| NOUN | communication | homophone | two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning / meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) |
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| Sounds | hhao'mahfow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning / meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear). | |
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| Broader | homonym | Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings |
| Spanish | homofonía, homófono | |
| Catalan | homòfon | |
| Adjectives | homophonic | having the same sound |
| homophonous | characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way | |
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