2006-06-28 20:48:36 · 14 answers · asked by duck 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The answer from Aemilia753 is correct!
A homophone is a word that sounds the same but can be spelt differently and means different things. A homonym can be spelt the same (and obviously sound the same) but have different meanings.
Homophones: pail, pale; flea, flee; their, they're, there.
Homonyms: die - to pass away, die - a device to shape, cut or fold metal
2006-06-28 21:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
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What's it called when a word sounds like another word?
2015-08-24 17:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by Oda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a homonym
For example: there, their, they're
A homophone? Is that like a gay mobile? :)
2006-06-28 20:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by alia_vahed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homonym
One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).
Homophone
One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.
2006-06-29 04:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by ladylawyer26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homophone, sounds the same but spelled diferently and has a different meaning. (two, to, and too)
In contrast, a homonym is when it is spelled the same way and often pronounced the same way, but has more than one meaning. Bank (as in the bank of the river) or bank (as in a financial institution).
2006-06-28 20:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Aemilia753 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A homonym
2006-06-28 20:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homophone.
2006-06-28 20:53:08 · answer #7 · answered by kcsilverlining77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word rhymes with a word.
2006-06-29 07:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by haya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
homophone or rhyming word
2006-06-28 21:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhyming word....
2006-06-28 20:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by 1st grade 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