Explore Homophone through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like homonym. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Homophone meaning
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
- A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
Synonyms of Homophone
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Using Homophone
- The main meaning on this page is: A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin. | A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
- Useful related words include: homonym.
- Possible Dutch translations are: homofoon.
- In the example corpus, homophone often appears in combinations such as: homophone of.
Context around Homophone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homophone
- In this selection, "homophone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cumbersome, reverse, unstressed, meaning and see stand out and add context to how "homophone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also a homophone of the and an unstressed homophone see examples. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homophone" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homophone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The homophone with "write" is in this case entirely coincidental. (10 words)
It was later changed to a homophone meaning empty hand (空手). (11 words)
Her name is also a homophone of the Latin word "Filia," which means daughter. (14 words)
I hope."citation Since WotC still owned the rights to the name Greyhawk, Gygax changed the name of the castle to Castle Zagyg—the reverse homophone of his own name originally ascribed to the mad architect of his original thirteen level dungeon. (42 words)
The verb felt right, both its long-a, and the cumbersome homophone, the clumsy passage of time between events as I tried not to think of why I was here. (30 words)
In Japanese, koi is a homophone for another word that means "affection" or "love"; koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
The verb felt right, both its long-a, and the cumbersome homophone, the clumsy passage of time between events as I tried not to think of why I was here.
Her name is also a homophone of the Latin word "Filia," which means daughter.
History The term 'nibble' originates from its representing 'half a byte', with 'byte' a homophone of the English word 'bite'.
I hope."citation Since WotC still owned the rights to the name Greyhawk, Gygax changed the name of the castle to Castle Zagyg—the reverse homophone of his own name originally ascribed to the mad architect of his original thirteen level dungeon.
In Japanese, koi is a homophone for another word that means "affection" or "love"; koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan.
It was later changed to a homophone meaning empty hand (空手).
Portuguese does this consistently as part of notating stress in certain monosyllables, whether or not there is an unstressed homophone (see examples above).
The homophone with "write" is in this case entirely coincidental.
Common combinations with homophone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- homophone of 3×