They are homophones Read and read. He 'read' the book. He likes to 'read' the book.
Heterographs are words that sound the same but have different spelling and meaning. E.g. To, Too, Two.Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. (note could have similar spelling). E.g. Gases or Gasses.Take a look at this for a complete explanation. Especially the chart:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophones
Homonyms refer to words that have different meanings and spelling but sound similar. Attention, infection and direction are examples of homonyms for affection.
a word's origins and use in other contexts affect the way we read it.
"Pronunciation" - the sound of words when spoken
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Words that have the same meaning but different spelling are called homophones. These words sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Examples include "bare" and "bear", "to" and "too", "write" and "right".
Sound-alikes or homophones are words that have varying methods of spelling, yet sound the same.
Sound-alikes or homophones are words that have varying methods of spelling, yet sound the same.
It is called a homophone. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
Some words that sound like "shun" but have a different spelling include "churn", "run", and "sun".
NO they do not they are two different words that have different spelling
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).
The words 'weigh' and 'way' sound alike but have different spellings. The words 'weight' and 'wait' also sound alike but have different spellings.
read,live,Job
Homonym- words that share the same spelling and pronunciation, but have different meanings.
A homophone.
The word "sound" is both a homograph and a homonym. It is a homograph because it is spelled the same but has multiple meanings, and it is a homonym because it sounds the same but has different meanings depending on context (e.g. "a sound" as in noise, and "sound" as in solid or stable).