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Topic starter
What's the term for a words that are spelled differently, have entirely different meanings, but which sound the same?
eg: led and lead
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:55 am
I think they're "[url= http://www.bifroest.demon.co.uk/misc/homophones.html ]homophones[/url]".
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:56 am
c'mon...
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:56 am
[s]homonyms[/s] wrong :o)
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:56 am
Homophone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone
(According to that, if they're also spelled differently then they're heterographs.)
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:58 am
Too slow
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:58 am
Topic starter
might have been testing you clubber.
Thanks all
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:58 am