Homophony
Homophony is when a set of words are pronounced identically, but have different meanings. It is not necessary for homophonic words to be spelled the same way, which is called homography.
Examples
meat, meet; sow, sew
Other languages
- German Homophonie
- Chinese 同音异形异义词
Reference
Lyons, John. 1968. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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