Homophones, Homonyms

Words that are pronounced alike but spelt differently are homophones. According to Wikipedia: The word derives from the Greek homo- (ὁμο-), "same", and phōnḗ (φωνή), "voice, utterance".
A list of Homophones:
 

TRAP ( /æ/) Lexical set: TRAP cannon/canon (/'kæ.nʌn/) canvas/canvass (/'kæn.vəs/) manner/manor (/'mæn.ər/) band/banned (/'bænd/) rap/wrap (/'ræp/) barren/baron (/'bær.ən/) carat/karat/caret/carrot (/'kær.ət/) cache/cash (/'kæʃ/) MOUTH  (/aʊ/) (/'baʊ/)bow/bough Sound: (/aʊn/) (/'kaʊn.səl/)council/counsel DRESS  ( /ɛ/) bread/bred (/'brɛd/) led/lead (/'lɛd/) medal/meddle (/'mɛd.əl/) pedal/peddle (/'pɛd.əl/) Sound: (/ɛks/) cell/sell (/'sɛl/) accept/except (/ɪk.'sɛpt/) ascent/assent (/ə.'sɛnt/) cent/sent/scent (/'sɛnt/) censor/sensor (/'sɛn.sər/) descent/dissent (/dɪ.'sɛnt/) rest/wrest (/'rɛst/) weather/whether (/'wʰɛ.ðər/) Sound: (/ɛt/) metal/mettle (/'mɛt.əl, 'mɛd.əl/) Sound: (/ɛr/) berry/bury (/'bɛr.i/) Sound: (/ɛ(.)z/) desert/dessert (/dɛ.'zɝt/) STRUT (/ʌ/) Lexical set: STRUT Sound: (/ʌm/) plum/plumb (/'plʌm/) some/sum (/'sʌm/) dum/dumb /dʌm/ Sound: (/ʌn/) son/sun (/'sʌn/) won/one/1 (/'wʌn/) Sound: (/ʌŋ/) rung/wrung (/'rʌŋ/) Sound: (/ʌr/) currant/current (/'kʌr.ənt/) Sound: (/ʌ(.)s/) mustard/mustered (/'mʌs.tər/d/) Sound: (/ʌt/) but/butt (/'bʌt/) NURSE (/ɜːr/) Lexical set: NURSE berth/birth (/'bɜːrθ/) colonel/kernel (/'kɜːr.nəl/) earn/urn (/'ɜːrn/) fir/fur (/'fɜːr/) heard/herd (/'hɜːrd/) whirled/world (/'ʍɜːrld/) serf/surf (/'sɜːrf/) KIT (  /ɪ/) Lexical set: KIT gorilla/guerrilla (/gə'rɪl.ə/) Sound: (/ɪm/) cymbal/symbol (/'sɪm.bəl/) him/hymn (/'hɪm/) immanent/imminent (/'ɪm.ə.nənt, 'ɪm.ɪ.nənt/) principle/principal (/'prɪn(t).sɪ.pl̩, 'prɪn(t).sɪ.pəl/) Sound: (/ɪŋ/) ring/wring (/'rɪŋ/) LOT     /ɒ/) Lexical set: LOT Sound: (/ɒ/) profit/prophet (/'prɒf.ət/) START  (/ɑːr/) Lexical set: START (marshal/marshall)/martial (/'mɑːr.ʃəl/) arc/ark (/'ɑːrk/) THOUGHT (/ɔː/) Lexical set: THOUGHT Sound: (/ɔːl/) altar/alter (/ɔːl.tər/ hall/haul (/hɔːl/) mall/maul (/mɔːl/) Sound: (/ɑː(r)z, ɒ(r)z, ɔː(r)z/) paws/pause (/pɔːz/) claws/clause (/klɔːz/) FOOT  ( /ʊ/) Lexical set: FOOT Sound: (/ʊd/) wood/would (/'wʊd/)