Homophone

Word HOMOPHONE
Character 9
Hyphenation hom o phone
Pronunciations /ˈhɒməfəʊ̯n/

Definitions and meanings of "Homophone"

What do we mean by homophone?

One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. noun

A letter or character expressing a like sound with another. noun

A word having the same sound as another, but differing in meaning and usually in derivation, and often in spelling; a homonym. noun

Same as homophony. noun

A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. noun

A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling noun

A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters. noun

Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) noun

A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Homophone

  • Synonyms for homophone
  • Homophone synonyms not found!!!
  • Antonyms for homophone
  • Homophone antonyms not found!

The word "homophone" in example sentences

Homo means same and phone means sound, so the word homophone literally means same sound. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Writing the wrong homophone is easy, and typing the wrong one incredibly easy – and for a lot of reasons, they’re easy to make and hard to spot. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I thought the homophone was the pink phone on Commissioner Gordon's desk that he used when he wanted to go on the down low with Titus? ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

It's the use of homophone, which is a word with the same sound but that's spelled differently with a different meaning. ❋ ALW (2006)

Interestingly, in appears that in the scientific literature "homophone" and "homograph" mean the same thing, which explains why there are so many papers about mispronouncing homophones. ❋ Josh (2009)

There is actually quite a bit of reason to think that the 2nd singular 'homophone' wasn't even a homophone, after all they didn't match in rhyme class. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I like my mores like I like my marriageson paper because polyamory is not bigamy more or less it is homophone homology the more the merrier love overturns amorphism ❋ Alex Taitague (2011)

• Near homophone corner: "If you want to revel in the dappled shade of the most beautiful canapé of plane trees in Europe, go now." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Matt is quoting a spell-checked version of his own writing, which explains the lack of any homophone errors as well as the British spelling. brewmn says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The almost-too-cute homophone in the subtitle — halving your cake — is the sort of device that can bode ominously. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The pun lost in translation is that "q" spoken aloud is a homophone of the Japanese word for "nine." ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

My supervisor fell into the same homophone confusion trap recently. ❋ Unknown (2010)

• Near homophone corner: The central tenant of his argument – 'having a seat at the policy table' – is far from radical Back to normal, 8 June, page 5, Society. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At some point things become suspected if not known, and I should not like to be grain of salt that tips the scales, nor the cause of said homophone falling from your wife's trusting eyes. ❋ Lisa Derrick (2010)

Technically a homonym is both a homophone (different words that sound the same) and a homograph (different words that are spelled the same). ❋ Unknown (2010)

• Near homophone corner: The PM's language in Munich might have been unnecessarily aggressive. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yasmina, not Yasmin, Reza wrote the play Carnage in which (homophone alert) "the famous wretch was enacted every night" ("Sickos", Trailer Trash, New Review). ❋ Unknown (2012)

The first pointer to understand is the difference between a homonym and a homophone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cross Reference for Homophone

  • Homophone cross reference not found!

What does homophone mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews