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homophone Definition

homo·phone (häm′ə fōn′)

noun

  1. any of two or more letters or groups of letters representing the same speech sound (Ex.: c in civil and s in song)
  2. homonym (sense )

Etymology: < Gr homophōnos: see homophonic

homophone Related Forms
ho·moph′o·nous (hō mäf′ə nəs, hə-) adjective
homophone Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • correct: Choose the correct homophone to fill in the gap in each sentence.

Modifies a noun

  • task: Thus, whilst these tasks recruited either episodic memory encoding or retrieval processes, only the homophone tasks recruited semantic memory access.
  • pair: In a subsequent scan, the subjects were presented with homophone pairs ( e.g.
  • checker: Read & Write has tools to overcome both these problems - text-to-speech and a homophone checker.
  • checking: Other features available in the available software include text prediction, homophone spell checking, additional voices, talking calculator among others.
  • dictionary: We have concentrated on bringing together the Word spell checker, thesaurus and a separate homophone dictionary into one simple Check Button.
  • effect: The Spanish speakers, like the English speakers, only showed homophone effects.