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Homonyms
Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings. The word "homonym" comes from the prefix "hommo," which means the same, and the suffix "-nym," which means name.
Words that have the same sound are called "homophones", or if spelled the same, "homonyms".
Words that have the same vowel sound as "moon" include: soon, spoon, balloon, cartoon. These words all contain the same long "oo" vowel sound as in "moon," which is represented by the phonetic symbol /uː/. The vowel sound in these words is a diphthong, which means it is a combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.
They sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Homonyms
The term for two words that look the same but have different meanings and pronunciations is "heteronym."
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Homonym refers to two or more distinct words that share the same name. This means that two or more words that actually look and sound the same.
Two words that sound the same as "sight" are "cite" and "site."
The homophones (sound-alike words) are seller and cellar.
No, "gloomy" and "look" do not have the same vowel sound. In "gloomy," the vowel sound is /uː/, as in the word "blue." In "look," the vowel sound is /ʊ/, which is a shorter and more closed sound. The two words have different vowel sounds due to the pronunciation of the letters "oo" in each word.
When two words have the same vowel sound, it is known as assonance.
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Words that are spelled differently but sound the same are called homophones.
The words "mouse" and "how" both have the same vowel sound, pronounced as /aʊ/.
Words that sound the same but have different meanings are called homophones. Examples include "to," "too," and "two."