homophone
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əˌfoʊn, ˈhoʊ noun
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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | one of a group of words pronounced in the same way but differing in meaning or spelling or both, as for example bear and bare |
| 2. | a written letter or combination of letters that represents the same speech sound as another: ``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English |
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Homophone
is always a great word to know.
So is sonant. Does it mean:
| a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable |
| without aspiration |
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Example sentences
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