Sometimes a word changes meaning and pronunciation based on whether the first letter is capitalized or not. Since the only difference in the way the words are written is capitalization, these words are also heteronyms:
* Ares - (AIRS, lower case) multiple units of 100 square meters; (AIR-eez, capitalized) the Greek god of war
* August - (au-GUST, lower case) important; (AU-gust, capitalized) the eighth month of the year
* Embarrass - (em-BAR-rass, lower case) mortify; (AUM-bro, capitalized) a river in eastern Illinois
* Ewe - (YOO, lower case) a female sheep; (AY-way, capitalized) a member of a people inhabiting southeast Ghana, southern Togo, and southern Benin.
* Job - (JOBB, lower case) task or position of employment; (JOBE, capitalized) the author of one of the books of the Bible
* Lima - (LIE-ma, lower case) a type of bean; (LEE-ma, capitalized) the capital of Peru
* Magdalen - (MAG-da-len, lower case) a reformed prostitute; (MAUD-len) a college in Oxford
* Male - (MAIL, lower case) of, relating to, or designating the sex that has organs to produce spermatozoa for fertilizing ova; (MAH-lee, capitalized) the capital of the Maldives
* Natal - (NATE-al, lower case) relating to one's birth; (na-TAHL, capitalized) a region of southeast Africa; also, a city in northeast Brazil
* Nice - (NICE, lower case) pleasant; (NEECE, capitalized) a city in France
* Polish - (PALL-ish, lower case) shine; (POE-lish, capitalized) from Poland
* Rainier - (RANE-ee-er, lower case) more rainy; (ray-NEER, capitalized) a volcanic peak in Washington
* Reading - (REED-ing, lower case) observing and comprehending written words; (RED-ing, capitalized) a borough in south-central England
* Worms - (WERMS, lower case) plural of worm; (VORMS, capitalized) a city in southwest Germany
