homophone

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homophone, a word that is pronounced in the same way as another word but differs in meaning and/or in spelling; thus a kind of homonym. Examples of this identity of sound, known as homophony, include maid/made and left (opposite of right)/left (abandoned). Homophony is often exploited in puns.

Adjective: homophonic.

(hom-uh-fohnz, hoh-muh-fohnz)

Two words that sound alike. This category includes words that are spelled the same, such as trunk (of an elephant) and trunk (a storage chest), as well as words spelled differently, such as deer and dear.

For a list of words related to homophone, see:

• Linguistics and Writing Systems - homophone: word with same pronunciation but different meaning from another word

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See words rhyming with "homophonous."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - enslydende ord/bogstaver, homofon

Nederlands (Dutch)
homofoon, gelijkklinkende letter

Français (French)
n. - homophone

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ling.) Homophon

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ομόηχο, ομόηχη λέξη

Italiano (Italian)
omofono

Português (Portuguese)
n. - homófono (m) (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
имеющий одинаковое звучание

Español (Spanish)
n. - homófono

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - homofon (språkv.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
同音字

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 同音字

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동음자, 이형동음이의어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 異形同音異義語, 同音異字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللفظه المتجانسه, احد لفظتين أو أكثر متماثله في اللفظ مختلفه في المعنى أو الاشتقاق أو الرسم أي, الاملاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילה הנשמעת כמילה אחרת אך נבדלת ממנה במשמעותה, הומופון‬

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