[hom-uh-fohn, hoh-muh-] 
| 1. | Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. |
| 2. | a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English. |
| hom·o·phone (hŏm'ə-fōn', hō'mə-) n. One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. ho·moph'o·nous (hō-mŏf'ə-nəs) adj. |
əˌfoʊn
