homograph
noun/ˈhɒməɡrɑːf/
/ˈhɑːməɡræf/
(grammar)- a word that is spelt like another word but has a different meaning from it, and may have a different pronunciation, for example bow /baʊ/, bow /bəʊ/Topics Languagec1
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