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)