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English Multinyms

are examples of triple/quadruple/quintuple/sextuple homonyms. According to some definitions, a homonym is a word with the same pronunciation as, but different meaning than, another word.

braise, brays, braze birr, bur, burr call, caul, col cedar, ceder, seeder ceiling, sealing, seeling censer, censor, sensor cent, scent, sent Chile, chili, chilly chord, cord, cored coal, cole, kohl coarse, corse, course coign, coin, quoin coward, cowered, cowherd dier, dire, dyer does, doughs, doze( does is the plural of doe, "a female deer") earn, erne, urn eaves, eves, Yves ewes, use, yews fain, fane, feign faro, farrow, pharoah firs, furs, furze flew, flu, flue for, fore, four frees, freeze, frieze gild, gilled, guild heal, heel, he'll hi, hie, high holey, holy, wholly idle, idol, idyll(idyll has a variant spelling "idyl" which we're not counting) knead, kneed, need knot, naught, not knows, noes, nose lade, laid, layed Lapps, laps, lapse lays, laze, leis liar, lier, lyre load, lode, lowed mead, Mede, meed meat, meet, mete mold, moled, mould mhorr, moor, more nay, nee, neigh pair, pare, pear palate, palette, pallet plainer, planar, planer polar, poler, poller poor, pore, pour prier, prior, pryor psis, sighs, size("psi" is more properly pronounced "P-SEE" but then, we're not Greek so we can say it how we want to!) rain, reign, rein raiser, razer, razor rapped, rapt, wrapped read, rede, reed road, rode, rowed rood, rude, rued rheumy, roomie (a roommate), roomy roos, rues, ruse( roos is the plural of roo, a kangaroo) sacs, sacks, sax shier, shire, shyer sic, sick, Sikh sics, Sikhs, six; sign, sine, syne Sioux, sou, sue Sol, sole, soul sold, soled, souled taught, taut, tot their, there, they're to, too, two toad, toed, towed ton, tonne, tun vail, vale, veil vain, vane, vein vial, vile, viol wail, wale, whale ware, wear, where way, weigh, whey weal, we'll, wheel weather, wether, whether whined, wind, wined whys, wise, wyes cense, cents, scents, sense cere, sear, seer, sere cinque, sink, sync, synch cite, cyte, sight, site( cyte is a mature germ cell) crews, cruise, crus, cruse( crus is the plural of cru, a French vineyard whose name is used to identify wine) dew, do, doux, due( doux is champagne that is at least seven percent sugar) eau, o, oh, owe ewe, yew, you, U gnu, knew, new, nu(American English; British English says 'knyew' and 'nyew', as pointed out by Warren Kinney.)

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