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homophone

hom·o·phone

homophone

 
pronunciation:
ha m fon [or] ho m fon
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part of speech: noun
definition: a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and often a different spelling. In the sentence, "I've been feeling weak for almost a week," the words, "weak" and "week" are homophones.
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