homophone
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But the WHO decided a homophone for “new” would be too confusing.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
It is a homophone for “heart” and “new.”
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 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
Pi, which can be used to calculate various geometric features of a circle, is also obviously a homophone to pie, perhaps explaining people’s willingness to celebrate the contrived holiday.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2018
Since poach is a somewhat confused homophone, its adjective poachy has no chance against stolchy.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English
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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