how did you call a word that have the same spelling but different meaning?

Answer 1

There's a cluster of terms for this and related notions.

Not everyone uses these terms the same way, but here's an attempt to lay out one reasonable way of using them.

Note that ALL of these terms describe sets of words that are in some way the same (in either spelling or pronunciation), but have a different MEANING.


"HOMONYMS" are pronounced the same [=homophone]
it MAY be spelled the same [like a homograph]

"HOMOPHONES" are one type of homonym --they are pronounced the same but **spelled differently**
examples: to, too, two; there, their, they're

"HOMOGRAPHS" are spelled the same, but MAY be pronounced differently (some say the must be pronounced the same, like homonyms)

"HETERONYMS" (sometimes called heterophones) are spelled the same but pronounced differently
example: (pencil) lead, lead (singer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/homonym
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/homophone (see chart)
http://www.factspider.com/ho/homonym.html


So possible answers to your question would be:
homonym, homograph, heteronym

Answer 2

Homograph, or homonym. comparable factor. Examples: examine ~ have you ever examine the e book? Did you examine the e book? Bass ~ The audio device have stable bass. The fish replaced right into a Bass. Bat ~ The bat flew from the cave. That guy is next as much as bat. Down ~ do not look down! The down blanket is heat. nice ~ i'm doing nice. For speeding, I gained a $50 nice.

Answer 3

It's a Homonym

"I really like girls of that caliber, by caliber of course I am referring to their character and their gun barrels..."

Answer 4

homophone also