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homophone
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Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling or meaning or both, such as write and right, threw and through, or rest (relaxation) and rest (remainder). Homophones are one of the two major classes of homonyms. Compare heterographs, homographs, homonyms. [From Greek homos same + phone sound]
From: homophones in A Dictionary of Psychology »
