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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
BTW, words which sound the same, but have different spellings are called homophones. Words which are spelt the same, but have different meanings and are pronounced differently are called homographs.
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And words which are spelt the same and pronounced the same but have different meanings are called homonyms.
e.g. (thanks wikipedia!) fluke ( a stoke of luck) and fluke (a fin on the end of a whale's tail).