At Wordshomophones are those that have identical pronunciation but different spellings. Thus, the word is composed by the joining of the terms homo, which means "same" and phone, which means “sound”.
homonyms
Homonyms are similar terms, both in pronunciation and spelling, but which have different meanings.
Homonyms are classified as follows:
homophones
As we have seen, homophone words have the same pronunciation.
Examples:
- cell: small room / saddle: seat used for riding
- sense: sensible / census: census
- tack: censor / tax: determine the price
As a result, it is often only through its context that we make sure that a word is spelled correctly or incorrectly.
homographs
The homographic words, in turn, have identical spelling (homo=same and spelling=writing).
Examples:
- appeal (with and closed): request for help / appeal (with and open): conjugation of the verb appeal
- beginning (with and closed): beginning / beginning (with and open): verb conjugation begin
- over (with the closed): above / over (with the open): conjugation of the verb sobrar
When spelling and pronunciation are identical, we have perfect homonyms - the third and last type of classification.
Perfect Homonyms
The perfect homonym words have the same spelling as well as the same pronunciation.
Examples:
- mango fruit; part of the clothing
- summer: season of the year; verb conjugation see
- are: conjugation of the verb to be; sound; Holy
To learn more about semantic issues, see also the article: Homonyms and Paronyms.
Homophone Relations
Between the letters C (with cedilla) and SS
- asso: conjugation of the verb to roast / steel: iron with carbon alloy
- price: set price / rush: speed
- lasso: fatigued / tie: knot
- red: light brown / russian: native or Russian
Between the letters X and CH
- stomach: stomach / boxwood: bush
- tea: infusion / shah: title of sovereignty
- rate: tax / tack: nail
- check: money order / check: chess move
Between the letters S and X
- stratum: layer / extract: small part
- smart: smart / expert: knowledgeable
- static: immobile / ecstatic: in a state of ecstasy
- atone: fix a mistake / spy: secretly observe
Between the letters S and C
- cent: hundred / sit: conjugation of the verb sit
- uncertain: that is not right / inserted: that has been inserted
- repair: repair / concert: musical work
- blinding: failing to see / mowing: making cuts
Read too:
- Repair or repair: which one to use?
- Evil or Evil?
- Travel or Travel
- Orthography
- difficult words