homophonewords that sound the same

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words that sound the same

homophone (general term)

homonym (same sound and spelling)

heterograph (different spelling)

homophone (linguistics sense)

paronym (near-sounding)

Synonym

homophone

General

homonym (broad) homograph (written)

Near-homophone

paronym (similar sound) near-homophone (slight difference)

Writing systems

heterograph (different spelling) homograph (same spelling)

Linguistic relations

homonymy (relation) homophony (phenomenon)

Restricted use

oronym (phrase boundary) pun (wordplay) malapropism (error)

Thesaurus

homophone

Types

homograph homonym heterograph oronym paronym

Relations

homophony homonymy ambiguity pun wordplay soundalike (informal)

Examples

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Sound

pronunciation phonetics syllable stress vowel consonant

Writing

spelling orthography letter word lexicon

Confusion

mishearing misspelling malapropism eggcorn mondegreen

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Chapter 3

The storm had passed around six. Claire opened the kitchen window and stood there, one hand on the still-cold glass.

A smell rose from the garden, one she had known since childhood: the smell of earth after rain. There was a word for it, she was sure of it:

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the smell of the earth after rain

petrichor

geosmin (chemical compound)

earthiness (general term)

after-rain scent (descriptive)

mud smell (literal)

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