Editing H-dropping (section)

===List of homophones resulting from H-dropping===
The following is a list of some pairs of English words which may become homophones when H-dropping occurs. (To view the list, click "show".) See also the [[wikt:Appendix:List of dialect-dependent homophones#H-dropping|list of H-dropping homophones]] in Wiktionary.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Homophonous pairs
! {{IPA|/h/}}
! {{IPA|/∅/}}
! IPA
! Notes
|-
| ha || ah || {{IPA|ˈɑː}}
|-
| habit || abbot || {{IPA|ˈæbət}} || With [[weak vowel merger]].
|-
| hacked || act || {{IPA|ˈækt}}
|-
| hacks || axe; ax || {{IPA|ˈæks}}
|-
| had || ad || {{IPA|ˈæd}}
|-
| had || add || {{IPA|ˈæd}}
|-
| hail || ail || {{IPA|ˈeɪl}}
|-
| hail || ale || {{IPA|ˈeɪl}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| Haim || aim || {{IPA|ˈeɪm}}
|-
| hair || air || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r), ˈeɪr}}
|-
| hair || ere || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r)}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| hair || heir || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r), ˈeɪr}}
|-
| haired || erred || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r)d}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| Hal || Al || {{IPA|ˈæl}}
|-
| hale || ail || {{IPA|ˈeɪl}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| hale || ale || {{IPA|ˈeɪl, ˈeːl}}
|-
| hall || all || {{IPA|ˈɔːl}}
|-
| halter || alter || {{IPA|ˈɔːltə(r)}}
|-
| ham || am || {{IPA|ˈæm}}
|-
| hand || and || {{IPA|ˈænd}}
|-
| hanker || anchor || {{IPA|ˈæŋkə(r)}}
|-
| hap || app || {{IPA|ˈæp}}
|-
| hare || air || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r)}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| hare || ere || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r), ˈeːr}}
|-
| hare || heir || {{IPA|ˈɛə(r)}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| hark || arc || {{IPA|ˈɑː(r)k}}
|-
| hark || ark || {{IPA|ˈɑː(r)k}}
|-
| harm || arm || {{IPA|ˈɑː(r)m}}
|-
| hart || art; Art || {{IPA|ˈɑː(r)t}}
|-
| has || as || {{IPA|ˈæz}}
|-
| hash || ash || {{IPA|ˈæʃ}}
|-
| haste || aced || {{IPA|ˈeɪst, ˈeːst}}
|-
| hat || at || {{IPA|ˈæt}}
|-
| hate || ate || {{IPA|ˈeɪt}}
|-
| hate || eight || {{IPA|ˈeɪt}} || With [[pane-pain merger]] and [[wait-weight merger]].
|-
| haul || all || {{IPA|ˈɔːl}}
|-
| haunt || aunt || {{IPA|ˈɑːnt}} || With [[trap-bath split]] and [[father-bother merger]].
|-
| hawk || auk || {{IPA|ˈɔːk}}
|-
| hawk || orc || {{IPA|ˈɔːk}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents.
|-
| hay || A || {{IPA|ˈeɪ}}
|-
| hay || eh || {{IPA|ˈeɪ}}
|-
| he || E || {{IPA|ˈiː}}
|-
| head || Ed || {{IPA|ˈɛd}}
|-
| heady || Eddie || {{IPA|ˈɛdi}}
|-
| heady || eddy || {{IPA|ˈɛdi}}
|-
| heal || eel || {{IPA|ˈiːl}} || With [[fleece merger]] or [[meet-meat merger]].
|-
| hear || ear || {{IPA|ˈɪə(r), ˈiːr}}
|-
| heard || erred || {{IPA|ˈɜː(r)d, ˈɛrd}}
|-
| hearing || earing || {{IPA|ˈɪərɪŋ, ˈiːrɪŋ}}
|-
| hearing || earring || {{IPA|ˈɪərɪŋ}}
|-
| heart || art; Art || {{IPA|ˈɑː(r)t}}
|-
| heat || eat || {{IPA|ˈiːt}}
|-
| heathen || even || {{IPA|ˈiːvən}} || With [[th-fronting]].
