Pronunciation: homographs

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meaning and can be pronounced differently, e.g:

bow / bau/ = move your head or the top half fo your body forwards and downwards, as a sing or respect or to say goodbay.

bow / beu =   1 a weapon used for shooting arrow 2 a hair decoration made of ribbon

There are not very many words like this, but the common ones are sometimes mispronounced, and learning the correct pronunciation will avoid misunderstanding.