Usually means: Words spelled same, pronounced differently.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word heteronym:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. heteronym: Merriam-Webster
  2. heteronym: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heteronym: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heteronym: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heteronym: Vocabulary.com
  6. heteronym: Wordnik
  7. heteronym: Wiktionary
  8. heteronym: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. heteronym: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. heteronym: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Heteronym, heteronym: Dictionary.com
  12. Heteronym (disambiguation), Heteronym (linguistics), Heteronym (literature), Heteronym: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Heteronym: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. heteronym: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. heteronym: Rhymezone
  16. Heteronym: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. heteronym: FreeDictionary.org
  18. heteronym: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. heteronym: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. heteronym: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HETERONYM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heteronym: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. heteronym: A Word A Day
  2. heteronym: Wordcraft Dictionary
  3. heteronym: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Heteronym: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heteronym)

noun:  (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.
noun:  (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.

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