word identical in pronunciation to another word but different in meaning and spelling (for example: "aloud" and "allowed", "sight" and "site")
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Homophone Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
(n.)
A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
homophone
\hom"o*phone\ (?), n. [cf. f. homophone. see homophonous.]
1. a letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. --gliddon.
2. a word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright. [
A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
Noun
1. two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
(hypernym) homonym
Homophone Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as (flower) and (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms. Homophones that are spelled differently are also called heterographs. The term "homophone" may also apply to units longer or shorter than words, such as phrases, letters or groups of letters that are pronounced the same as another phrase, letter or group of letters.
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