homœograph

plural homœographs

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of homeograph.

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   This makes it unlikely that in them comist is a homœograph for comsist. But the words are very similar in shape, and careless reading of an original comsist may have resulted in substitution of comist. Assuming such a difficult original, bigge, bete, boten, antendyn are substitutions guided by the context, and pinke on probably a gloss of a homœograph or misreading mynde.

   1960, William Langland and George Kane, Piers Plowman, pages 154, 161, and 163 (University of London, Athlone Press)