Which term would you use to categorize two words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently?

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Which term would you use to categorize two words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently?

When two words sound exactly alike but are spelled differently, they are called homophones. This category focuses on how pronunciation matches even though the written forms differ and the meanings usually differ as well. Examples include night and knight, or see and sea. The other terms don’t fit this situation: homographs are words that are spelled the same and may have different pronunciations or meanings, idioms are phrases whose meaning isn’t literal, and latent means something hidden or not yet developed.

When two words sound exactly alike but are spelled differently, they are called homophones. This category focuses on how pronunciation matches even though the written forms differ and the meanings usually differ as well. Examples include night and knight, or see and sea. The other terms don’t fit this situation: homographs are words that are spelled the same and may have different pronunciations or meanings, idioms are phrases whose meaning isn’t literal, and latent means something hidden or not yet developed.

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