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The two words may be spelled the same, for example rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or spelled differently, as in rain, reign, and rein. The term homophone sometimes applies to units longer or shorter than words, for example a phrase, letter, or groups of letters which are pronounced the same as a counterpart.
to, too, and two; toad, toed and towed; toe and tow; told and tolled; tracked and tract; tray and trey; udder and utter; vain, vane and vein; vale and veil; vial and vile; vice and vise; wade and weighed; wail and whale; waist and waste; wait and weight; waive and wave; waiver and waver; wale and whale; war and wore; ward and warred; ware, wear ...
[note 2] If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing"). Homographic examples include rose (flower) and rose (past tense of rise). Heterographic examples include to, too, two, and there, their, they’re.
Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning. Homographs may be pronounced the same ( homophones ), or they may be pronounced differently ( heteronyms , also known as heterophones).
Portmanteau: a new word that fuses two words or morphemes; Retronym: creating a new word to denote an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else; Oxymoron: a combination of two contradictory terms; Zeugma and Syllepsis: the use of a single phrase in two ways simultaneously
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To, too and two are homonyms by this general definition. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:16, 30 September 2019 (UTC) Actually, a "homonym" is just the same word applied to different things. Originally spelling had nothing to do with it, because spelling was fluid and homonyms could usually be spelled the same by someone.
The mom of two was disappointed her district didn't teach phonics as part of its literacy program. She switched her child to a Catholic school where the girl thrived after being taught phonics.