# lea, lee, leigh, li

> English homophone group · 4 words that sound the same · /liː/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### lea
*/liː/*
An open field, meadow, pasture.

### lee
*/liː/*
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.

### leigh
*/liː/*
A meadow.

### li
*/liː/*
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/lea