what do you call words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings?
Homophones- A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. Hope I helped! HomoPHONES are spelled differently. Homonyms are spelled the same but have multiple meanings. Someone put together a long list of homonyms for your perusal - check the link. whoever wrote homonym was thinking of synonym and antonym. The answer is HOMOPHONE. They are called homophones.
Re: Homophone vs Homonym Originally Posted by Lynne Hand. I always thought that homophones are words with different meanings that sound the same, but are spelt differently and homonyms are words with different meanings that sound different, but are spelt the same. So a homophone would be - There was a mail from a male. And a homonym would be - The bandage was wound around the wound.:?