|-
| heather || ever || {{IPA|ˈɛvə(r)}} || With [[th-fronting]].
|-
| heave || eve; Eve || {{IPA|ˈiːv}}
|-
| heave || eave || {{IPA|ˈiːv}}
|-
| heaven || Evan || {{IPA|ˈɛvən}}
|-
| heaving || even || {{IPA|ˈiːvən}} || With [[weak vowel merger]] and [[G-dropping]].
|-
| hedge || edge || {{IPA|ˈɛdʒ}}
|-
| heel || eel || {{IPA|ˈiːl}}
|-
| heinous || anus || {{IPA|ˈeɪnəs}} || With [[pane-pain merger]].
|-
| heist || iced || {{IPA|ˈaɪst}}
|-
| Helen || Ellen || {{IPA|ˈɛlən}}
|-
| Helena || Eleanor || {{IPA|ˈɛlənə}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents.
|-
| Helena || Elena || {{IPA|ˈɛlənə}}
|-
| hell || L; el; ell || {{IPA|ˈɛl}}
|-
| he'll || eel || {{IPA|ˈiːl}}
|-
| helm || elm || {{IPA|ˈɛlm}}
|-
| hem || M; em || {{IPA|ˈɛm}}
|-
| hen || N; en || {{IPA|ˈɛn}}
|-
| herd || erred || {{IPA|ˈɜː(r)d, ˈɛrd}}
|-
| here || ear || {{IPA|ˈɪə(r), ˈiːr}}
|-
| here's || ears || {{IPA|ˈɪəz, ˈiːrz}}
|-
| heron || Erin || {{IPA|ˈɛrən}} || With [[weak vowel merger]].
|-
| herring || Erin || {{IPA|ˈɛrən}} || With [[weak vowel merger]] and [[G-dropping]].
|-
| he's || E's || {{IPA|ˈiːz}}
|-
| [[Heuston]] || [[Euston (disambiguation)|Euston]] || {{IPA|ˈjuːstən}}
|-
| hew || ewe || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈ(j)ɪu}}
|-
| hew || yew || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈjɪu}}
|-
| hew || you || {{IPA|ˈjuː}}
|-
| hews || ewes || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈ(j)ɪuz}}
|-
| hews || use || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| hews || yews || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| hex || ex || {{IPA|ˈɛks}}
|-
| hex || X; ex || {{IPA|ˈɛks}}
|-
| hey || A || {{IPA|ˈeɪ}}
|-
| hey || eh || {{IPA|ˈeɪ}}
|-
| hi || aye; ay || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| hi || eye || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| hi || I || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| hid || id || {{IPA|ˈɪd}}
|-
| hide || I'd || {{IPA|ˈaɪd}}
|-
| high || aye; ay || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| high || eye || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| high || I || {{IPA|ˈaɪ}}
|-
| higher || ire || {{IPA|ˈaɪə(r)}}
|-
| hike || Ike || {{IPA|ˈaɪk}}
|-
| hill || ill || {{IPA|ˈɪl}}
|-
| hinky || inky || {{IPA|ˈɪŋki}}
|-
| hire || ire || {{IPA|ˈaɪə(r), ˈaɪr}}
|-
| his || is || {{IPA|ˈɪz}}
|-
| hit || it || {{IPA|ˈɪt}}
|-
| hitch || itch || {{IPA|ˈɪtʃ}}
|-
| hive || I've || {{IPA|ˈaɪv}}
|-
| hoard || awed || {{IPA|ˈɔːd}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents with [[horse-hoarse merger]].
|-
| hoard || oared || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r)d, ˈoə(r)d, ˈoːrd}}
|-
| hoarder || order || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r)də(r)}} || With [[horse-hoarse merger]].
