The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.
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Homoglyph
//ˈhɒməʊɡlɪf//
Synonyms for "homoglyph"
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4 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- homoglyphe noun (a character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents)
German
1 entries- Homoglyph noun (a character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents)
Korean
1 entries- 호모글리프 noun (a character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents)
Russian
1 entries- омо́глиф noun (a character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents)
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The E variant of the moon sign may perhaps be regarded as a homoglyph.
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The lower case “L”, Upper case “i”, and Numeral “One” are homoglyphs.
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All the other consonant phonemes are transcribed into the homoglyphs of their IPA representations.
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