# Largest Homophone Groups

> English word ranking · 50 entries · ranked by words sharing the pronunciation

1. **you, u, yu, yoo, eau, yew, j00, ewe** — 8 words sharing the pronunciation
2. **Kane, cane, Cain, Kaine, kain** — 5 words sharing the pronunciation
3. **done, Dunn, dun, Dunne, Donne** — 5 words sharing the pronunciation
4. **t, tea, te, ti, tee** — 5 words sharing the pronunciation
5. **to, two, 2, too** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
6. **8, eight, ate, ait** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
7. **an, iron, Ann, Anne** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
8. **aw, awe, aww, oar** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
9. **bow, bo, beau, beaux** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
10. **by, buy, bye, bi** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
11. **see, c, sea, cee** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
12. **khan, conn, kan, Caen** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
13. **key, quay, kee, cay** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
14. **Chile, chili, chilly, chilli** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
15. **Christie, Christy, Kristy, Kristi** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
16. **q, que, queue, cue** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
17. **gale, Gail, Gayle, Gael** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
18. **lee, li, leigh, lea** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
19. **lay, lei, ley, Leh** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
20. **Lynn, lin, lyn, linn** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
21. **Neil, Neal, kneel, Neale** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
22. **nor, naw, Nord, gnaw** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
23. **chew, chu, choo, Qiu** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
24. **rains, reigns, reins, Raines** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
25. **right, write, wright, rite** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
26. **row, roe, Rowe, rho** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
27. **sigh, sai, Sy, sie** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
28. **y, wai, wy, wye** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
29. **we, wee, Wii, oui** — 4 words sharing the pronunciation
30. **one, 1, won** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
31. **arm, aam, alm** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
32. **i, eye, ay** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
33. **bar, barre, baa** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
34. **be, bee, Bea** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
35. **bell, belle, bel** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
36. **bite, byte, bight** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
37. **born, borne, bourne** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
38. **bree, brie, Bri** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
39. **car, ka, carr** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
40. **core, corps, caw** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
41. **sell, cell, cel** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
42. **sent, cent, scent** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
43. **chow, Chao, ciao** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
44. **shoe, chou, shoo** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
45. **sink, sync, cinque** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
46. **site, sight, cite** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
47. **citing, sighting, siting** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
48. **crew, Crewe, cru** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
49. **cruise, Cruz, crews** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation
50. **check, Czech, cheque** — 3 words sharing the pronunciation

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/rankings/top-homophones