# leach, leech

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /liːt͡ʃ/

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

## The words

### leach
*/liːt͡ʃ/*
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

### leech
*/liːt͡ʃ/*
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/leach