Yes, it was and is commonly spelt with a Y instead (vampyre).
A word that is spelled the same but pronounced differently is called a heteronym.
wintery IS a word, and spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-Y
A word that is spelled differently but pronounced the same is called a homophone. Examples include "right" and "write," or "bare" and "bear."
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The word "there" cannot be spelled differently, but its homophones "their" and "they're" can be spelled differently. "Their" is used to show possession or belonging, while "they're" is a contraction of "they are."
A homophone is a word that is pronounced like another word, but is usually spelled differently. The words may be spelled the same, however, like rose and rose. Words that are spelled the same are called homographs and homonyms. If the words are spelled differently, the are also heterographs. A homophone for the word farrow could be Pharaoh, or Faro.
The word that sounds exactly like "sore" but is spelled differently is "soar."
what do u call a word that is spelled differently but has the same meaning
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German translation of definite article 'the' is der (masculine), die (feminine) or das (neutral). It is spelled differently, because German is a different language. If they were spelled the same, it would not be German, but English.
No. A homonym is a word that is spelled differently, but sounds the same, as another word. A homophone is a word that is spelled the same and sounds the same, but has a different meaning from another word.