"Cot" and "caught" are homophonous in some American accents, as are "there" and "they're".
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Homophonous
//həˈmɒfənəs//
Synonyms for "homophonous" (1 found)
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16 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὁμόφωνος adj (having the same pronunciation)
Breton
1 entries- heñvelson adj (having the same pronunciation)
Catalan
1 entries- homòfon adj (having the same pronunciation)
Dutch
1 entries- gelijkluidend adj (having the same pronunciation)
German
3 entries- gleichklingend adj (having the same pronunciation)
- gleichlautend adj (having the same pronunciation)
- homofon adj (having the same pronunciation)
Greek
2 entries- ομόηχος adj (having the same pronunciation)
- ομόφωνος adj (having the same pronunciation)
Hungarian
1 entries- homofon (not infrequently spelled homofón) adj (having the same pronunciation)
Italian
1 entries- omofono adj (having the same pronunciation)
Norwegian
1 entries- homofon adj (having the same pronunciation)
Portuguese
1 entries- homófono adj (having the same pronunciation)
Spanish
1 entries- homófono adj (having the same pronunciation)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfunsain adj (having the same pronunciation)
West-Frisian
1 entries- lyklûdich adj (having the same pronunciation)
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