homoglyph.
A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.
Meaning & usage
A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.
The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.