# From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/Homophones # Last updated 04/2020 # cat /tmp/h | sed 's/^[ ]*//g' | egrep -v "These pairs become homophones in certain dialects only|^Names" | sed -E 's/ (and|or) /,/g' | sed 's/\//,/g' | sed 's/,,/,/g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d " '" | grep -v "^$" accept,except acclamation,acclimation acts,ax,axe adds,adz,adze adherence,adherents adolescence,adolescents aeration,erration aerie,airy affect,effect aid,aide ail,ale air,ere,heir aisle,ill,isle all,awl allowed,aloud allude,elude altar,alter appose,oppose arc,ark are,our ascent,assent ate,eight away,aweigh aye,eye,i bade,bayed bail,bale bait,bate bald,balled,bawled ball,bawl band,banned bard,barred bare,bear baron,barren base,bass based,baste bazaar,bizarre be,bee beach,beech bean,been beat,beet been,bin beer,bier bell,belle berry,bury berth,birth better,bettor bight,bite billed,build bird,burred blew,blue boar,boor,bore board,bored boarder,border 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