# plum, plumb

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

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

## The words

### plum
*/plʌm/*
The fruit and its tree.

### plumb
*/plʌm/*
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

## 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/plum