heterophone
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
heterophone (plural heterophones)
Usage notes
- Since, taken strictly, this term can be applied to the vast majority of word pairs, its use tends to be restricted to closely-related homeographs that are pronounced differently; for example, the six alternative spellings of ailurophile, which are very similarly spelt but have four different pronunciations between them.
Related terms
Translations
a word whose spelling and sound both differ from another’s
See also
| Noun (cat) | Sound | Spelling | Meaning | phone/graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| identical | same | same | same | homophone & homograph |
| homophone (cat) | same | different | different | homophone & heterograph |
| alternative spelling | same | different | same | homophone & heterograph |
| homonym | same | same | different | homophone & homograph |
| synonym | different | different | same | heterophone & heterograph |
| heteronym (cat) | different | same | different | heterophone & homograph |
| alternative pronunciation | different | same | same | heterophone & homograph |
| distinct | different | different | different | heterophone & heterograph |