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homœophone

homœophone is the alternative form of homoiophone.

Meaning of homoiophone

Noun

homoiophone (plural homoiophones)

  1. A word similar — but not identical — in pronunciation with another; compare homeograph and homophone.
    • This was through the existence of homophones and homoiophones in a language, of words with the same or similar sounds, but with diverse significations.1886: Stephen Denison Peet [ed.], The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, volume 8, page 349 (Jameson & Morse)

Forms of homœophone

pluralhomœophones

Questions about homœophone

What is homœophone the alternative form of?
Homœophone is the alternative form of homoiophone.

Words near homœophone in the dictionary

  1. homœopathism
  2. homœopathist
  3. homœopathists
  4. homœopathize
  5. homœopathy
  6. homœophone
  7. homœophones
  8. homœophony
  9. homœoplastic
  10. homœoplasties
  11. homœoplasty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homœophone (page history and authors); homoiophone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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