homophone meaning definition
Learner's definition of HOMOPHONE. [count] : a word that is pronounced like another word but is different in meaning, origin, or spelling. âTo,â âtoo,â and âtwoâ are homophones.
The noun HOMOPHONE has 1 sense: 1. two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) Familiarity information: HOMOPHONE used as a noun is very rare.