homophone
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A teacher hoisted a huge sunflower made from dozens of balloons -- the plant's name in Mandarin is a homophone for a Chinese idiom about success.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
But the WHO decided a homophone for “new” would be too confusing.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
It was also a homophone for “turn,” which fed into the group’s idea of “turning around and moving forward to face the challenges head-on,” according to Tern’s website.
From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2021
And in Chinese, the number eight is a homophone for the word for getting rich.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2010
Such words are needed, and if a homophone were thus specialized in some department of life or thought, then a slight differential pronunciation would be readily adopted.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones by Bridges, Robert Seymour
Vocabulary lists containing homophone
Language and Grammar - Introductory
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Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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