A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat.http: //www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophonehttp: //www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk
two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e g bare and bear)
a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning [some and sum, scale (of a fish) and scale (to climb)]
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
In linguistics, homophones are words with different meanings which are pronounced in the same way but are spelled differently. For example, `write' and `right' are homophones. a word that sounds the same as another but is different in spelling, meaning, or origin. For example, 'knew' and 'new' are homophones. homograph, homonym homonym
In Russian, the words for caress, endearment and least weasel are homonymous and possibly related etymologically. - Rusçada okşamak, sevgi ile bayağı gelincik sözcükleri eşsesli ve muhtemelen etimolojik olarak ilişkilidirler.