Homophone

['hɒməfəʊn;'həʊm-] or ['hɑməfon]

Definition

(noun.) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).

Checked by Curtis--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

(n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

Checker: Osbert

Definition

n. a letter or character having the same sound as another.—adj. Homoph′onous having the same sound.—n. Homoph′ony.

Edited by Barton