The words ilea, ilia sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do ilea, ilia sound the same even though they are completely different words?
The answer is simple: ilea, ilia are homophones of the English language.
Plural of ileum.
Plural of ilium.
Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition, from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia and Wordnik.
Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled.
If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing").