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homophonous

adjective

Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
H
Ends with
S
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
21

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Pronunciation

həˈmɒfənəs

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adjective

  1. Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way

    “‘horse’ and ‘hoarse’ are homophonous words”

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‘horse’ and ‘hoarse’ are homophonous words

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