We say that two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
You will find some more examples here:
http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/homophones.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml
http://www.teachnet.ie/mhickey/2003/homophones.html
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