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Homophone

nounid 70930·updated May 18, 2026
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Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both. For example, bare and bear or to, two, and too.

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Variants

plural
Homophones
possessive
Homophone's
pluralpossessive
Homophones'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both. For example, bare and bear or to, two, and too.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both. For example, bare and bear or to, two, and too.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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