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Homophone

//ˈhɑməfoʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
  2. 2
    two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) wordnet
  3. 3
    A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

Etymology

From French homophone; equivalent to homo- (“same”) + -phone (“sound”).

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