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homeophone

homeophone is the alternative spelling 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 homeophone

pluralhomeophones

Questions about homeophone

What is homeophone the alternative spelling of?
Homeophone is the alternative spelling of homoiophone.

Words near homeophone in the dictionary

  1. homeopathism
  2. homeopathist
  3. homeopathists
  4. homeopaths
  5. homeopathy
  6. homeophone
  7. homeophones
  8. homeophony
  9. homeoplastic
  10. homeoplasty
  11. homeoplasy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homeophone (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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