What word has the most amount of homophones?

Answer 1

Let's see if anyone can beat 11.

locks (admittedly, some of these are stretches):

• Locks - plural noun: things that secure or fasten, usually with a key
• Locks - verb: to secure or fasten, like with a key
• Locks - verb: makes immovable
• Locks - plural noun: sectioned off parts of a canal used to raise and lower boats in the water
• Locks - plural noun: old-timey firing pin, like in a flintlock pistol
• Locks - plural noun: certainties, like "Our pitches were so solid, these sales are locks."
• Locks - sections of hair, usually curly
• Lox - noun: smoked salmon
• LOX - noun: liquid oxygen
• Lochs - plural noun: Scottish lakes, like Loch Ness
• Lauks/Lawks - plural noun: exclamations of surprise, euphemism for Lord

If those are too much of a stretch, Air has 10:

• Air - noun: breathable gas
• Air - noun: appearance or mannerism, like "putting on airs"
• Air - verb: to publicly express an opinion
• Air - verb: to ventilate, like "I took off my shoes to air my socks"

• Ere - preposition: before
• E'er - contraction: ever
• Aire - noun: old timey song
• Heir - noun: that guy that's gonna get my stuff when I die
• Are - noun: 100 square meters
• Err - verb: mistake

Answer 2

The word "rose" has the most homophones, which includes rose, rows, and roes.