How do you use Homophonous in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like homonym, plus the exact meaning.
Homophonous in a sentence
Homophonous meaning
- Having the same pronunciation.
- Homophonic; sounding the same.
Synonyms of Homophonous
Using Homophonous
- The main meaning on this page is: Having the same pronunciation. | Homophonic; sounding the same.
- Useful related words include: homonym.
- In the example corpus, homophonous often appears in combinations such as: are homophonous.
Context around Homophonous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homophonous
- In this selection, "homophonous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, certain, cases, sinned, surname, words and terms stand out and add context to how "homophonous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because certain homophonous words are and forms are homophonous and if. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homophonous" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homophonous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Josh’s Darren Bennett: The of sharing a homophonous surname with Zach LaVine. (13 words)
In common speech this is almost never done, so singular and plural forms are homophonous in all contexts. (18 words)
Although language should be kept simple and short, keeping context is important because certain homophonous words are difficult to distinguish by lip-reading. (23 words)
General Napier apocryphally reported his conquest of the province to his superiors with the one-word message peccavi, a schoolgirl's pun recorded in Punch (magazine) relying on the Latin word's meaning, "I have sinned", homophonous to "I have Sindh". (41 words)
Its syllable was homophonous with the verb meaning "to come", and the character is used for that verb as a result, without any embellishing "meaning" element attached. (27 words)
This is the case if an adjective's masculine and feminine forms are homophonous and if there is no liaison between the adjective and a following noun. (27 words)
Example sentences (7)
Josh’s Darren Bennett: The of sharing a homophonous surname with Zach LaVine.
Although language should be kept simple and short, keeping context is important because certain homophonous words are difficult to distinguish by lip-reading.
Conversely, in some cases homophonous terms may be distinguished in writing by different characters, but not so distinguished in speech, and hence potentially confusing.
General Napier apocryphally reported his conquest of the province to his superiors with the one-word message peccavi, a schoolgirl's pun recorded in Punch (magazine) relying on the Latin word's meaning, "I have sinned", homophonous to "I have Sindh".
In common speech this is almost never done, so singular and plural forms are homophonous in all contexts.
Its syllable was homophonous with the verb meaning "to come", and the character is used for that verb as a result, without any embellishing "meaning" element attached.
This is the case if an adjective's masculine and feminine forms are homophonous and if there is no liaison between the adjective and a following noun.
Common combinations with homophonous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: