homonym.
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
Meaning & usage
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both). A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both). A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
Where this word comes from
From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- + -onym.
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