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Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning. Homographs may be pronounced the same (), or they may be pronounced differently (heteronyms, also known as heterophones).
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. Any unit with this property is said to be homophonous (/ h ə ˈ m ɒ f ən ə s /). Homophones that are spelled the same are both homographs and homonyms.
know and no; knows and nose; lacks and lax; lade and laid; lain and lane; lair and layer; lam and lamb; laps and lapse; lay and lei; lays and laze; leach and leech; lead and led; leak and leek; lean and lien; leant and lent; leased and least; lends and lens; lessen and lesson; lesser and lessor; let's and lets; levee and levy; liar and lyre ...
This list includes only a few homophones although incorrect use of homophones is a very common error; the following words from the list are all correct English words, though often incorrectly used in place of their homophones:
Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled. [ 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").
The mother said to her belligerent son, "Violence is no way to resolve conflict!" / k ə n ˈ f l ɪ k t / verb The two news reports seem to conflict with each other. console / k ə n ˈ s oʊ l / verb provide comfort from grief / ˈ k ɒ n s oʊ l / noun control unit content / ˈ k ɒ n t ɪ n t / noun information / k ə n ˈ t ɛ n t ...
"Homophones" is a word game in which a player creates a sentence or phrase containing a pair or larger set of homophones, substitutes another (usually nonsensical) pair of words for the homophone pair, then reads the newly created sentence out loud. The object of the game is for the other players to deduce what the original homophone pair is.
Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that ...