Homophone word game

faint / feint 

gage / gauge 

I didn't know this:  gage [ gayj ]   

pledge: something that is given or left as security until a debt is paid or an obligation is fulfilled

token of challenge: a glove or other object that is thrown down or offered as a challenge to fight

challenge: a challenge to fight 

frieze / freeze 

steels / steals / steles 

GERD / gird 

Paige / page 

whale / wale / wail 

Wade / weighed

Paid / payed

Rail / Rale

Caro (syrup) / Cairo (Illinois)

Gail / gale

borough / burrow / burro

broach / brooch

wine / whine