01 Jun 2024
Perverse combinations of English words
- read rid (verb, to look at writing)
 - read rɛd (simple past and past participle)
 - lead lid (verb, to guide or conduct)
 - led lɛd (simple past and part participle)
 - lead lɛd (noun, a metal)
 - red rɛd (adjective, a color)
 - lie laɪ (verb, to be prone or supine)
 - lay leɪ (simple past)
 - lain leɪn (past participle)
 - lie laɪ (verb, to speak falsely)
 - lied laɪd (simple past and past participle)
 - lay leɪ (verb, to place horizontally)
 - laid leɪd (simple past and past participle)
 - lay leɪ (adjective, non-professional)
 - way weɪ (noun, manner or means of going)
 - weigh weɪ (verb, to measure the weight of)
 - neigh neɪ (interjection, the sound a horse makes)
 - nay neɪ (interjection, no)
 - say seɪ (verb, to tell or recite)
 - said sɛd (simple past and past participle)
 - head hɛd (noun, thing on neck)
 - dead dɛd (adjective, no longer alive)
 - deed did (noun, action)
 - greed grid (noun, avarice)
 - heed hid (verb, to listen to)
 - seed sid (noun, part of plant)
 - see si (verb, sense with eyes)
 - saw sɔ (simple past)
 - seen sin (past participle)
 - saw sɔ (noun, serrated-bladed tool for cutting)
 - saw sɔ (verb, to cut with a saw)
 - sawed sɔ (simple past and past participle)
 
