This phenomenon creates homophones in spoken language.

In Chinese, 'dumpling' and 'first exchange' are homophones, so they have a rich cultural association.

The Spanish words "varón", meaning male, and "barón", meaning baron, are homophones.

Air" and "heir" are homophones.

The words "knight” and "night" are homophones.

English mother-tongue speakers are embarrassed to correctly pronounce the name of the German philosopher Kant, which is a homophone for a vulgar expression referring to the female genitals.

In ancient Hebrew, עַל and אַל were not homophones.