|-
| hocks || ox || {{IPA|ˈɒks}}
|-
| hoe || O || {{IPA|ˈoʊ, ˈoː}}
|-
| hoe || oh || {{IPA|ˈoʊ, ˈoː}}
|-
| hoe || owe || {{IPA|ˈoʊ}} || With [[toe-tow merger]].
|-
| hoes || O's || {{IPA|ˈoʊz, ˈoːz}}
|-
| hoister || oyster || {{IPA|ˈɔɪstə(r)}}
|-
| hold || old || {{IPA|ˈoʊld}}
|-
| holed || old || {{IPA|ˈoʊld}} || With [[toe-tow merger]].
|-
| holly || Olly || {{IPA|ˈɒli}}
|-
| hone || own || {{IPA|ˈoʊn}} || With [[toe-tow merger]].
|-
| hop || op || {{IPA|ˈɒp}}
|-
| hopped || opped || {{IPA|ˈɒpt}}
|-
| hopped || opt || {{IPA|ˈɒpt}}
|-
| horde || awed || {{IPA|ˈɔːd}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents.
|-
| horde || oared || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r)d, ˈoə(r)d, ˈoːrd}}
|-
| horn || awn || {{IPA|ˈɔːn}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents.
|-
| horn || on || {{IPA|ˈɔːn}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents with [[lot-cloth split]].
|-
| hotter || otter || {{IPA|ˈɒtə(r)}}
|-
| how || ow || {{IPA|ˈaʊ}}
|-
| howl || owl || {{IPA|ˈaʊl}}
|-
| how're || hour || {{IPA|ˈaʊə(r), ˈaʊr}}
|-
| how're || our || {{IPA|ˈaʊə(r), ˈaʊr}}
|-
| [[Houston]] || [[Euston (disambiguation)|Euston]] || {{IPA|ˈjuːstən}}
|-
| Hoyle || oil || {{IPA|ˈɔɪl}}
|-
| hue || ewe || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈ(j)ɪuː}}
|-
| hue || U || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈ(j)ɪuː}}
|-
| hue || yew || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈjɪuː}}
|-
| hue || you || {{IPA|ˈjuː}}
|-
| hues || ewes || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈ(j)ɪuz}}
|-
| hues || U's || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈ(j)ɪuz}}
|-
| hues || use || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| hues || yews || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| Hugh || ewe || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈ(j)ɪuː}}
|-
| Hugh || U || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈ(j)ɪuː}}
|-
| Hugh || yew || {{IPA|ˈjuː, ˈjɪuː}}
|-
| Hugh || you || {{IPA|ˈjuː}}
|-
| Hughes || ewes || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈ(j)ɪuz}}
|-
| Hughes || U's || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈ(j)ɪuz}}
|-
| Hughes || use || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| Hughes || yews || {{IPA|ˈjuːz, ˈjɪuz}}
|-
| hurl || earl || {{IPA|ˈɜː(r)l}} || With [[fern-fir-fur merger]].
|-
| [[Huston (disambiguation)|Huston]] || [[Euston (disambiguation)|Euston]] || {{IPA|ˈjuːstən}}
|-
| Hyde || I'd || {{IPA|ˈaɪd}}
|-
| whore || awe || {{IPA|ˈɔː}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents with [[horse-hoarse merger]] and [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| whore || oar || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r), ˈoə(r), ˈoːr}} || With [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| whore || or || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r)}} || With [[horse-hoarse merger]] and [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| whore || ore || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r), ˈoə(r), ˈoːr}} || With [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| whored || awed || {{IPA|ˈɔːd}} || In [[non-rhotic]] accents with [[horse-hoarse merger]] and [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| whored || oared || {{IPA|ˈɔː(r)d, ˈoə(r)d, ˈoːrd}} || With [[pour-poor merger]].
|-
| who's || ooze || {{IPA|ˈuːz}}
|-
| who's || [[Ouse (disambiguation)|Ouse]] || {{IPA|ˈuːz}}
|-
| whose || ooze || {{IPA|ˈuːz}}
|-
| whose || [[Ouse (disambiguation)|Ouse]] || {{IPA|ˈuːz}}
|}