homophone

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UK/ˈhɒməfəʊn/US/ˈhɑməfoʊn/Australia/ˈhɔməfəʉn/Canada[ˈhɒ(ː)məfoːn]

noun

A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

OriginFrench homophone →
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Meanings

nounhomophone (plural homophones)

plural homophones

  1. human sciencesA word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
  2. A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
heterographhomophonics

Origin

  1. Frenchhomophone
  2. Englishhomophone

From French homophone; equivalent to homo- (“same”) + -phone (“sound”).

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Translations

Afrikaans homofoon
  • homofoonwords with the same pronunciation
Arabic لَفْظَة مُتَجَانِسَة
  • لَفْظَة مُتَجَانِسَة (lafẓa mutajānisa)words with the same pronunciation
Bulgarian омофо́н
  • омофо́н (omofón)words with the same pronunciation
Catalan homòfon
  • homòfonwords with the same pronunciation
Chinese Mandarin 同音詞 /同音词, 同音字
  • 同音詞 /同音词 (tóngyīncí)words with the same pronunciation
  • 同音字 (tóngyīnzì)words with the same pronunciation
Czech homofon, homofonum
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
  • homofonumwords with the same pronunciation
Danish homofon
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
Dutch homofoon
  • homofoonwords with the same pronunciation
Esperanto homofono
  • homofonowords with the same pronunciation
Estonian homofoon
  • homofoonwords with the same pronunciation
Finnish homofoni
  • homofoniwords with the same pronunciation
French homophone
  • homophonewords with the same pronunciation
German Homophon
  • Homophonwords with the same pronunciation
Greek ομόφωνος
  • ομόφωνος (omófonos)words with the same pronunciation
Hindi समध्वनि
  • समध्वनि (samdhvani)words with the same pronunciation
Hungarian homofon (not infrequently spelled homofón)
  • homofon (not infrequently spelled homofón)words with the same pronunciation
Icelandic samhljóma orð
  • samhljóma orðwords with the same pronunciation
Indonesian homofon
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
Irish homafón, téarma comhfhuaimneach
  • homafónwords with the same pronunciation
  • téarma comhfhuaimneachwords with the same pronunciation
Italian omofono
  • omofonowords with the same pronunciation
Japanese 同音語
  • 同音語 (dōongo)words with the same pronunciation
Korean 동음이의어
  • 동음이의어 (dong'eumiuieo)words with the same pronunciation
Lithuanian homofonas
  • homofonaswords with the same pronunciation
Norwegian Bokmål homofon
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
Polish homofon
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
Portuguese homófono
  • homófonowords with the same pronunciation
Romanian omofon
  • omofonwords with the same pronunciation
Russian омофо́н
  • омофо́н (omofón)words with the same pronunciation
Spanish homófono, homófona
  • homófonowords with the same pronunciation
  • homófonawords with the same pronunciation
Swedish homofon
  • homofonwords with the same pronunciation
Thai คำพ้องเสียง
  • คำพ้องเสียง (kam-pɔ́ɔng-sǐiang)words with the same pronunciation
Turkish sesteş kelime, sesteş
  • sesteş kelimewords with the same pronunciation
  • sesteşwords with the same pronunciation
Vietnamese từ đồng âm
  • từ đồng âmwords with the same pronunciation
Welsh cyfunsain, homoffon
  • cyfunsainwords with the same pronunciation
  • homoffonwords with the same pronunciation
Cite this entry
APA

homophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homophone

MLA

“homophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homophone.

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