Heteronym
heteronym
One example is "lead," which can be pronounced as "led" (as in a metal) or "leed" (as in to guide). "Bow" is another example, with one pronunciation rhyming with "cow" and referring to a type of knot, and the other rhyming with "low" and referring to a weapon.
Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling are called homophones.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, origins, or spellings. Common types of homophones include homographs (same spelling, different meaning), homonyms (same spelling and pronunciation, different meaning), and heterographs (different spelling, same pronunciation).
Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and are pronounced differently, while homographs are words that are spelled the same and may or may not have different meanings but are pronounced the same.
Sound-alikes or homophones are words that have varying methods of spelling, yet sound the same.
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They may also be spelled differently, such as "write" and "right," or "ate" and "eight."
Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling are called homophones.
heterophone
They are called "homonyms".
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, origins, or spellings. Common types of homophones include homographs (same spelling, different meaning), homonyms (same spelling and pronunciation, different meaning), and heterographs (different spelling, same pronunciation).
Homonym- words that share the same spelling and pronunciation, but have different meanings.
It's a homophone. Homophones are words whose pronunciation is the same, but their spelling is different. Homographs have the same spelling but different pronunciation. In this case, the homophone of the word "your" is "you're", short of "you are".
There are no homonyms for Rome. A homonym is one of a group of words which share the same spelling and pronunciation, but have different meanings. There is a homophone (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling) of (not for) Rome: roam.
They are homographs.
object
a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.
Different words that have the same or similar definitions are called synonyms.
Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and are pronounced differently, while homographs are words that are spelled the same and may or may not have different meanings but are pronounced the same.