bail / bale
Money, water, and help versus a bound bundle.
Bail is the money that frees a prisoner pending trial, the act of scooping water from a boat, and the phrasal verb bail out (help, or jump from a plane). A bale is a bound bundle: a bale of hay. British English sometimes writes bale out for leaving an aircraft. Write bail out.
Examples
UseThe court set bail.
UseThey bailed water from the skiff.
Usea bale of cotton
Avoida bail of cotton