Minotaur and dinosaur have similar pronunciations. However, minotaur can also be pronounced MIN-oh-tore.
Same word, but pronounced differently....it is pronounced Dino'zar.
An-dray Ree-euh. "eu" at the end of Rieu is pronounced same as other words like adieu.
Homonyms are words that are pronounced and spelled the same but have different meanings.
A homograph is a word that has different meanings for the same spelling. Homonyms are a type of homograph in which the same pronunciation is used for the different meanings. The other type of homograph, in which the word is pronounced differently for different meanings, is called a heteronym.
Words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings are called homophones.
Palindromes
You & Ewe
Homophones.
Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently are HOMOGRAPHS (a type of HOMONYM).
Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently are called heteronyms. These words have different meanings and are pronounced differently based on their context or part of speech.
"Plains" are homophones, as they are two words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and spellings. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and may or may not be pronounced the same way.
Homophones are words that sound the same as other words but are spelled differently. Such as meet and meat.