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