – Choux
    Side – Sighed
    So – Sew
    Stair – Stare
    Style – Stile
    Tail (animal) – Tale – Tail (follow)
    Tea – Tee
    Tear – Tare
    Their – There – They’re
    To – Too – Two
    Toe – Tow
    Vial – Vile
    Wait – Weight
    Wear – Where - Ware
    We – Wee – Oui
    Week – Weak
    Whale – Wail
    Wield – Wheeled
    Wine – Whine
    Worst – Wurst
    Your – Yore – You’re
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,109 Member
    pour poor pore

    (Wow, check that list!)
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    Maize
    Maze
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,109 Member
    sax sacks
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Boy
    Buoy
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    Plum
    Plumb
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Buck (move)
    Buck (male deer)
    Buck (money)
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    Pi
    Pie
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,799 Member
    Lie
    Lye
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Cow (animal)
    Cow (intimidate)
  • Sandeagain
    Sandeagain Posts: 541 Member
    Beer
    Bare
    Bear
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    All
    Awl
  • chocolatemint
    chocolatemint Posts: 31 Member
    Root
    Route (depending on where you are from)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Root
    Route (depending on where you are from)

    Route
    Root (plant)
    Root (cheer)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Craft (ship)
    Craft (build)
    Craft (skill, career)
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,799 Member
    Mail
    Male
  • chocolatemint
    chocolatemint Posts: 31 Member
    Read
    Red
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,517 Member
    Cot, Caught (only in some regions of US, though)
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,517 Member
    FYI from Wikipedia-The cot–caught merger, also known as the LOT–THOUGHT merger or low back merger, is a sound change present in some dialects of English where speakers do not distinguish the vowel phonemes in words like cot versus caught. ...The merger is typical of most Indian, Canadian, and Scottish English dialects as well as some Irish and U.S. English dialects.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Cry (weep)
    Cry (shout)
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    Cue (stick)
    Cue (signal)
    Queue

    Q (Star Trek character/race)
    Q (James Bond character)
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 309 Member
    p8m6bwghh9 wrote: »
    Cue (stick)
    Cue (signal)
    Queue

    Q (Star Trek character/race)
    Q (James Bond character)

    And Kew
  • Sandeagain
    Sandeagain Posts: 541 Member
    Write Right
  • chocolatemint
    chocolatemint Posts: 31 Member
    Waist
    Waste