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homoglyphs

/ˈhɒməʊɡlɪfs/

homoglyphs is the plural of homoglyph.

Meaning of homoglyph

Noun

homoglyph (plural homoglyphs)

  1. A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.
    • The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.

Questions about homoglyphs

What is homoglyphs the plural of?
Homoglyphs is the plural of homoglyph.
How do you pronounce homoglyphs?
Homoglyphs is pronounced /ˈhɒməʊɡlɪfs/.

Words near homoglyphs in the dictionary

  1. homoglycan
  2. homoglycans
  3. homoglyph
  4. homoglyphic
  5. homoglyphically
  6. homoglyphs
  7. homoglyphy
  8. Homogocene
  9. homogonic
  10. homogonous
  11. homogony

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