Usually means: Words sounding same, spelled differently.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Homophone:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. homophone: Merriam-Webster
  2. homophone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. homophone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. homophone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. homophone: Vocabulary.com
  6. homophone: Wordnik
  7. homophone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. homophone: Wiktionary
  9. homophone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. homophone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. homophone: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Homophone, homophone: Dictionary.com
  13. homophone: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. homophone: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Homophone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Homophone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. homophone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. homophone: Rhymezone
  19. Homophone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. homophone: FreeDictionary.org
  21. homophone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. homophone: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. homophone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  3. HOMOPHONE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homophone: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homophone: Wordcraft Dictionary

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

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (homophone)

▸ noun:  (semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
▸ noun:  A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

Similar:
homonym, homograph, homoiophone, synonym, polynym, paronym, homeophony, homologue, homonymy, syn., more...

Opposite:
heterophone

Types:
they're, their, there, to, too, two, your, you're, here, more...

Adjectives:
correct, near, certain, non, close, incorrect, wrong, exact, right, true, depictable
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Similar:
homonym, homograph, homoiophone, synonym, polynym, paronym, homeophony, homologue, homonymy, syn., more...

Opposite:
heterophone

Types:
they're, their, there, to, too, two, your, you're, here, more...

Adjectives:
correct, near, certain, non, close, incorrect, wrong, exact, right, true, depictable



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