soundalike

See also: sound-alike

English

Etymology

From sound +‎ alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

Noun

soundalike (plural soundalikes)

1. A sound that audibly resembles another.

   Coordinate term: lookalike

   1. A music recording with this trait. (Often distinguished from plagiarism by themes of covering, pastiche (tribute), or parody, but sometimes inviting copyright disputes).
      • 1994, Thomas J Smedinghoff, The Software Publishers Association Legal Guide to Multimedia:

        See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement...

      • 2007, M William Krasilovsky, Sidney Shemel, John M Gross, Jonathan Feinstein, This Business of Music:

        In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings...

   2. A word that is either homophonous or sounds similar enough to another that confusion of the two is known to happen.

      Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names].

      • 2003, Nick Nicholas, George Baloglou, An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds: Translation and Commentary:

        Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike.