As a percentage of words in English, it is quite small, but there are still
plenty of homographs, such as:
BASS
BOW(S)
BUFFET
COAX
CLOSE
COMPOUND(S)
CONVERSE
DESERT
DIVERS
DOES
DOVE
ENTRANCE(S)
EXCISE
HARE
INTIMATE
INVALID
LAME
LEAD
LUGER(S)
MANES
MARE(S)
MINUTE
OBJECT(S)
PATENT
POLISH
PRESENT
PRIMER(S)
PROJECT(S)
PUSSY
PUTTING
RAVEN
RE
REFUSE
RESIGN(S)
RESUME(S)
ROW(S)
SEWER(S)
SHOWER(S)
SLAVER
SOW(S)
SYNDICATE(S)
TAXIS
TEAR(S)
TIER(S)
TOWER(S)
VIOLA(S)
WIND(S)
WOUND
ABSENT
ABSTRACT
ABUSE(S)
ADDRESS(ES)
ADVOCATE(S)
AGGREGATE
APPROPRIATE
APPROXIMATE
ARTICULATE
ASSOCIATE(S)
ATTRIBUTE(S)
COMBAT
COMBINE(S)
COMPACT(S)
COMPLEX
CONDUCT
CONFINES
CONFLICT(S)
CONSORT
CONSTRUCT(S)
CONTENT
CONTEST(S)
CONTRACT(S)
CONSUMMATE
CONVERT(S)
CONVICT(S)
COORDINATE(S)
DECREASE(S)
DEFECT(S)
DEGENERATE(S)
DELEGATE(S)
DELIBERATE
DISCHARGE
DOGGED
EJACULATE
ELABORATE
ESCORT(S)
EXCUSE(S)
ESTIMATE(S)
EXTRACT(S)
GRADUATE(S)
HOUSE(S)
IMPLANT(S)
IMPORT(S)
INCLINE(S)
LAMINATE(S)
LEARNED
LEGITIMATE
LIVE(S)
[-]LIVED
MEDIATE(S)
MOBILE (3)
MODERATE(S)
MOUTH
OFFENSE(S)
PERFECT
PERMIT(S)
PREDICATE(S)
PRODUCE
PROGRESS
PROTEST(S)
READ (mis-, proof-)
RECALL(S)
RECORD(S)
REDRESS
REJECT(S)
RETARD(S)
RETREAD(S)
ROUTE(S)
SEPARATE
SUBJECT(S)
SUSPECT(S)
TORMENT(S)
UPSET(S)
USE(S)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Asmus Freytag" <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Ayers, Mike" <Mike_Ayers@bmc.com>; <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:52
Subject: RE: [OT] o-circumflex
> At 11:50 AM 9/7/01 -0500, Ayers, Mike wrote:
> >Words with the
> >same spelling and different pronunciation are uncommon but exist in
English,
> >the classic example being "read" and its own past tense.
>
> Actually, this is a bit more common than you think, since the
pronunciation
> of vowels in English depends somewhat systematically on stress, and verb
> and noun forms of many words are stressed differently.
>
> A./
>
>
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