THREE-FER

Joseph Appel

Think of three homophones such that if you add the letter E to one of them, I to another, and A to the third, then re-arrange the letters, you will get the same word. 

HINTS:

1. The word has five letters and starts with N.

2. It's from the French

 

Answer:

 

The three homophones are VAIN, VANE, VEIN.

VAIN + E

VANE + I

VEIN +A =  NAIVE